The effectiveness, costs and coastal protection benefits of natural and nature-based defences

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Narayan, Siddharth ^a   Beck, Michael W ^b   Reguero, Borja G ^c   Losada, Iñigo J ^d   Van Wesenbeeck, Bregje ^e   Pontee, Nigel ^f   Sanchirico, James N ^g   Ingram, Jane Carter ^h   Lange, Glenn Marie ⁱ   Burks Copes, Kelly A ^j  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

ⁱ WORLD BANK   (United States)

^j U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HABITAT; HURRICANE; KELP; MANGROVE; SALT MARSH; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE; SOIL EROSION; SUBMERGED BREAKWATER; TIDE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; PROCEDURES; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84966713475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154735     Document Type: Article

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