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… importance of adaptation and disaster risk reduction in coastal areas RECOGNIZING that nearly half of the human population lives in coastal areas, that coastlines contain more than two-thirds … activities and critical infrastructure are concentrated in coastal areas and that the coastal zone is an important …

… tolerant shrubs and trees that grow in shallow, tropical coastal waters. Their roots bind the shoreline and each … hurricanes and tsunamis. Every hectare of mangrove and coastal marsh is worth up to $US15,161 a year in … climate change. Yangtze River: ‘soft’ flood control with a wetland ecosystem Prone to monsoon flooding, the Yangtze …

… 33 Coastal ecosystems in Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada: … 83 Potential roles for coastal protected areas in disaster risk reduction and … Parks on the northern Gulf of Mexico and post storm wetland restoration Chapter 17 – Viet … Spain, for seasonal flood mitigation of suburban dwellings Wetland Floods South Africa Fish River Nature Reserve, …

… destruction wrought by a disaster. And flooded coastal villages and washed away beaches whose natural … disasters. In South East Asia, wide-scale clearing of coastal mangrove forests for aquaculture production together … and Buyck, 2014; Renaud et al., 2013). If 80-90% of the wetland area is cleared in a landscape, there is an increase …