Investing in Natural and Nature-Based Infrastructure: Building Better Along Our Coasts

Lessons from the Oroville dam

(2017) Farshid Vahedifard et al.   SCIENCE

Ecological Consequences of Shoreline Hardening: A Meta-Analysis

(2016) Rachel K. Gittman et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Living shorelines can enhance the nursery role of threatened estuarine habitats

(2016) Rachel K. Gittman et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Ranking coastal flood protection designs from engineered to nature-based

(2016) A. van der Nat et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

The Effectiveness, Costs and Coastal Protection Benefits of Natural and Nature-Based Defences

(2016) Siddharth Narayan et al.   PLoS One

Future of our coasts: The potential for natural and hybrid infrastructure to enhance the resilience of our coastal communities, economies and ecosystems

(2015) Ariana E. Sutton-Grier et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Engineering away our natural defenses: an analysis of shoreline hardening in the US

(2015) Rachel K Gittman et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Natural Shorelines Promote the Stability of Fish Communities in an Urbanized Coastal System

(2015) Steven B. Scyphers et al.   PLoS One

Guidelines for evaluating performance of oyster habitat restoration

(2015) Lesley P. Baggett et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Building land with a rising sea

(2015) S. Temmerman et al.   SCIENCE

Manage water in a green way

(2015) M. A. Palmer et al.   SCIENCE

Maximizing oyster-reef growth supports green infrastructure with accelerating sea-level rise

(2015) Justin T. Ridge et al.   Scientific Reports

Ecological Value of Submerged Breakwaters for Habitat Enhancement on a Residential Scale

(2014) Steven B. Scyphers et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Flood Effects on Road–Stream Crossing Infrastructure: Economic and Ecological Benefits of Stream Simulation Designs

(2014) Nathaniel Gillespie et al.   FISHERIES

Hurricane Sandy and adaptation pathways in New York: Lessons from a first-responder city

(2014) Cynthia Rosenzweig et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Wave attenuation over coastal salt marshes under storm surge conditions

(2014) Iris Möller et al.   Nature Geoscience

Marshes with and without sills protect estuarine shorelines from erosion better than bulkheads during a Category 1 hurricane

(2014) Rachel K. Gittman et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Evaluating Flood Resilience Strategies for Coastal Megacities

(2014) J. C. J. H. Aerts et al.   SCIENCE

Participatory Conservation of Coastal Habitats: The Importance of Understanding Homeowner Decision Making to Mitigate Cascading Shoreline Degradation

(2014) Steven B. Scyphers et al.   Conservation Letters

Oyster reefs can outpace sea-level rise

(2014) Antonio B. Rodriguez et al.   Nature Climate Change

Tidal wetland stability in the face of human impacts and sea-level rise

(2013) Matthew L. Kirwan et al.   NATURE

Coastal Ecosystems: A Critical Element of Risk Reduction

(2013) Mark D. Spalding et al.   Conservation Letters

Coastal habitats shield people and property from sea-level rise and storms

(2013) Katie K. Arkema et al.   Nature Climate Change

Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Oyster Reefs

(2012) Jonathan H. Grabowski et al.   BIOSCIENCE

How ecological engineering can serve in coastal protection

(2010) Bas W. Borsje et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Sustainable Floodplains Through Large-Scale Reconnection to Rivers

(2009) J. J. Opperman et al.   SCIENCE

Flood Fatalities in the United States

(2008) Sharon T. Ashley et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management with Nonlinear Ecological Functions and Values

(2008) E. B. Barbier et al.   SCIENCE