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Abstract

The indiscriminate use of the internal territory and the equally questionable of the coasts that have created the conditions for the current erosion phenomena, has progressively eroded the raw material of tourism and the environment, considered as a natural good, but also and increasingly as good progressively more scarce, and therefore worthy of conservation and protection precisely because of its incidence in the process of economic and tourist development. It has long been known that the Mediterranean coastline is subject to significant erosion and recession of the coastline, especially due to the “uncontrolled” anthropization of the coasts with consequent immobilization of the dunes and the sediment traps owing to the presence of dams along the rivers. With the deterioration of the coastal environment, the search for suitable management of marine and coastal environments and the related material to be used to recharge the beaches in order to protect stretches of coastline affected by significant erosion phenomena becomes increasingly important.