Fig. 5: Comparison of cases with healthy vegetation, with dormant vegetation, and without vegetation in front of the seawall under 10-, 50-, and 100-year storm events for the 10 transects in the Juniper Cove case study. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 5: Comparison of cases with healthy vegetation, with dormant vegetation, and without vegetation in front of the seawall under 10-, 50-, and 100-year storm events for the 10 transects in the Juniper Cove case study.

From: Marsh restoration in front of seawalls is an economically justified nature-based solution for coastal protection

Fig. 5

Showing a wave height at the seawall, b wave overtopping rate at seawall, and c additional seawall height required such that the seawall without vegetation would achieve the same overtopping rate as the vegetated case. d Location of Transects 1 to 10 ordered from West to East with ArcGIS Pro World Imagery basemap103. e Benefit-cost ratio (BCR) for healthy and dormant vegetation under 10-, 50-, and 100-year storm events evaluated at different discount rates.

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