Shore Times, Cycles and Rhythms

Abstract

Coastal cities will suffer the increasing effects of the rise in average sea level caused by climate change. The mediating space between the urban agglomeration and the water body, the shore, acts as a barrier and protection for the city’s public space, the seashore street. However, the low and sandy shore, due to erosive phenomena caused by extreme events, is losing mass and exposing the coastal settlement to flooding. In predicting extreme scenarios caused by climate change, knowing the times, cycles and rhythms of the shoreline and the effects of sea level rise is necessary to decode new approaches to urban edge adaptation.