Fig. 5: Three scenarios of adaptation across the five OLUs of San Mateo County. | npj Urban Sustainability

Fig. 5: Three scenarios of adaptation across the five OLUs of San Mateo County.

From: Protection and restoration of coastal habitats yield multiple benefits for urban residents as sea levels rise

Fig. 5

Scenario 1 represents an engineered shoreline, or ‘What we might have done.’ This scenario serves as a baseline or comparison for the other two. Scenario 2 represents currently planned or permitted conservation and restoration projects, or ‘What we are doing.’ Scenario 3 uses information from our suitability assessment to include additional nature-based features, or ‘What we could do next.’ Black scale bars represent 5 km.

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