TY - JOUR
T1 - The big squeeze
T2 - maintaining the green infrastructure role of estuarine foreshores while adapting to sea-level rise
AU - Bolleter, Julian
AU - Grace, Bill
AU - Edwards, Nicole
AU - Foster, Sarah
AU - Hooper, Paula
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - A global challenge concerns reconciling population growth and increasing built infrastructure with foreshore ecosystems that are ‘squeezed’ against a rising sea levels, hampering their ability to deliver life-sustaining ecosystem services. This paper tests established sea-level rise strategies–fortification, accommodation, and retreat–using a city-centre adjacent estuarine case study in Western Australia to understand the implications for foreshore ecosystem service provision. The results indicate that some retreat of urban areas will be required, combined with the migration of the foreshore reserves landward, to maintain ecosystem service functions over the longer term.
AB - A global challenge concerns reconciling population growth and increasing built infrastructure with foreshore ecosystems that are ‘squeezed’ against a rising sea levels, hampering their ability to deliver life-sustaining ecosystem services. This paper tests established sea-level rise strategies–fortification, accommodation, and retreat–using a city-centre adjacent estuarine case study in Western Australia to understand the implications for foreshore ecosystem service provision. The results indicate that some retreat of urban areas will be required, combined with the migration of the foreshore reserves landward, to maintain ecosystem service functions over the longer term.
KW - Climate change
KW - climate change adaptation
KW - ecosystem services
KW - green infrastructure
KW - sea-level rise
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85134689190&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13574809.2022.2097902
DO - 10.1080/13574809.2022.2097902
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85134689190
SN - 1357-4809
VL - 28
SP - 225
EP - 253
JO - Journal of Urban Design
JF - Journal of Urban Design
IS - 2
ER -