Assessing the effects of using high-quality data and high-resolution models in valuing flood protection services of mangroves.

ABSTRACT: The rate of change on coastlines is accelerating from climate change and coastal development. Coastal flooding is a particularly pressing and increasing problem, which affects hundreds of millions of people and damages trillions of US$ in property. Scientists, practitioners and managers must be able to quickly assess flood risk and identify appropriate adaptation and risk reduction measures often with limited data and tools, particularly in developing countries. To inform these decision-making processes, we identify how sensitive flood risk and adaptation analyses are to changes in the resolution of data and models. We further do these comparisons in the context of assess the benefits of an ecosystem-based approach for risk reduction. There is growing interest in these ecosystem-based appr

SUBMITTER: Menendez P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6701829 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature