ArticleScientific reports2023
Setback zones can effectively reduce exposure to sea-level rise in Europe.
Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Coastal flood impacts and lost ecosystem services along Europe's outermost regions and overseas countries and territories.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Exposure of wetlands important for nonbreeding waterbirds to sea-level rise in the Mediterranean.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2024Article
- Comparing built-up area datasets to assess urban exposure to coastal hazards in Europe.Scientific data · 2024Article
- Spatially interactive modeling of land change identifies location-specific adaptations most likely to lower future flood risk.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Coastal space is one of the most valuable assets of the EU coastal member states, as the coast is highly urbanized. Hard engineering has traditionally been employed to protect communities in coastal lowlands, but as this alternative becomes less sustainable and more costly, coastal managers are increasingly turning to landuse planning strategies, such as setback zones or managed retreat. To explore the efficiency of these planning tools in reducing future urban exposure to sea-level rise and associated hazards, we developed spatially explicit projections of urban extent that account for different socio-economic futures and various types of setback zones. We find that the establishment of coastal setback zones can reduce the exposure of new urban development by at least 50% in the majority of EU countries by 2100. Our results emphasize that future urban exposure to sea-level rise will be significantly influenced by the ways in which we plan, design, and develop urban space in the EU coastal lowlands.
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