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dc.titlePathways to coastal resiliency: The Adaptive Gradients Framework
dc.contributor.authorHamin, E.M
dc.contributor.authorAbunnasr, Y
dc.contributor.authorDilthey, M.R
dc.contributor.authorJudge, P.K
dc.contributor.authorKenney, M.A
dc.contributor.authorKirshen, P
dc.contributor.authorSheahan, T.C
dc.contributor.authorDeGroot, D.J
dc.contributor.authorRyan, R.L
dc.contributor.authorMcAdoo, B.G
dc.contributor.authorNurse, L
dc.contributor.authorBuxton, J.A
dc.contributor.authorSutton-Grier, A.E
dc.contributor.authorAlbright, E.A
dc.contributor.authorMarin, M.A
dc.contributor.authorFricke, R
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-20T03:33:02Z
dc.date.available2020-10-20T03:33:02Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationHamin, E.M, Abunnasr, Y, Dilthey, M.R, Judge, P.K, Kenney, M.A, Kirshen, P, Sheahan, T.C, DeGroot, D.J, Ryan, R.L, McAdoo, B.G, Nurse, L, Buxton, J.A, Sutton-Grier, A.E, Albright, E.A, Marin, M.A, Fricke, R (2018). Pathways to coastal resiliency: The Adaptive Gradients Framework. Sustainability (Switzerland) 10 (8) : 2629. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082629
dc.identifier.issn20711050
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/177849
dc.description.abstractCurrent and future climate-related coastal impacts such as catastrophic and repetitive flooding, hurricane intensity, and sea level rise necessitate a new approach to developing and managing coastal infrastructure. Traditional "hard" or "grey" engineering solutions are proving both expensive and inflexible in the face of a rapidly changing coastal environment. Hybrid solutions that incorporate natural, nature-based, structural, and non-structural features may better achieve a broad set of goals such as ecological enhancement, long-term adaptation, and social benefits, but broad consideration and uptake of these approaches has been slow. One barrier to the widespread implementation of hybrid solutions is the lack of a relatively quick but holistic evaluation framework that places these broader environmental and societal goals on equal footing with the more traditional goal of exposure reduction. To respond to this need, the Adaptive Gradients Framework was developed and pilot-tested as a qualitative, flexible, and collaborative process guide for organizations to understand, evaluate, and potentially select more diverse kinds of infrastructural responses. These responses would ideally include natural, nature-based, and regulatory/cultural approaches, as well as hybrid designs combining multiple approaches. It enables rapid expert review of project designs based on eight metrics called "gradients", which include exposure reduction, cost efficiency, institutional capacity, ecological enhancement, adaptation over time, greenhouse gas reduction, participatory process, and social benefits. The framework was conceptualized and developed in three phases: relevant factors and barriers were collected from practitioners and experts by survey; these factors were ranked by importance and used to develop the initial framework; several case studies were iteratively evaluated using this technique; and the framework was finalized for implementation. The article presents the framework and a pilot test of its application, along with resources that would enable wider application of the framework by practitioners and theorists. © 2018 by the authors.
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceUnpaywall 20201031
dc.subjectadaptive management
dc.subjectcoastal zone
dc.subjectcoastal zone management
dc.subjectcost-benefit analysis
dc.subjectenvironmental change
dc.subjectenvironmental restoration
dc.subjectflooding
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas
dc.subjectgreenspace
dc.subjectsea level change
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentYALE-NUS COLLEGE
dc.description.doi10.3390/su10082629
dc.description.sourcetitleSustainability (Switzerland)
dc.description.volume10
dc.description.issue8
dc.description.page2629
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