Fig. 3: Role of salt marshes and mangroves for areas characterized by various population densities.
From: Cutting the costs of coastal protection by integrating vegetation in flood defences
Salt marsh (a) and mangrove (b) width of vegetation belt for four classes of population density. Wave attenuation on foreshores vegetated by salt marshes (c) and mangroves (d) in comparison to bare foreshores. The bars represent the upper 85%-ile and the 15%-ile. Levee cost reduction for three levee unit cost scenarios, three standards of protection and four classes of population density for both salt marshes (e) and mangroves (f).
