Integrated coastal zone management at Marina di Carrara Harbor: sediment management and policy making

►Sediment management is becoming a critical issue around the world, particularly where the development of harbor facilities, the conservation of coastal environments and needs of tourism compete for sustainable use of sediment resources. ►Determination of sedimentary budget along coast is essential, but not straightforward. Different sediment management option can determine input or output of material within the sediment sharing system. They often lay hidden by the different data source, due to the fact that national and local administration have different database related to their specific institutional responsibilities. Information and data need to be merged to have policy initiative, based on scientific principles and model for other jurisdictions, developing their own sediment quantitative estimation within an ICZM approach and a sustainable development of sedimentary resource's management, are needed particularly in coastal areas suffering erosion. The present paper represent a case study as it consider many restrictions due to contamination and compatibility issues related to beneficial reuse of sediments.