Socio-Economic Assessment of Ecosystem-Based and Other Adaptation Strategies in Coastal Areas: A Systematic Review
Coastal areas are highly vulnerable to climate-change hazards (e.g., sea-level rise, flooding, coastal erosion), which can lead to significant impacts at the ecosystem and societal level. Interest in ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is gaining importance due to its potential multiple benefits, inclu...
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| author | Mar Riera-Spiegelhalder Luís Campos-Rodrigues Elena Marie Enseñado Janneke den Dekker-Arlain Olympia Papadopoulou Stratos Arampatzis Koen Vervoort |
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| description | Coastal areas are highly vulnerable to climate-change hazards (e.g., sea-level rise, flooding, coastal erosion), which can lead to significant impacts at the ecosystem and societal level. Interest in ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is gaining importance due to its potential multiple benefits, including social and environmental aspects, when compared to more traditional approaches such as hard engineering interventions. When assessing EbA strategies, further understanding of the nature–society functions, processes, values, and benefits is needed to increase its application. This study contributes to better knowledge of EbA and other adaptation strategies by developing a systematic literature review of studies performing socio-economic assessments of climate-change adaptation in coastal areas. The analysis of 54 publications revealed that cost–benefit analysis was applied in most studies, followed by multi-criteria analysis and other techniques. Hybrid adaptation strategies based on different combinations of hard, soft, and EbA interventions were considered as potential optimal solutions in a significant part of the assessments. This study shows some potential co-benefits of EbA, such as livelihood diversification or biodiversity conservation, but also stresses the need for further research on this topic, as well as on evaluating how EbA performs in the long term under changing climate-condition scenarios. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20015d033048486fa4ec17b477cff44b2023-11-16T21:27:32ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122023-02-0111231910.3390/jmse11020319Socio-Economic Assessment of Ecosystem-Based and Other Adaptation Strategies in Coastal Areas: A Systematic ReviewMar Riera-Spiegelhalder0Luís Campos-Rodrigues1Elena Marie Enseñado2Janneke den Dekker-Arlain3Olympia Papadopoulou4Stratos Arampatzis5Koen Vervoort6Local Sustainability, Institute for Local Development, UVEG University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, SpainEconomics and Environment Unit, ENT Environment and Management, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, SpainUrban Sustainability and Climate Change Resilience, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 Rotterdam, The NetherlandsUrban Sustainability and Climate Change Resilience, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 Rotterdam, The NetherlandsTero Monoprosopi Ike, 55132 Kalamaria, GreeceTero Monoprosopi Ike, 55132 Kalamaria, GreeceProjects Department, European Network of Living Labs, 1050 Brussels, BelgiumCoastal areas are highly vulnerable to climate-change hazards (e.g., sea-level rise, flooding, coastal erosion), which can lead to significant impacts at the ecosystem and societal level. Interest in ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is gaining importance due to its potential multiple benefits, including social and environmental aspects, when compared to more traditional approaches such as hard engineering interventions. When assessing EbA strategies, further understanding of the nature–society functions, processes, values, and benefits is needed to increase its application. This study contributes to better knowledge of EbA and other adaptation strategies by developing a systematic literature review of studies performing socio-economic assessments of climate-change adaptation in coastal areas. The analysis of 54 publications revealed that cost–benefit analysis was applied in most studies, followed by multi-criteria analysis and other techniques. Hybrid adaptation strategies based on different combinations of hard, soft, and EbA interventions were considered as potential optimal solutions in a significant part of the assessments. This study shows some potential co-benefits of EbA, such as livelihood diversification or biodiversity conservation, but also stresses the need for further research on this topic, as well as on evaluating how EbA performs in the long term under changing climate-condition scenarios.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/11/2/319climate-change adaptationcoastal citiesecosystem-based adaptation (EbA)socio-economic assessmentsystematic literature review |
| spellingShingle | Mar Riera-Spiegelhalder Luís Campos-Rodrigues Elena Marie Enseñado Janneke den Dekker-Arlain Olympia Papadopoulou Stratos Arampatzis Koen Vervoort Socio-Economic Assessment of Ecosystem-Based and Other Adaptation Strategies in Coastal Areas: A Systematic Review Journal of Marine Science and Engineering climate-change adaptation coastal cities ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) socio-economic assessment systematic literature review |
| title | Socio-Economic Assessment of Ecosystem-Based and Other Adaptation Strategies in Coastal Areas: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Socio-Economic Assessment of Ecosystem-Based and Other Adaptation Strategies in Coastal Areas: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Socio-Economic Assessment of Ecosystem-Based and Other Adaptation Strategies in Coastal Areas: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-Economic Assessment of Ecosystem-Based and Other Adaptation Strategies in Coastal Areas: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Socio-Economic Assessment of Ecosystem-Based and Other Adaptation Strategies in Coastal Areas: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | socio economic assessment of ecosystem based and other adaptation strategies in coastal areas a systematic review |
| topic | climate-change adaptation coastal cities ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) socio-economic assessment systematic literature review |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/11/2/319 |
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