https://www.southbayrestoration.org/ en https://www.southbayrestoration.org/document/value-marsh-restoration-flood-risk-reduction-urban-estuary <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The value of marsh restoration for flood risk reduction in an urban estuary</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>ariela</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Tue, 06/11/2024 - 15:39</span> <div class="field field--name-field-document-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Document Category</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item">Scientific Reports</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author(s)</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/authors/rae-taylor-burns" hreflang="en">Rae Taylor-Burns</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/authors/christopher-lowrie" hreflang="en">Christopher Lowrie</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/authors/babak-tehranirad" hreflang="en">Babak Tehranirad</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/authors/jeremy-lowe" hreflang="en">Jeremy Lowe</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/authors/li-erikson" hreflang="en">Li Erikson</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/authors/patrick-l-barnard" hreflang="en">Patrick L. Barnard</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/authors/borja-g-reguero" hreflang="en">Borja G. Reguero</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/authors/michael-w-beck" hreflang="en">Michael W. Beck</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-document field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Date</div> <div class="field__item">2024-03</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Summary</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Abstract</p><p>The use of nature-based solutions (NBS) for coastal climate adaptation has broad and growing interest, but NBS are rarely assessed with the same rigor as traditional engineering solutions or with respect to future climate change scenarios. These gaps pose challenges for the use of NBS for climate adaptation. Here, we value the flood protection benefits of stakeholder-identified marsh restoration under current and future climate change within San Francisco Bay, a densely urbanized estuary, and specifically on the shores of San Mateo County, the county most vulnerable to future flooding in California. Marsh restoration provides a present value of $21 million which increases to over $100 million with 0.5 m of sea level rise (SLR), and to about $500 million with 1 m of SLR. There are hotspots within the county where marsh restoration delivers very high benefits for adaptation, which reach $9 million/hectare with likely future sea level and storm conditions. Today’s investments in nature and community resilience can result in increasing payoffs as climate change progresses and risk increases.</p><p>Citation</p><p>Taylor-Burns, R., Lowrie, C., Tehranirad, B. <em>et al.</em> The value of marsh restoration for flood risk reduction in an urban estuary. <em>Sci Rep</em> <strong>14</strong>, 6856 (2024). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57474-4">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57474-4</a></p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/keywords/tidal-marshes" hreflang="en">tidal marshes</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/keywords/restoration" hreflang="en">restoration</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/keywords/habitat-restoration" hreflang="en">habitat restoration</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/967" hreflang="en">nature-based solutions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/957" hreflang="en">climate change</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/959" hreflang="en">adaptation</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/952" hreflang="en">sea level rise</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1017" hreflang="en">flood risk management</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-pond-complex field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Pond Complex</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><div id="taxonomy-term-54" class="taxonomy-term vocabulary-pond-complex"> <h2><a href="/taxonomy/term/54"> <div class="field field--name-name field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/54" hreflang="en">Ravenswood</a></div> </a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="layout layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--25-75"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocktaxonomy-termpond-complexfield-pond-complex-image"> <div class="field field--name-field-pond-complex-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <a href="/taxonomy/term/54" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_50x50_/public/2019-05/ravenswood.png?itok=FYrqWj3J" width="50" height="50" alt="Ravenswood map" class="image-style-thumbnail-50x50-" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocktaxonomy-termpond-complexname"> <div class="field field--name-name field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/54" hreflang="en">Ravenswood</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-website-link field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Content available here</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-57474-4" target="_blank">Nature article</a></div> </div> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:39:05 +0000 ariela 2479 at https://www.southbayrestoration.org