Original paper
The Global Flood Protection Benefits of Mangroves
Abstract
Coastal flood risks are rising rapidly. We provide high resolution estimates of the economic value of mangroves forests for flood risk reduction every 20 km worldwide. We develop a probabilistic, process-based valuation of the effects of mangroves on averting damages to people and property. We couple spatially-explicit 2-D hydrodynamic analyses with economic models, and find that mangroves provide flood protection benefits exceeding $US 65...
Paper Details
Title
The Global Flood Protection Benefits of Mangroves
Published Date
Mar 10, 2020
Journal
Volume
10
Issue
1