Table 4 Data sources.

From: Improvement of a coastal vulnerability index and its application along the Calabria Coastline, Italy

Variable

Data summary

Data source

Geomorphology

Map data (DTM) and lithological map (0.5 km grid cell)

Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata)

Coastal slope

Regional bathymetry and map data (DTM) (Grid extending 5 km landward and seaward of the shoreline—elevation at 1 m vertical resolution for 8 m grid cells)

Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata)

Shoreline erosion/accretion rates

Regional orthophotos (1954 -2018)

Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata)

Emerged beach width

Regional orthophotos

Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata)

Dune

Dune width: regional orthophotos; Type of dune: visual inspection and previously studies carried out in the area

Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata) Uzunov et al. (2013)76; Uzunov et al. (2009)77

River discharge

River discharge data

Authority Basin of Calabria region (http://old.regione.calabria.it/abr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=364&Itemid=113)

Relative sea-level change

Trends in Sea level rise

Mediterranean by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA (https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaLevelRise/)

Mean significant wave height

Wave information (Crotone wave buoy)

National wave metric network (ISPRA—Institute for Environmental Protection and Research)

Mean tide range

Tide range information

European Environmental Agency EEA data-base (https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaLevelRise/);

Vegetation behind the back-beach

Regional orthophoto

Geoportal of Calabria Region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata)

Coverage of Posidonia oceanica

Regional orthophoto and previously study

Geoportal of Calabria region (http://geoportale.regione.calabria.it/opendata); EEA(https://nature-art17.eionet.europa.eu/article17/reports2012/habitat/summary/?period=5&group=Coastal+habitats&subject=1120&region=MMED)