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preface
of all, the transfer of vegetal biomass and reduce coastal erosion. The first test
from the beaches to the foot of cliffs at showed that this technique is potentially
potential risk of collapse was tested, applicable whenever the impact of
in order to prevent people from being a strategic life-line on the Posidonia
exposed to rock falls. Secondly, a oceanica meadow must be offset (e.g., by
multipurpose facility built with beached positioning pipelines, powering electric
biomass, comprising a casing made lines, re-gasifying infrastructures, etc...).
of biocompatible fibre and filled with More in general, we believe that all the
the wrack collected on the shore, has achievements performed within the Egadi
been implemented by ENEA (patent Archipelago have led to excellent results
number RM2014A000151). The design and high visibility for ENEA, and that
implementation of this technology is the entire project can be immediately
under development, in collaboration replicated in similar environments, where
with the University of Rome “Sapienza” the economic development of these regions
(Architecture Science in Product Design), can be reached through reuse of natural
as part of a green building application resources and mitigation of the impacts of
in coastal areas. Finally, these structures human activities or natural hazards.
have been used to create a substrate for
the re-establishment of seagrass shoots The present special Issue is dedicated
on the seabed, which is essential to to the memory of our colleague
maintaining the presence of the meadow Paolo Massanisso
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