The protective benefits of tsunami mitigation parks and ramifications for their strategic design.

ABSTRACT: Nature-based solutions are becoming an increasingly important component of sustainable coastal risk management. For particularly destructive hazards like tsunamis, natural elements like vegetation are often combined with designed elements like seawalls or dams to augment the protective benefits of each component. One example of this kind of hybrid approach is the so-called tsunami mitigation park, which combines a designed hillscape with vegetation. Despite the increasing popularity of tsunami mitigation parks, the protective benefits they provide are poorly understood and incompletely quantified. As a consequence of this lack of understanding, current designs might not maximize the protective benefits of tsunami mitigation parks. Here, we numerically model the interactions between a singl

SUBMITTER: Lunghino B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245067 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature