Study sites
The EcoC2S methodology is tested at river-basin level in two pilot case studies. Both have compound flooding potential and are heavily shaped by human activity — and both represent coasts found all around Europe.
Spain · Atlantic
Two large water bodies connected to the open sea, a complex network of tidal creeks and Ramsar-protected marshes that already buffer floods — under pressure from a port, a city and new infrastructure.
Italy · Mediterranean
A dense estuarine city on the Misa, facing the microtidal Adriatic, with limited natural drainage and sealed soils — and a river–sea monitoring system running since 2015.
Why two archetypes
Archetypes are a structured way to classify, understand and address compound flooding. Cádiz represents meso- and macrotidal Atlantic systems with large marshes; Senigallia, microtidal Mediterranean river cities. Similar coasts run all along Atlantic and Mediterranean Europe, so what the project learns can be transferred.
