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DOI | 10.1038/s41893-020-0556-z |
Historic storms and the hidden value of coastal wetlands for nature-based flood defence | |
Zhu, Zhenchang1,2,3,4; Vuik, Vincent5,6; Visser, Paul J.5; Soens, Tim7; van Wesenbeeck, Bregje8; van de Koppel, Johan1,2; Jonkman, Sebastiaan N.5; Temmerman, Stijn9; Bouma, Tjeerd J.1,2,10,11 | |
2020-06-29 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE SUSTAINABILITY |
ISSN | 2398-9629 |
出版年 | 2020 |
文章类型 | Article;Early Access |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Netherlands; Peoples R China; Belgium |
英文摘要 | Coastal wetlands may affect flood risks, as from rising sea level. This study finds that saltmarshes provided coastal defence from historic Northwest European floods. Global change amplifies coastal flood risks and motivates a paradigm shift towards nature-based coastal defence, where engineered structures are supplemented with coastal wetlands such as saltmarshes. Although experiments and models indicate that such natural defences can attenuate storm waves, there is still limited field evidence on how much they add safety to engineered structures during severe storms. Using well-documented historic data from the 1717 and 1953 flood disasters in Northwest Europe, we show that saltmarshes can reduce both the chance and impact of the breaching of engineered defences. Historic lessons also reveal a key but unrecognized natural flood defence mechanism: saltmarshes lower flood magnitude by confining breach size when engineered defences have failed, which is shown to be highly effective even with long-term sea level rise. These findings provide new insights into the mechanisms and benefits of nature-based mitigation of flood hazards, and should stimulate the development of novel safety designs that smartly harness different natural coastal defence functions. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000544156000004 |
WOS关键词 | SEA-LEVEL RISE ; MARSH ; PROTECTION ; HABITATS ; FACE |
WOS类目 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/281790 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Royal Netherlands Inst Sea Res, Dept Estuarine & Delta Syst, Yerseke, Netherlands; 2.Univ Utrecht, Yerseke, Netherlands; 3.Guangdong Univ Technol, Inst Environm & Ecol Engn, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Water Qual Improvement & E, Guangzhou, Peoples R China; 4.Southern Marine Sci & Engn Guangdong Lab Guangzho, Guangzhou, Peoples R China; 5.Delft Univ Technol, Civil Engn & Geosci, Delft, Netherlands; 6.HKV Consultants, Lelystad, Netherlands; 7.Univ Antwerp, Dept Hist, Antwerp, Belgium; 8.Deltares, Delft, Netherlands; 9.Univ Antwerp, Ecosyst Management Res Grp, Antwerp, Belgium; 10.Univ Utrecht, Fac Geosci, Dept Phys Geog, Utrecht, Netherlands; 11.HZ Univ Appl Sci, Bldg Nat Grp, Vlissingen, Netherlands |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhu, Zhenchang,Vuik, Vincent,Visser, Paul J.,et al. Historic storms and the hidden value of coastal wetlands for nature-based flood defence[J]. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,2020. |
APA | Zhu, Zhenchang.,Vuik, Vincent.,Visser, Paul J..,Soens, Tim.,van Wesenbeeck, Bregje.,...&Bouma, Tjeerd J..(2020).Historic storms and the hidden value of coastal wetlands for nature-based flood defence.NATURE SUSTAINABILITY. |
MLA | Zhu, Zhenchang,et al."Historic storms and the hidden value of coastal wetlands for nature-based flood defence".NATURE SUSTAINABILITY (2020). |
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