Fusaro Lake-Cuma Coast
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| Area | Fusaro Lake-Cuma Coast | |
| Place | Bacoli | |
| Country | Italy | |
| Topics | please enter the main coast-related topics here | |
| Author(s) | Angela Ruggiero, Angela Vicidomini, Giacomo Santoro, Lucia Turiello | |
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Rationale
The area of the Cuma Coast is one of great interest in the surroundings of Naples. Within its borders there are several emergencies concerning architecture, archeology and natural environment. Here the coastline is quite different, with wide sand beaches and traces of dunes so it has great potential to improve tourism. Then inner part is quite chaotic due to illegal construction and messy urban planning. The idea is to rebuild the natural environment and create new and suistinable infrastructures in order to exploit at best the resources.
Location and scope
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A Landscape System Analysis
A.1 Landscape layers and their system context
Geomorphology, landscape units and coastal typology
The area of study is part of the larger volcanic area of the Phlegraean Fields (Campi Flegrei in italian). The area of the caldera consists of 24 craters and volcanic edifices which have deeply transformed during the centuries. Despite the super volcano is dormant, hydrothermal activity and effusive gaseous manifestations can be currentley observed. The Acropolis of Cuma is itself part of one of the craters. The Fusaro Lake is, instead, a volcanic lake which formations is due to the blockage of volcanic materials which created a narrow coastal strip. The coastline is characterized by wide sand beaches with sand dunes and is currently menaced by erosion.
Aerial view of the Campi Flegrei. On the background the Cuma Coast with the Fusaro Lake
Land use
- settlements, infrastructure, agriculture, resource extraction, natural areas, energy production...
- description of evolution, status quo and driving forces, is the land use likely to change? Why is that? (approx 200 signs)
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Green/blue infrastructure
- What are the major potential elements of a green/blue infrastructure network? Are these likely to change/disappear? Why is that?
- You find my background material on green infrastructure in our reading list
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Actors and stakeholders
The area is mainly part of the Municipality of Bacoli. The main insititutional actors envolved are the same Municipality, the Basin Authortity (Autorità di bacino), the Provence of Naples and the Campania Region. Currently the Region is working on a coastline masterplan and, in partnership with the Emilia-Romagna Region, on an european project for the managment of the coast. The Basin Authortity (Autorità di bacino) is proceeding with the drafting of the Erosion Plans for Coastal Erosion, whose fundamental objectives are the identification of the areas at risk, within the stretch of coast in question, and the definition of guidelines for the implementation of coastal engineering interventions with particular reference to the defense of the areas considered as priority for the presence of high environmental criticalities.
- Draw a stakeholder and/or power map: Who is affected highly but with low power? Who has high power but is not affected?
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Sacred spaces and heritage
The area of study is particularly of cultural interest thanks, mainly, to the presence the the archeologic park of Cuma. Cuma is one of the oldest Roman colonies settled in Italy, founded in 730 b.C. The site of Cuma, explored in stages since 1606, but systematically only since 1852, is managed by the Superintendence for the Archaeological Heritage of Naples: most of the recovered finds are kept at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples and to the archaeological museum of the Campi Flegrei. Of the ancient city, just partly excavated, is possibile visit the lower part of the Roman city, with the area of the Forum and its public buildings, the Crypta Romana, and especially the acropolis with the cave of the Sibyl and the temples of Apollo and of Zeus. The splendid Arco Felice is a gateway to the city, a monumental brick arch from the Roman era.
The area of the Fusaro lake was one of the favorite hunting sites of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon who, to the south-east of the lake above a small island, gave rise to the beautiful Royal Casino. A jewel of late eighteenth-century architecture, one of the most significant of the Campi Flegrei, built to a design by Carlo Vanvitelli in 1782.
The Royal Casino is one of the most pictured element in the area
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Visual appearance and landscape narrative
The Phlegraean Fields are of enormous historical and environmental importance for numerous reasons that have made this part of Campania one of the main the destination of the Grand Tour from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, attracting visitors from all over Europe. Among these, Goethe who in his Journey in Italy gives a wide description of the area.
"The surroundings of Naples are the most wonderful in the world. The destruction and chaos of the volcanoes incline the soul to imitate the criminal hand of nature ... "We," I said to my friends, "resemble these volcanoes and the virtuous people in the monotonous and desolate Piedmontese plain. »
(Donatien Alphonse François de Sade)
Ferdinand IV hunting on the Fusaro lake, Hackert (1783)
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A.2 Summary of you landscape system analysis and your development Targets
- You can summarize your findings with an DPSI(R) Model or a Spider Diagram
- Link back to the Sustainable Development Goals: Which goals are at risk?
- What is your hypothesis for this landscape?
- Visualise your hypothesis with one graphic/pict
- Are there any existing initiatives taking action in this landscape? Do you have a critical perspective on that?
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A.3 Theory reflection
- Reflect on at least three international policy documents in relation to their local landscape case
- choose one international, one European and one national document
- You can choose references from our reading list
- Scope: 250 words
A.4 References
- Cuma, la prima città greca d'Italia
- Visita al complesso borbonico del lago Fusaro
- Il lago Fusaro
- Il lago Fusaro e le sue ostriche
- Difesa del suolo
Phase B: Landscape Evaluation and Assessment
B.1 Assessment Strategy
- Based on the hypothesis derived from your previous landscape systems analysis you are now asked to define the goals for assessing the landscape. Your assessment is the basis for evaluating the landscape status.
- Which elements and phenomena need to be mapped, why and how?
- This a text contribution, max 250 words
B.2 Mapping
- As defined by your assessment strategy you conduct the mapping and present your findings here
- As a minimum, at least three different themes need to be mapped, you may choose more if needed
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B.3 Problem definition and priority setting
- Give a summary of the major findings of your mapping process, what are the problems/potentials identified?
- Draw a problems/potentials map
- Set priorities for the most relevant issues
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B.4 Theory reflection
- Please reflect the assessment and evaluation methods used based on at least three readings
- Did you encounter limitations'
- 200 words test contribution
B.5 References
- give a full list of the references you have used for this section
Phase C – Strategy and Master Plan
C.1 Goal Setting
- Define strategic planning objectives based on the evaluation findings
- Link back to your original targets from section one and the Development Goals
- 150 words text contribution
C.2 Spatial Strategy and Transect
- translate your strategic goals into a vision
- develop a spatial translation of your vision
- exemplify your vision in the form of a transect with concrete interventions
- add map(s) and visualizations
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C.3 From Theory of Change to Implementation
- For implementing your vision: Which partnerships are needed? Which governance model is required?
- Who needs to act and how? Draw and explain a change/process model/timeline
- Which resources are needed? On which assets can you build?
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C.4 References
- give a full list of the references you have used for this section
D. Process Reflection
- Reflect in your intercultural and interdisciplinary team on the outcomes of your study
- Which limitations were you facing?
- What have you learnt from each other?
- What would you do differently next time?
- You can also use diagrams/visuals
- 250 words text