BeProCoasts - Pnrr

From Beaches to Coasts: towards an Integrated Protection of the Coasts – BeProCoasts (Project code: P2022WCTEW)

Funded by the Ministry of University and Research with European Union funds under the NextGenerationEU / PNRR program.

CUP : J53D23019050001

Project duration: 30 months (start date 30 November 2023)

OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT

The research focuses on coastal areas, with specific regard to Italy. In terms of content, it aims to shift the focus from the structure of beaches, which is the subject of the debate currently taking place in political and judicial institutions, to coastlines, seen as a set of assets worthy of protection. In terms of methodology, it aims to move from a monodisciplinary analysis to a transdisciplinary one. This requires:

1. consideration of the contribution that various social sciences – law, geography, economics, spatial planning – can make in the context of transdisciplinary research;
    

2. consideration of the various ways in which public institutions – also viewed through the prism of comparative analysis – perform a series of functions in relation to the coast, namely the delimitation of spaces, their distribution between public authorities and private entities, and the preservation and enhancement of the coast (for instance, coastal zone management plans);
    

3. examination of how public authorities act and of the involvement of stakeholders, not only those with sectional interests, but also those representing collective interests (e.g. workers' associations) and widespread ones (e.g. environmental associations).

INFO 

More than 20 researchers are involved in the project, divided into five disciplinary areas (administrative law, comparative private law, geography, economic statistics, political economy, urban planning and technology) and coming from five different Italian universities (Department of Political Science - Roma Tre University, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Bocconi University, IUAV University of Venice, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio)

PUBLISHED WORKS

Numero 3/2024 della Rivista Quadrimestrale di Diritto dell’Ambiente: Dalle spiagge alle coste, Link: https://www.rqda.eu/category/rivista-numero-3-2024/

G. della Cananea – F. Di Lascio, I pubblici poteri e il cambiamento climatico: due modelli di azione?, in Scritti in onore di Paolo Urbani, a cura di F. Cusano, Milano, Giuffrè, 2025, vol. I., pp. 589-606

G. della Cananea, Dalla proprietà pubblica alle proprietà pubbliche, in Aedon, 2024, n. 3, pp. 190-200; id. and A. Ferrari Zumbini (eds), Administrative rule-making and planning in European Laws (ed. with), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2025

A. Riggio, Clima e coste: prassi di ricerca transdisciplinare per l’adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici nei territori costieri italiani, in Documenti Geografici, n.1, 2025

G. Piperata, Paesaggio, in C. Barbati, M. Cammelli, L. Casini, G. Piperata, G. Sciullo, Diritto del patrimonio culturale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2025 (ISBN 978-88- 15-39158-2), pp. 267 ss.

G. Piperata, Il paesaggio: dalla tutela alla valorizzazione. Tutela e valorizzazione del paesaggio nella transizione, Il Mulino, 2024, pp. 59 ss.

G. Piperata, La “ciudad verde” y los retos para el Derecho, in Construindo um território integrado e sustentável instrumentos jurídicos para uma maior integração e sustentabilidade territorial, coordenação, D. Lopez, Instituto Jurídico Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 2024 (978‐989‐9075‐72‐6), pp. 101 ss.

F. Di Lascio, Towards new models in natural resources protection?, in Droit Public Comparé – Comparative Public Law, 2024, 3, p. 1- 40 

M. Gnes (a cura di), Le concessioni balneari tra diritti in conflitto e incertezze delle regole, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2023

L. Di Giovanni, La pianificazione del paesaggio costiero, in C. Vitale (a cura di), Il «governo» del mare. Tutela del paesaggio e sviluppo sostenibile dalla prospettiva della pianificazione marittima, Napoli, Editoriale Scientifica, 2024, pp. 77-95

M. Roversi Monaco, I piani di gestione dello spazio marittimo e la tutela del paesaggio, in C. Vitale (a cura di), Il ‘governo del mare’. Tutela del paesaggio e sviluppo sostenibile dalla prospettiva della pianificazione marittima, Napoli, Editoriale scientifica, 2024

M. Bocci, D. Brigolin, F. Carella, A. Fadini, E. Gissi, F. Madeddu, S. Menegon, M. Roversi Monaco, F. Musco, F. Soffietti, Designing and implementing a multi-scalar approach to Maritime Spatial Planning: The case study of Italy, in Marine Policy, 2024
 

FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

G. della Cananea, Climate Change, Democracy, and Judicial Review: An Uneasy Trio, in corso di pubblicazione nel volume a cura di Nicola Gullo, Climate Change and Public Law
 

EVENTS

• Roma Tre University, February 1, 2024: From beaches to coastlines – Problems and prospects. Kick-off meeting for the PRIN2022 PNRR project
• Roma Tre University, May 3, 2024: The role of cities in combating climate change
• Roma Tre University, May 10, 2024: Ecological transition and administrative proceedings
• Bocconi University, May 17, 2024: Biodiversity protection: developments and issues
• University of Cassino and Sothern Lazio, Castello di Gaeta, June 12, 2024: From beaches to coastlines: towards an atlas of coastal sustainability and integrated coastal management in Italy
• Rome, Istituto Luigi Sturzo, July 3, 2024: Maritime state concessions between conflicting rights and regulatory uncertainty: progress, problems, and prospects
• Roma Tre University, Ostia, October 9, 2024:  Coastal protection: a challenge for the EU.
• IUAV Venice University, October 28, 2024: Maritime spatial management plans
• Carlo Bo Univeristy of Urbino, December 12, 2024: Coastal regulation from a comparative perspective: legal nature, uses, planningne
• Roma Tre University, March 6, 2025: The value of the coastal ecosystem: a multidisciplinary analysis
• University of Cassino and Sothern Lazio, Castello di Gaeta, June 16, 2025: Transcalar georeferencing of sustainability levels in Italian coastal systems: a comparison of initial results
• Rome, Istituto Luigi Sturzo, June 17, 2025: Beach concessions: recent developments