Coastal Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBFs) Ranked: Co-Benefits for Coastal Buildings and Target Areas for the Creation of New or Restoration of NNBFs in Coastal Virginia
Mason, Pamela Hendricks, Jessica Herman, Julie
Mason, Pamela
Hendricks, Jessica
Herman, Julie
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Community resilience to storm-driven coastal flooding is improved with the presence of natural and nature-based features (NNBFs) such as wetlands, wooded areas, living shorelines, and beaches. These natural and created features can provide multiple benefits for a local community, including mitigating the impacts of storm surge and sea-level rise and allowing communities to take advantage of programmatic incentive programs like FEMA’s Community Rating System and nutrient reduction crediting. As part of a NOAA-funded project NA17NOS4730142, an exportable geospatial protocol and NNBF ranking methodology was developed with the goal of incentivizing the protection and creation of NNBFs across Chesapeake Bay localities by highlighting the multiple benefits these features can provide, identifying target areas where new or restored NNBFs would benefit buildings that lack in benefits from existing NNBFs, and incorporating this information within existing online tools for local and state managers and regulators.
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2021-05-01
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CCRM GIS Data, Flooding, sea level rise, NNBFs, natural and nature-based features, resilience, Virginia, restoration, FEMA open space, water quality, co-benefits
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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https://doi.org/10.25773/d9pv-gb12