Assessment of coastal vulnerability to land-based sources of pollution and its application in Apulia, Italy.

The present paper deals with the assessment of the coastal vulnerability to pollution sources induced by land-based activities (LBAs). The coastal vulnerability is expressed and evaluated in relation to the land-based activities present in the coastal areas and a new index, namely Coastal Pollution Index from land-based activities (CPI_LBAs), is proposed. The index is calculated considering nine indicators using a transect-based approach.