CNR – IRSA Eng . Michele Vurro , dr Raffaella Matarrese, dr Nicola Palmisano

1. Capitalization and upgrade of the GIS maps on vulnerability (act. 3.3): drivers and needed information to empower the database CNR – IRSA Eng. Michele Vurro, dr Raffaella Matarrese, dr Nicola Palmisano Kick off meeting – Bari, January 21-22, 2013

2. WP 3.3 • This task consists in the analysis of the data collected in 3.1 & the upgrade of the maps of the existing sources of risks and environmental, social, economic sensitive areas in each region participating in the project, according to common standards defined in the previous task. • The preparation of an Adriatic ATLAS of vulnerable areas represents the conceptual basis to drive correct prevention policy for any type of environmental and technological disaster. • This act. is based on the capitalization of the already existing GIS map covering the whole Adriatic (definition 1:50.000, shared & validated at international level and based on WGS84) & carried out in SecurSea project (INTERREG III A Adriatic). The core outcomes are the risky scenarios

3. Collect data and harmonizedatasets A questionaire will be sent to each partner in order to: • review all the existing data/maps • Create an homogeneuos database • Empower the webgis

4. Hazard, Vulnerability, Risk • Hazard is a phenomenon, an event or occurrence that has the potential for causing injury to life or damage to property or the environment (e.g. flood, tornado , volcano eruption, earthquake, landslide or man-made hazards). The magnitude of the phenomenon, the probability of its occurrence, and the extent and severity of its impact may vary. In many cases, these effects can be anticipated or estimated. Through careful study and understanding of the nature and prevalence of hazards, a community or public authority could anticipate future hazards and their impact and minimize the risk of a disaster. • Vulnerability refers to the susceptibility of a community to a hazard and the prevailing condition, including physical, socio-economic and political factors that adversely affect its ability to respond to hazards or disaster events. The community and its members may or may not be contributing intentionally or directly to the prevailing conditions. However, altogether, they create factors and situations that define the vulnerability of the community. Vulnerabilities can be manifested as physical, social, or attitudinal vulnerability. The disruption of a community can reduced if it is better prepared, e.g. if there is suitable infrastructure and human systems and coordination. Poor countries and citizens are always more prone to disasters through their greater vulnerability to hazard and risk than higher income countries and citizens. For example, epidemics within poor communities often increase during and after hazardous events such as floods, droughts and cyclones.  • Risk, essentially, is the probability that injury to life or damage to property and the environment will occur. However, in disaster management, risk refers to the combined susceptibility and vulnerability of the community to potential damage caused by a particular hazard within a specified future time period. Risk is rooted in conditions of physical, social, economic and environmental vulnerability that need to be assessed and managed on a continuing basis.

5. Hazard Possibleinputsforhazard • Maritime traffic • Oil and gas platform • Adriatic sea characteristics • Analysis of historical accidents in the Adriatic sea

6. Hazard Marine trafficclassifiedby Yacht High speedcraft Name ShipType Fishing Passenger vessel Tankers Tug, pilot Cargo vessel

7. Hazard Marine traffic classified by Name ShipType Flag

8. Hazard Marine traffic classified by Name ShipType Flag Vessel’s track

9. Hazard Marine traffic classified by Name Ship Type Flag Vessel’s track Age of the vessel Date of last maintaince … Hazard level of the ship Levels of hazard – 3 or more

10. Hazard Location of the main gas and oil field in the Adriatic Sea Oil & gas platform Structuralsettingof the Adriaticbasin and the mainrelatedpetroleumexplorationplays. Casero & Bigi, Università La Sapienza, Roma. In press on Marine and petroleumgeology.

11. Hazard Adriaticcharacteristics Hydrodynamicsfeaturesof the Adriaticsea at very high resolution, in space and in time.

12. Hazard Adriaticcharacteristics • Waveheighanddirection

13. Hazard Adriaticcharacteristics • Meteo forecast(ifavaible)

14. Hazard Statisticalanalysisof the 174 accidentsrecorded in Adriaticsea

15. Vulnerability Possibleinputsforvulnerability • Shorelinefeatures • Plants & Animals • ProtectedAreas • Economic • Culture & Heritage • Social, Amenity & Recreational • Maritimeroutes

16. Vulnerability Shorelinefeatures Cobble beach Rocky shoreline Cliffs Sandy beach Wave-cutplatform

17. Vulnerability Plants & animals SeveralbiocenosiscaracteristicofAdriaticsea. Meadowseagrass (nursery areas), coralligenous (Habitat directive), fine sands, muds, etc. Allkindofpopulationassociatedto the actualbiocenosis.

18. Vulnerability AdriacProtectedAreas

19. Vulnerability Economic, Culture & Heritage, Social, Amenity & Recreational

20. Vulnerability Adriaticroutes

21. Riskmaps The framework for assessing the consequences of accidents on coastlines can be rated using a order-of-magnitude scale and considers the effect of accident and the longevity of that effect (across seasons). Each region can be rated based upon the worst-case (time of year) using a scale that assesses the sensitivity of the area to the accident in terms of environmental factors (i.e. shoreline character, plants and animals) and human factors (i.e. economic, cultural and amenity value). These ratings produce a vulnerability profile for each section of coast and, when combined with the hazard, are used to derive a risk rating.

22. Risk management

23. Accidentalarm • Identify the accident and the associatedrisk • Location of the accident • Diffusionforecastbyhydrodynamicmodel • Alerttoall the involvedinstitutions Needto locate the ready-to-use responseequipmentoverall the wholeAdriatic.

24. Database of response equipment location: drivers and needed information to empower the database (act. 4.1) • The objectiveofthisactivityisimplementing the common database for the entireAdriatic area (act. 3.4) gathering data on the state ofreadinessofresponseequipment. Each partner shallreceive a questionnaireto collect data on the state ofreadiness and spatialdistributionoftheirspillresponseequipment. The data shallthenbeenteredinto a joint digital database whichshallbeaccessiblefrom the project website. The resultofthisactivitycontributes at completing the pictureover the mostendangeredAdriaticvulnerablezones (act. 3.3), the responsesproceduresapplied in everycountries & partners'regions (act. 3.2) and the where the responseequipmentisstored and ready-touseacross the wholeAdriatic area (act. 4.1)

25. Collect data and harmonizedatasets • Interviewall the institutionsdevotedto marine protection • Reviewofallavailableresponseequipment in eachcounty • Empower the web giswith position and featuresofallavailableresponseequipment

26. COAN - Comando Operativo Aeronavale (Guardia di Finanza) More than 200 responseequipmentamongships and helicopters.

27. Otherpossibleinputs • listofpossibleenterprises tocontact in ordertoclean up the sea