• Press Release

    Jie Su, Project Assistant Professor
    Quanli Wang, Project Researcher
    Alexandros Gasparatos, Professor

A natural touch for coastal defense
Hybrid solutions which combine nature with common “hard” coastal protection measures may offer more benefits in lower-risk areas

A study co-authored by Alexandros Gasparatos, Jie Su, Quanli Wang, and other collaborators in Nature Communications explored the extent to which nature-based solutions can provide defense against coastal hazards. The study found that hybrid measures that combine nature-based components and hard structures are more cost-effective than hard structures, and have the highest overall hazard reduction potential in low-risk areas. The findings underline the considerable potential of nature-based solutions to protect coastal communities against coastal hazards in some contexts, and help them adapt to climate change.

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Research title：


Meta-analysis indicates better climate adaptation and mitigation performance of hybrid engineering-natural coastal defence measures

Joint Researchers：


Lam Thi Mai Huynh, Jie Su, Quanli Wang, Lindsay C.Stringer, Adam D.Switzer & Alexandros Gasparatos

Journal：


Nature Communications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46970-w

Contact


Gasparatos Alexandros
Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives
https://ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/people/gasparatos-alexandros/