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Overview

Paolo Ciavola is affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy, focusing their research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work encompasses 46 publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences and 38 in Environmental Science, reflecting a broad engagement with topics related to the Earth's dynamic systems and environmental processes.

Their subfield expertise includes Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science. These subfields illustrate a comprehensive approach to understanding natural phenomena and environmental changes at multiple scales.

Their main research topics cover Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements. These areas of study indicate a focus on the interactions between coastal environments and atmospheric events, as well as the use of advanced sensing technologies to monitor and model environmental changes.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Dune reconstruction and revegetation as a potential measure to decrease coastal erosion and flooding under extreme storm conditions, 2020, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Using High-Spatial Resolution UAV-Derived Data to Evaluate Vegetation and Geomorphological Changes on a Dune Field Involved in a Restoration Endeavour, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • How good are symmetric triangular synthetic storms to represent real events for coastal hazard modelling, 2020, Coastal Engineering
  • Evaluating Short-Term Tidal Flat Evolution Through UAV Surveys: A Case Study in the Po Delta (Italy), 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Assessment of satellite-derived shorelines automatically extracted from Sentinel-2 imagery using SAET, 2023, Coastal Engineering

They frequently publish in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Remote Sensing, Coastal Engineering, Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress, and Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, demonstrating engagement with both open research repositories and specialized journals in their field.

Frequent co-authors with whom Paolo Ciavola has collaborated include Enrico Duo, Tomás Fernández-Montblanc, Clara Armaroli, Juan Montes, and P. Cabrita. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships within the academic community focused on coastal and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Review article: assessing the costs of natural hazards - state of the art and knowledge gaps

    V. Meyer;N. Becker;V. Markantonis;R. Schwarze

  • Flow Resistance and Associated Sedimentary Processes in a Spartina maritima Salt-Marsh

    Urs Neumeier;Paolo Ciavola

  • Beach recreation planning using video-derived coastal state indicators

    J. A. Jiménez;A. Osorio;A. Osorio;I. Marino-Tapia;Michael Davidson

  • Critical storm thresholds for significant morphological changes and damage along the Emilia-Romagna coastline, Italy

    Clara Armaroli;Paolo Ciavola;Luisa Perini;Lorenzo Calabrese

  • Costing natural hazards

    Heidi Kreibich;Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh;Laurens M. Bouwer;Philip Bubeck

  • Introduction to RISC-KIT: Resilience-increasing strategies for coasts

    Ap van Dongeren;Paolo Ciavola;Grit Martinez;Christophe Viavattene

  • Bio-dependent bed parameters as a proxy tool for sediment stability in mixed habitat intertidal areas

    P.L. Friend;P. Ciavola;S. Cappucci;R. Santos

  • Field measurements of longshore sand transport and control processes on a steep meso-tidal beach in Portugal

    Paolo Ciavola;Rui Taborda;Oscar Ferreira;Joao Alveirinho Dias

  • Beach morphodynamics and types of foredune erosion generated by storms along the Emilia-Romagna coastline, Italy

    Clara Armaroli;Edoardo Grottoli;Mitchell D. Harley;Paolo Ciavola

  • Can an early warning system help minimize the impacts of coastal storms? A case study of the 2012 Halloween storm, Northern Italy

    M. D. Harley;A. Valentini;C. Armaroli;L. Perini

  • Field observations of sand-mixing depths on steep beaches

    Paolo Ciavola;Rui Taborda;Óscar Ferreira;Joa˜o Alveirinho Dias

  • Storm impacts along European coastlines. Part 2: lessons learned from the MICORE project

    Paolo Ciavola;Oscar Ferreira;Piet Haerens;Mark Van Koningsveld

  • Managing local coastal inundation risk using real-time forecasts and artificial dune placements

    Mitchell D. Harley;Paolo Ciavola

  • Relation between river dynamics and coastal changes in Albania: An assessment integrating satellite imagery with historical data

    P. Ciavola

  • Storm impacts along European coastlines. Part 1: The joint effort of the MICORE and ConHaz Projects

    Paolo Ciavola;Oscar Ferreira;Piet Haerens;Mark Van Koningsveld

  • Historical analysis of storm events: Case studies in France, England, Portugal and Italy

    E Garnier;P Ciavola;Thomas Spencer;O Ferreira

  • Evaluation of coastal vulnerability to flooding: comparison of two different methodologies adopted by the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy)

    L. Perini;L. Calabrese;G. Salerno;P. Ciavola

  • Dune reconstruction and revegetation as a potential measure to decrease coastal erosion and flooding under extreme storm conditions

    T. Fernández-Montblanc;T. Fernández-Montblanc;E. Duo;P. Ciavola

  • Dynamics of a nearshore bar system in the northern Adriatic: A video-based morphological classification

    Clara Armaroli;Paolo Ciavola

  • Towards robust pan-European storm surge forecasting

    T. Fernández-Montblanc;M.I. Vousdoukas;P. Ciavola;E. Voukouvalas

  • 82. MICORE: DUNE EROSION AND OVERWASH MODEL VALIDATION WITH DATA FROM NINE EUROPEAN FIELD SITES

    Ap Van Dongeren;Annelies Bolle;Michalis I. Vousdoukas;Theocharis Plomaritis

  • Impact of storms along the coastline of Emilia-Romagna: the morphological signature on the Ravenna coastline (Italy)

    P. Ciavola;C. Armaroli;J. Chiggiato;A. Valentini

Frequent Co-Authors

Óscar Ferreira
Óscar Ferreira University of Algarve
Diego Vicinanza
Diego Vicinanza University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Mitchell D. Harley
Mitchell D. Harley University of New South Wales
Annegret H. Thieken
Annegret H. Thieken University of Potsdam
Heidi Kreibich
Heidi Kreibich Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Ap van Dongeren
Ap van Dongeren IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Laurens M. Bouwer
Laurens M. Bouwer Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
João Alveirinho Dias
João Alveirinho Dias University of Algarve
José A. Jiménez
José A. Jiménez Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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