FANCIULLI , G.

Emergy analysis was applied to three municipalities (Portofino, Santa Margherita Ligure and Rapallo) of the Liguria Region coast, where tourism and cruise tourism are thriving. The results were compared with traditional economic indices. The territorial assessment of the municipalities was analysed by comparing the environmental costs with the...

A methodology based on emergy analysis for the calculation of the biophysical value of the stocked biomass (natural capital) was applied to the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) of Portofino (PF) and Cinque Terre (CT). The resources exploited, on a yearly base, to maintain the natural capital itself alive (environmental flows) were accounted too....

The ARION main objective is the creation of a virtual corridor for monitoring and surveillance of transient and resident bottlenose dolphins ({Tursiops truncatus). We deployed in the Portofino MPA two detection units, based on a particular type of marine buoy (elastic beacon) each equipped with four hydrophones and an acquisition system which...