ABSTRACT
Climate change is generating several impacts on coastal ecosystems such as sea level rise, storm surge floodings, coastal erosion and decrease of water quality. In order to analyse the potential consequences of climate change on marine water quality and evaluate the related impacts on marine biological systems, a Regional Risk Assessment (RRA) methodology was developed and applied to the marine water bodies of the Northern Adriatic coast (Veneto and Friuli Venezia regions, Italy). The RRA outputs are GIS-based hazard, vulnerability, risk and damage maps providing useful information to stakeholders and decision makers about the potential consequences of water quality variations. Provided outputs allow establishing priorities for interventions supporting adaptation and management strategies.
