The Effectiveness, Costs and Coastal Protection Benefits of Natural and Nature-Based Defences.

There is great interest in the restoration and conservation of coastal habitats for protection from flooding and erosion. This is evidenced by the growing number of analyses and reviews of the effectiveness of habitats as natural defences and increasing funding world-wide for nature-based defences-i...

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Main Authors: Siddharth Narayan, Michael W Beck, Borja G Reguero, Iñigo J Losada, Bregje van Wesenbeeck, Nigel Pontee, James N Sanchirico, Jane Carter Ingram, Glenn-Marie Lange, Kelly A Burks-Copes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4852949?pdf=render