Table 3 Benefits vs Costs at country level.
From: Economic motivation for raising coastal flood defenses in Europe
% Coastline BCR > 1 | Mean country level BCR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sustainability | Fossil fuel based development | Sustainability | Fossil fuel based development | |
Belgium (BE) | 85.0 | 95.0 | 16.6 | 25.8 |
Bulgaria (BG) | 5.4 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
Cyprus (CY) | 22.9 | 27.5 | 11.1 | 15.6 |
Germany (DE) | 20.9 | 39.1 | 3.4 | 5.8 |
Denmark (DK) | 22.8 | 48.3 | 3.0 | 6.9 |
Estonia (EE) | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
Spain (ES) | 46.9 | 56.2 | 8.1 | 15.1 |
Finland (FI) | 2.1 | 15.5 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
France (FR) | 58.3 | 66.3 | 10.5 | 24.8 |
Greece (GR) | 10.7 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 |
Croatia (HR) | 8.3 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
Ireland (IE) | 19.0 | 28.6 | 8.8 | 18.7 |
Italy (IT) | 52.6 | 59.1 | 9.7 | 16.4 |
Lithuania (LT) | 4.9 | 9.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Latvia (LV) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Malta (MT) | 6.7 | 13.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
The Netherlands (NL) | 40.1 | 40.8 | 21.1 | 34.3 |
Norway (NO) | 14.5 | 23.2 | 6.3 | 13.8 |
Poland (PL) | 24.6 | 30.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
Portugal (PT) | 32.7 | 43.5 | 6.7 | 9.1 |
Romania (RO) | 3.3 | 14.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
Sweden (SE) | 11.7 | 23.4 | 5.4 | 10.9 |
Slovenia (SI) | 50.0 | 50.0 | 3.7 | 5.9 |
United Kingdom (UK) | 25.6 | 33.5 | 7.7 | 14.6 |
Total | 23.8 | 32.1 | 8.3 | 14.9 |
