Spreading the use of economic methods in coastal risk management: a simple but insightful “calculator”

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Navas, F., Malvárez, G., Penning-Rowsell, E. and Parker, D. 2020. Spreading the use of economic methods in coastal risk management: a simple but insightful “calculator”. Journal of Coastal Research. 95 (sp1), pp. 1217-1222. https://doi.org/10.2112/si95-236.1
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TitleSpreading the use of economic methods in coastal risk management: a simple but insightful “calculator”
AuthorsNavas, F., Malvárez, G., Penning-Rowsell, E. and Parker, D.
Abstract

Navas, F.; Malvárez, G.; Penning-Rowsell, E., and Parker, D.J., 2020. Spreading the use of economic methods in coastal risk management: A simple but insightful "calculator". In: Malvárez, G. and Navas, F. (eds.), Global Coastal Issues of 2020. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 95, pp. 1217–1222. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.
European Directives, such as the EU Floods Directive (2007/60/EC) require that decision makers include objective methodologies, such as benefit-cost analysis, in their assessments of flood risk reduction measures.
Methodologies to establish a sustainable knowledge framework addressing the costs and benefits of prevention and response to coastal hazards resulting from hydro-meteorological, hydrographic and other natural events and processes (e.g. flooding, beach erosion, cliff erosion, sea level rise) are not homogeneously implemented in the European Union. Until now, investment decisions in this field have been made more on local political imperatives than logical economic risk assessments. This paper aims to overcome some these limitations by demonstrating the usefulness of a simplified benefit-cost methodology and its application to a coastal case where a number of alternative flood risk reduction schemes are considered. The method allows the economically optimal scheme to be identified. The method is discussed within the context of generally poorly comprehended aspects; issues presented in coupling benefit-cost methods with vulnerability and related assessments; and key data uncertainties.

KeywordsEarth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Water Science and Technology
Research GroupFlood Hazard Research Centre
PublisherCoastal Education and Research Foundation
JournalJournal of Coastal Research
ISSN0749-0208
Electronic1551-5036
Publication dates
Online26 May 2020
Print17 Jun 2020
Publication process dates
Deposited12 Jun 2020
Submitted31 Mar 2019
Accepted13 Feb 2020
Output statusPublished
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©Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Inc. 2020.
The published full text reproduced in the Middlesex University Research Repository with permission granted by Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. (CERF) www.cerf-jcr.org

Web address (URL)https://meridian.allenpress.com/jcr/article/95/SI/1217/437436/Spreading-the-Use-of-Economic-Methods-in-Coastal
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.2112/si95-236.1
LanguageEnglish
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