This paper addresses a cost analysis and evaluation of the benefits associated with different climate change adaptation strategies in coastal areas, considering high risk scenarios. For that, a cost analysis of adaptation strategies was carried out over a period of 50 years for Furadouro Beach, Ovar Portugal, a low-lying coastal area with high coastal erosion and frequent overtopping. The results show that cumulative costs of adaptation measures in the combination of defense and accommodation strategies are (sic) 276M, (sic) 164M in accommodation, (sic) 112M in defense and (sic) 75M in retreat. These results are an example of the importance of evaluating adaptation strategies in high-risk areas and show the usefulness of the approach taken as a support to decision making for processes that involve urban management and territorial planning of coastal zones vulnerable to the coastal erosion, wave overtopping and coastal flooding.
Cardona, FS; Ferreira, JC; Lopes, AM
Cost and Benefit Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Coastal Areas at Risk
Journal Of Coastal Research