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Benefits of adapting to sea level rise : the importance of ecosystem services in the French Mediterranean sandy coastline

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08/2018
Author
Hérivaux, Cécile
Rey-Valette, Hélène
Rulleau, Bénédicte
Agenais, Anne Laurence
Grisel, Marianne
Kuhfuss, Laure
Maton, Laure
Vinchon, Charlotte
Keywords
Adaptation options
Climate change
Economic valuation
Ecosystem services
Sea level rise
G Geography (General)
GE Environmental Sciences
Global and Planetary Change
NDAS
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This article proposes an innovative approach to assess the benefits of adapting to sea level rise (SLR) in a coastal area on a regional scale. The valuation framework integrates coastal ecosystem services, together with urban and agricultural assets. We simulate the impacts of a progressive 1 m rise in sea level in the twenty-first century and an extreme flooding event in 2100 for four contrasted adaptation scenarios (Denial, “Laissez-faire”, Protection and Retreat). The assessment involves coupling the results of hazard-modelling approaches with different economic valuation methods, including direct damage functions and methods used in environmental economics. The framework is applied to the French Mediterranean sandy coastline. SLR will result in major land-use changes at the 2100 time horizon: relocation or densification of urban areas, loss of agricultural land, increase in lagoon areas and modification of wetlands (losses, migration or extension of ecosystems). Total benefits of public adaptation options planned in advance could reach €31.2 billion for the period 2010–2100, i.e. €69,000 per inhabitant (in the study area) in 2010 or €135 million/km of coastline. Our results highlight the importance of (i) raising awareness to ensure that public services and coastal managers can anticipate the consequences of SLR and (ii) incorporating coastal ecosystems into the assessment of the adaptation options. Our findings could provide a basis for participatory foresight approaches to build coastline adaptation pathways.
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Hérivaux , C , Rey-Valette , H , Rulleau , B , Agenais , A L , Grisel , M , Kuhfuss , L , Maton , L & Vinchon , C 2018 , ' Benefits of adapting to sea level rise : the importance of ecosystem services in the French Mediterranean sandy coastline ' , Regional Environmental Change , vol. 18 , no. 6 , pp. 1815-1828 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1313-y
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Regional Environmental Change
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1313-y
ISSN
1436-3798
Type
Journal article
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© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1313-y
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17290

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