Abstract
Abstract. This study presents an integrated approach for reading coastal sites. A process aimed at protecting and enhancing these sites must be developed alongside a targeted interdisciplinary strategy, closely linked to the fields of archaeology, survey, landscape reading, morphology of the territory and geology. These must no longer be managed as individual cognitive elements, but within a single comprehensive analytical interpretation model.The experiment activity carried out along the rocky area of Aci Castello, on the eastern coast of Sicily, was developed using a methodological approach based on the integration of 3D data coming from various survey technologies – 3D laser scanning, mobile mapping and echo sounder systems. The aim of the experiment was to create a complete three-dimensional model of the studied area, focused on obtaining a dynamic understanding, that is punctual and comprehensive, of the site’s value and fragility.
Highlights
The coasts along our territory are stratified areas, rich in charm, of complex geomorphology and wide dimensions, characterised by the condition of being border areas between land and sea
With the objective of creating a strategic convergence between the requests of the territory and technological innovations, an experimental investigative activity has begun on the emblematic coastal area of Aci Castello, on the eastern coast of Sicily
What is worth mentioning is the experimentation carried out a few years ago in Venice for a study of the facades of the architectural patrimony that overlooks the Grand Canal, by mounting a system of mobile mapping onto a boat. (Adami et al, 2011) This experiment though did not deal with the survey of the submerged part of the Grand Canal
Summary
The coasts along our territory are stratified areas, rich in charm, of complex geomorphology and wide dimensions, characterised by the condition of being border areas between land and sea. It is increasingly urgent that procedures are developed for the monitoring, conservation and valorisation of the coastlines At the moment such a systematic, comprehensive and precise system aimed at the safeguarding and active enhancement has still not yet been developed. With the objective of creating a strategic convergence between the requests of the territory and technological innovations, an experimental investigative activity has begun on the emblematic coastal area of Aci Castello, on the eastern coast of Sicily. The choice of this test-site depends on the evident difficulty in studying its morphology while, at the same time, the need to urgently begin appropriate protection strategies.
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