"The dune habitats of the Pisan coast between erosion and anthropization"

The Pisan coast, with a development of about 27 km, is represented only by the beaches. Here occurs a differentiated coastal dynamics: in the north , progradation ; in the centre, erosion; in the south, stasis. In this context, the two sectors in progradation/stasis are subject to a more or less wrong human activity , while the sector under erosion, covered almost completely in a full protection area. Much of the coast falls within the Park of Migliarino San Rossore and Massaciuccoli and has , consequently, tools for special protection of habitats. Nevertheless, the erosion on the one hand and the high human pressure on the other hand, are likely to jeopardize the continued existence of significant habitat. In this work, are exposed to the census data (type, size, frequency, retention ) of dune habitats, falling within the coastal zone, coincident with the development of spatial of beach and dune system.