Coastal Defense is an application for examining how coastal habitats such as oyster reefs, coral reefs, tidal marshes, mangroves, beach dunes, and seagrass help protect coastal areas by reducing wave energy hitting the shore. Coastal Defense is part of a collection of “apps” that help identify nature-based solutions.
The Nature Conservancy – Coastal Defense App
- Adaptation Planning
- Applicability
- Audience
- Charleston Applicable
- Coastal
- Coastal Erosion
- Cost
- Damage Prevention
- Easily Adapted
- Event Type
- Examples / Case Studies
- Flood Status
- Focus Area
- Free
- Infrastructure
- Local
- Local Government
- Natural Environment
- Platform
- Preparation
- Resilience Measurement
- Resources Categories
- State
- State/Federal Government
- Tool Type
- Visualization
- Vulnerability Analysis
- Web
- Workbook/Education
Created By: The Nature Conservancy, the Natural Capital Project, the Center for Integrated Spatial Research, the University of Southern Mississippi, the US Geological Survey
Published: November 2019
Funded By: The Nature Conservancy
Last Update: November 2019
Location Coverage: U.S. Coverage