Politecnico di Milano
School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering Master of architecture - E12 Architecture
A. Y. 2018-2019
Supervisor Marco Umberto Poli
Co-supervisor Andrea Gritti
Students Ida Orlando Valeria Rellori Giulia Stecchi
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2100: Agro Pontino is f-l ing.
The silent power of the bay
Coastal Erosion 1960-2012 Density population
Very high High Medium Low Very low
Shoreline in 2100 Erosion in 2100 Erosion in 2020 Shoreline
Coastline
45%
<20%
+70%
45%
EROSION TREND
Coastline
43 mln inh.
19 mln inh.
ian Ital rito ter ry
POPULATION DENSITY
30%
61 mln inh. tot 70%
Today
2100 Trend
COASTAL EROSION
comparison with the population density
Coastal regions: population density Coastal erosion
Very High Medium Very Low
Very High HighMedium Low Very Low Deltaic Coast - Lagoon
Shoreline Rocky coastline
Subsidence
Land lifting and Seafloor subsidence Lifting
Physiographic unit Natural drift limit Anthropic drift limit Sedimentary transport
Erosion Progress Liguria
Toscana
Lazio
Campania
Calabria
Sicilia
Sardegna
Basilicata
Puglia
Molise
Abruzzo
Marche
Emilia Romagna
Veneto
Friuli-Giulia
Italy
0,8%
1,9%
3%
10%
7,6%
11%
4,9%
0,7%
4,9
0,5%
1,3%
2%
0,9%
0,6%
0,2%
1681 Km
Shoreline Erosion
of the Shoreline50%
669 Km
Assets at Risks
on Coastline in Erosion
of the shoreline40%
in erosion
20,8 Mmc
Nourishments
data not available for all regions
(-) 1,9%
1,6%
2,4%
2,3%
10%
10%
0,9%
0,05%
2,6%
0,2%
1,7%
2,8%
1,7%
1%
0,7%
3,3%
2,4%
32,3%
-
2,9%
-
1,9%
11,9%
-
-
9,5%
1,9%
7,6%
34,8%
2,4%
Coastline: 8 350 Km Shoreline: 3 952 Km Shoreline erosion: 1 681 Km
Assets at Risks on shoreline erosion: 669 Km
Shoreline
Shoreline Erosion
Shoreline
Shoreline Erosion Assets at Risk
Nourishments
Morphological types of the Italian coast
Tectonic Regimes
Mistral and Wave period Sirocco
Erosion data framework by regions
Physigraphic units
Coast line variation | 1960 - 2012
COASTAL EROSION
Natural issues
Harbours Large Dams Main Rivers
Very High High Medium Low Very Low
Assets at Risk Land Consumption
5,3 0,8
0,6
0,4
1,0
1,0 2,7
7,4
1,4
Dredgings (Mm3)
Nourishment with sea-bed sands Original Dune system
Dune Restoration Ramsar areas
Amp | Marine Protected Areaa Reclaimed Land
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cult Agri
ure .s. se uu Spar
Den se u .s.
Infrastructu re 11%
14%
12% 26%
37%
u.s. : urban settlements
Time Km
Original Coastline
Shoreline
Dune System
8350
3600
1650
- 45%
- 10%
- 80% - 80%
- 70%
300
Early 90’s Today Future
Land consumption and Assets a Risk Consumption of soil of the coastline
Dune system erosion
Expected annual damage*
for the Italian coastal regions
*due to ecosystem services loss by 2020
Dredging and nourishments Protected Wetlands and Coastal areas Large Dams and Great harbours
Reclaimed land
Agricultural value
COASTAL EROSION
Anthropic issues
O U T P U
I N P U T T Wind Transport
Sea level
Longshore Transport
- +
Mining Underwater Canyon
Barriers
Subsidence Temperature
Rainfall Vegetation
Agriculture River Transport
Dams Bridle
Reclamation of land
Embankments
Rectification
Excavations
+ -
Cliff Erosion
Chemical Precipitation
Water pumping
Dissolving
Wind
Weather-navy Platform
Shore
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Ionian sea rh Tyr
ian en
a se
Veneto
Emilia Rom agna
Marche
bru A zzo
lise Mo ia Pugl
ilic Bas Cala ata
bria ilia Sic
rd Sa na eg
Campania
Lazio
Toscana
Liguria Friuli-Venezia
Morphological types of the Italian Coast Coastine variation | 1960 - 2012
Anthropic drift limits
Tectonic Regimes | Subsidence Mistral and Wave period
Sirocco
Reclaimed land
Land consumption and Assets a Risk
Large Dams and Great harbours Lack of ecosystem protection Agricultural value Dredging and nourishments Salinity intrusion GDP Population density Sea Level Rise COASTAL EROSION
choice of the project site
Coastal dynamics
Issues overlapping
Coastal morphology
Coastine variation | 1960 - 2012 Anthropic drift limits
Tectonic Regimes | Subsidence Mistral and Wave period Sirocco
Reclaimed land
Land consumption and Assets a Risk Large Dams and Great harbours Lack of ecosystem protection Agricultural value
Dredging and nourishments GDPSalinity intrusion
Population density Sea Level Rise
Main cities
Cities affected by flood
Population
Urban Population
Transport:
Motor vehicles
Species Extinctions (thousand)
Shrimp Farm Production Million MT Decadal Flood Frequency
Temperature Anomally (°C)% Loss of Total Column Ozone Km3 /yr
1998 US Dollars (billion)
People (billion) Dams (thousand)
Arrivals: Million People
Number (million) 1990 International Dollars (1012)
People (billion) CO 2 (ppmv) % of Total Land Area
Damming of rivers International Tourism
Water Use Total Real GDP
Foreign Direct Investment
Atmosphere:
CO2 Concentration
Atmosphere:
Ozone Depletion Coastal Zone:
Structure
Global Biodiversity
Climate:
Nothern Hemisphere Average
Surface Temperature Climate:
Great Floods Terrestrial Ecosystems:
Amount of Domesticated Land
year year year year year
280 300 360 340 320
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
100 2030 7060 5040
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
0 0.5 1.0
-0.5
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
0 25 50
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
10 0 20 30
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
01 23 4 76 5
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
04 128 1620 2824
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
0 2 4 6 8 10
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
0 200 400 800 600
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
0 200 400 800 600
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
0 15 30 45
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
0.01 0 0.02 0.04 0.03
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
2 12 3227 1722 7
2000 4000 6000
0
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750
1002003004000 700600 500
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
year 1750 year year year year
year year year year year
COASTAL EROSION Sea Level Rise
“The great Acceleration”
AGRO PONTINO:
Overview
ROMA
Frosinone Latina
Rieti Viterbo
0 10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Viterbo Rieti
Latina Frosinone
Roma 0
2 4 6 8 10 12
Bergamo Parma
Ragusa Padova
Bari Cesena
Latina Perugia
Salerno Verona
LAZIO: agricultural export 2017
Agricoltura, Export 2017, Italia e Provincia di Latina (LT), Dati Istat. ITALY: First 10 provinces for agricultural crop exports, 2017
0 5000 ha 10000 ha 15000 ha 20000 ha 25000 ha 30000 ha
Orchards Citrus groves Olive groves Vineyards Standing fodder Temporary fodder Industrial plants Vegetables Roots and tubers Legumes Cereal
AGRO PONTINO: agricultural production 2018
Agricoltura, Coltivazioni 2018.Provincia di Latina (LT), Dati Istat.
0 500000 ha 1000000 ha 1500000 ha 2000000 ha
Agriculture Consorzio operativo Cosorzio Lazio agriculture Lazio Viterbo Rieti Roma Frosinone Latina
AGRO PONTINO: Consorzio di bonifica
Agricoltura, Coltivazioni 2018.Provincia di Latina (LT), Dati Istat.
CONSORZIO DI BONIFICA DELL’AGRO PONTINO 170.000 ha Consorzio operativo 107.000 ha 25 municipalities 19 municipalities in the province of Latina
2 municipalities in the province of Rome 4 municipalities in the province of Frosinone
In 1514, Pope Leone X asked Leonardo da Vinci to elaborate the project for the drying up of the marshes to transform the land into agricultural fields. A collecting canal (Portatore) was dug where the waters of the Ufente and Amaseno rivers were conveyed and flowed into the sea at Porto Badino. In 1585, Pope Sisto V promoted new reclamation interventions. The bed of the river Sisto was deepened to channel the waters and prevent Fossa Cathega from overflowing at the confluence of the Ufente and Amaseno rivers.
Because of the disinterest of Sisto V successors, the reclaimed areas returned again into a marsh.
Pope Pius VI, promoted new reclamation work and the project was entrusted to the engineer Rappini.
The ancient collector of the Fossa Cathega was enlarged, deepened and extended taking the name of Linea Pio; a navigable canal was built to connect with the Port of Terracina; “Fosse sussidiarie” channels parallel to the Linea PIo and “fosse miliari” (Every mile), perpendicular, collected the waters of the land; the left side of the river Sisto was embanked, the overflow was assured on the right side. In 1862 the first“Consozio di Bonifica” was established to administratively distinguish the lands that needed maintenance.
Modern Age | Pio VI [1775-1799]
Renaissence | Leone X [151-21], Sisto V [1585-90]
Before the land reclamation
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Via Severiana
Via Setina
CanaleMussolini
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*
*
*
* *
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Monte Circeo Ponti
no Bay
Circeo Mountain Marsh Coasta
l lakes Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Circeo Mountain Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Satricum
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Rome Rome
Rome Rome
Rome
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina
Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Fossa Cathega
Sisto river
Livola
Ufente oAmasen
Fiume Portatore Canale Navigatore
Ufente
Amaseno Linea Pio
SistoR iver SistoR
iver
PLIOCENE
LAGHI E PALUDE
ETA ROMANA
Medioevo PLEISTOCENE
Rinascimento- Leone X (Leonardo da Vinci) - 1513-1521
Rinascimento - Sisto V - 1585-1590
PIO VI
- 1775-1799
Borghi di nuova fondazione Nuova città di Littoria
FUTURE VISION
Fosse miliari
2200
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Via Severiana
Via Setina
CanaleMussolini
*
*
*
*
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
Monte Circeo Pontino
Bay
Circeo Mountain Marsh Coasta
l lakes Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Circeo Mountain Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Satricum
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Rome Rome
Rome Rome
Rome
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina
Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Fossa Cathega
Sisto river
Livola
Ufente oAmasen
Fiume Portatore Canale Navigatore
Ufente
Amaseno Linea Pio
SistoR iver Sisto R
iver
PLIOCENE
LAGHI E PALUDE
ETA ROMANA
Medioevo PLEISTOCENE
Rinascimento- Leone X (Leonardo da Vinci) - 1513-1521
Rinascimento - Sisto V - 1585-1590
PIO VI
- 1775-1799
Borghi di nuova fondazione Nuova città di Littoria
FUTURE VISION
Fosse miliari
2200
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Via Severiana
Via Setina
CanaleMussolini
*
*
*
*
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
Monte Circeo Pontino
Bay
Circeo Mountain Marsh Coasta
l lakes Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Circeo Mountain Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Satricum
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Rome Rome
Rome Rome
Rome
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina
Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Fossa Cathega
Sisto river
Livola
Ufente oenAmas
Fiume Portatore Canale Navigatore
Ufente
Amaseno Linea Pio
SistoR iver SistoR
iver
PLIOCENE
LAGHI E PALUDE
ETA ROMANA
Medioevo PLEISTOCENE
Rinascimento- Leone X (Leonardo da Vinci) - 1513-1521
Rinascimento - Sisto V - 1585-1590
PIO VI
- 1775-1799
Borghi di nuova fondazione Nuova città di Littoria
FUTURE VISION
Fosse miliari
2200
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Via Severiana
Via Setina
CanaleMussolini
*
*
*
*
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
Monte Circeo Pontino
Bay
Circeo Mountain Marsh Coasta
l lakes Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Circeo Mountain Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Satricum
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Rome Rome
Rome Rome
Rome
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina
Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Fossa Cathega
Sisto river
Livola
Ufente oAmasen
Fiume Portatore Canale Navigatore
Ufente
Amaseno Linea Pio
Sisto R iver SistoR
iver
PLIOCENE
LAGHI E PALUDE
ETA ROMANA
Medioevo PLEISTOCENE
Rinascimento- Leone X (Leonardo da Vinci) - 1513-1521
Rinascimento - Sisto V - 1585-1590
PIO VI
- 1775-1799
Borghi di nuova fondazione Nuova città di Littoria
FUTURE VISION
Fosse miliari
2200
AGRO PONTINO:
Geomorphological evolution
Pliocene Pleistocene | Lakes and marsh
Following the first glaciation, the Tyrrhenian Sea receded leaving some layers of the earth’s crust that led to the formation of the plain. The raising of the land was not uniform: along the present Sisto River a ridge was formed that was covered with a dune and low sea vegetation; another coastal ridge raised along the coast that determined the formation of a lagoon depression. In some areas, the territory was below the sea level and the rivers could not find an easy outflow to the sea due to the coastal dune, gaving rise to the Pontine Marsh.
The lands of the Pontino plain were still a part of the earth’s crust submerged by the sea water. Toward the hinland, the gulf was delimited by the chain of the Lepine Mountains that are an extension of the Appennine chain. In the middle of the sea, spaced out like an island from the mainland, the mountain Monte Circeo emerged.
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“Littoria” settlement
FUTURE VISION 2200
LEGENDA
Forest
Natural rivers Coastal Dune Reclamation Lake Settlements
Harbor
Defensive tower
Irrigation channels New urban settlements Mountains
Marsh
Marsh - 2 mtChannels - 1 mt Channels + 1 mtIdrovora
Lepini Mountain +300 mt Via Appia +5 mt Sisto River Old coastal dune
+6 mt Coastal dune
Sea level
Sea level
+10 m +30 mt
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“Littoria” settlement
FUTURE VISION 2200
LEGENDA
Forest
Natural rivers Coastal Dune Reclamation Lake Settlements
Harbor
Defensive tower
Irrigation channels New urban settlements Mountains
Marsh
Marsh - 2 mtChannels - 1 mt Channels + 1 mtIdrovora
Lepini Mountain +300 mt Via Appia +5 mt Sisto River Old coastal dune
+6 mt Coastal dune
Sea level
Sea level
+10 m +30 mt
*
“Littoria” settlement
FUTURE VISION 2200
LEGENDA
Forest
Natural rivers Coastal Dune Reclamation Lake Settlements
Harbor
Defensive tower
Irrigation channels New urban settlements Mountains
Marsh
Marsh - 2 mtChannels - 1 mt Channels + 1 mtIdrovora
Lepini Mountain +300 mt Via Appia +5 mt Sisto River Old coastal dune
+6 mt Coastal dune
Sea level
Sea level
+10 m +30 mt
Fascist regime | Integral reclamation 1927-39
The fascist regime, promised agricultural field to obtain consenses and the works began in 1927 to carry out an integral reclamation (hydraulic, agricultural and sanitary). The project involved the separation of mountain waters from lowland ones, theese were subdivided into medium and shallow waters collected by channels to reach the sea. The reclamation works were entrusted to the ONC and in 1938 it reached an extension of 26,000 ha: this result was possible only with a water pump systems that allow the mechanical lifting of the water. The first consequence was the elimination of almost the entire forest along the coastal lakes and the foundation of new settlements.
The agro pontino, presenting a vast area below sea level, is an extremely fragile and vulnerable area. Infact, the post-reclamation water system depends entirely on the electricity that drives the water pumps (idrovore).
The sea level rise of 1 mt expected for 2100 could transform the Pontine plain to its primordial condition, flooding almost all the agricultural fields of the consortium and compromising the economy of the region.
After the integral land reclamation
The active reclamation system consists of a vast water collection grid that in fact replaces the pre-existing swamp condition, which collected all the water coming from the nearby hills and mountains. The state of agricultural land rather than of marsh is possible only thanks to electricity: the network of drainage and drainage channels is in fact served by numerous water-scooping pumping systems, necessary to discharge into the sea (directly or through the coastal lakes) the waters that, coming from the surrounding hills, flow into this place placed a few meters below sea level, which prevents the natural flow of water by gravity towards the sea. The “idrovore” which lift the waters of few meters and return them to the continuation of the canal (or to another adjacent channel) which, starting from a higher altitude, can finally have the slope necessary to transport the water to the sea through the cutting of the coastal sand bar.
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Via Severiana
Via Setina
CanaleMussolini
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* *
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Monte Circeo Pontino
Bay
Circeo Mountain Marsh Coasta
l lakes Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Circeo Mountain Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Satricum
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Rome Rome
Rome Rome
Rome
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina
Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Fossa Cathega
Sisto river
Livola
Ufente omenAas
Fiume Portatore Canale Navigatore
Ufente
Amaseno Linea Pio
SistoR iver SistoR
iver
PLIOCENE
LAGHI E PALUDE
ETA ROMANA
Medioevo PLEISTOCENE
Rinascimento- Leone X (Leonardo da Vinci) - 1513-1521
Rinascimento - Sisto V - 1585-1590
PIO VI
- 1775-1799
Borghi di nuova fondazione Nuova città di Littoria
FUTURE VISION
Fosse miliari
2200
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Via Severiana
Via Setina
Canale Mussolini
*
*
*
*
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* *
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* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
Monte Circeo Pontino
Bay
Circeo Mountain Marsh Coasta
l lakes Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Circeo Mountain Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Satricum
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Rome Rome
Rome Rome
Rome
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina
Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Fossa Cathega
Sisto river
Livola
Ufente omenAas
Fiume Portatore Canale Navigatore
Ufente
Amaseno Linea Pio
SistoR iver SistoR
iver
PLIOCENE
LAGHI E PALUDE
ETA ROMANA
Medioevo PLEISTOCENE
Rinascimento- Leone X (Leonardo da Vinci) - 1513-1521
Rinascimento - Sisto V - 1585-1590
PIO VI
- 1775-1799
Borghi di nuova fondazione Nuova città di Littoria
FUTURE VISION
Fosse miliari
2200
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Via Severiana
Via Setina
CanaleMussolini
*
*
*
*
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
Monte Circeo Pontino
Bay
Circeo Mountain Marsh Coasta
l lakes Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Circeo Mountain Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Satricum
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Rome Rome
Rome Rome
Rome
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina
Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Fossa Cathega
Sisto river
Livola
Ufente omasenA
Fiume Portatore Canale Navigatore
Ufente
Amaseno Linea Pio
SistoR iver SistoR
iver
PLIOCENE
LAGHI E PALUDE
ETA ROMANA
Medioevo PLEISTOCENE
Rinascimento- Leone X (Leonardo da Vinci) - 1513-1521
Rinascimento - Sisto V - 1585-1590
PIO VI
- 1775-1799
Borghi di nuova fondazione Nuova città di Littoria
FUTURE VISION
Fosse miliari
2200
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Via Severiana
Via Setina
CanaleMussolini
*
*
*
*
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
* *
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Monte Circeo Pontino
Bay
Circeo Mountain Marsh Coasta
l lakes Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Monti Lepini
Monti Ausoni
Circeo Mountain Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Satricum
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Foro Appio Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Monte Circeo Cisterna
Cori
Priverno Sezze
Sermoneta
Astura
Terracina Anzio
Rome Rome
Rome Rome
Rome
Via Appia Via Severiana
Via Setina
Via Severiana
Via Setina Via Appia
Fossa Cathega
Sisto river
Livola
Ufente oenAmas
Fiume Portatore Canale Navigatore
Ufente
Amaseno Linea Pio
SistoR iver SistoR
iver
PLIOCENE
LAGHI E PALUDE
ETA ROMANA
Medioevo PLEISTOCENE
Rinascimento- Leone X (Leonardo da Vinci) - 1513-1521
Rinascimento - Sisto V - 1585-1590
PIO VI
- 1775-1799
Borghi di nuova fondazione Nuova città di Littoria
FUTURE VISION
Fosse miliari
2200
AGRO PONTINO:
Geomorphological evolution
Roman Empire Middle Age
From the VIII century a.d. the first agricultural farms, at the edge of the Marsh, began to spread, in particular in the area of the Astura river. The agricultural lands along the slopes of the Lepini Mountains that belonged to the noble families of Sezze and Sermoneta instead suffered frequent floods. In this period the Via Appia was completely abandoned. Starting from the IX century the changes in the territory concerned the coasts: the stato pontificio built numerous towers, bulwarks against pirate raids and sighting place of the Spanish, French and Turkish fleets untill the XVII century.
The Pontine Marsh was mostly abandoned and without a city except Terracina. The main road developed parallel to the coast and along the slopes of the Lepini mountains. The reclamation was pursued mainly for commercial and military purposes. In 312 b.c, the censor Appius Claudius began the construction of Appia, a consular road, to cross the marsh more quickly. In 160 b.c, the consul Marco Claudio Cathego built a canal along the road to stop the progress of the swamp and to give the waters a drain towards the sea. The navigable canal was called “Decemnovio” because it was 19 Roman miles long.
Forecasting | Sea level rise 2100
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“Littoria” settlement
FUTURE VISION 2200
LEGENDA
Forest
Natural rivers Coastal Dune Reclamation Lake Settlements
Harbor
Defensive tower
Irrigation channels New urban settlements Mountains
Marsh
Marsh - 2 mtChannels - 1 mt Channels + 1 mtIdrovora
Lepini Mountain +300 mt Via Appia +5 mt Sisto River Old coastal dune
+6 mt Coastal dune
Sea level
Sea level
+10 m +30 mt
1928
1930
1935
1935
1937
Geological map Idropraghic Basins
Ecological Value
Environmental Fragility
Soil permeability Population density
AGRO PONTINO:
Mapping
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Lakes
Idrovora- pump station Irrigation center
Basins with mechanical pumping Ufente
Badino Botte Selcella Linea Pio
Natural idrographic basins Amaseno
Sisto Rio Martino Astura Moscarello
Urban tissue HighMedium LowVery low
Very high HighMedium LowVery low Urban tissue
Lakes
Soil with complex behavior Soil with cohesive behavior Soil with granular behavior Anthropic backfill
Soil with lithoid behavior
> 1000 ab/Km2 400 - 1000 ab/Km2 200 - 400 ab/Km2 100 - 200 ab/Km2 20 - 100 ab/Km2 0 - 20 ab/Km2 Lakes
Alluvial flan, sub-plane
Limestone and volcanic material Ancient coastal sediment Recent dune
Ancient lagoon sediments
Lagoon sediments (low terrace).Peaty soil Recent lagoon sediments. Peaty soil Lagoon sediments (high terrace).Peaty soil River plain, reclaimed plain
Alluvial plain. Slow drainage Limestone mountains
Limestone mountains, karst basin Travertine plain
Sediments of Lazio volcano
Risks
Hidrogeological risk Subsidence
Coastal erosion Flooding risk: 2100 forecasting
AGRO PONTINO:
Risk map
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0 1 5 km
0 1 5 km
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HighMedium Low