Coastal green infrastructure to mitigate coastal squeeze

Valeria Chávez1, Débora Lithgow2, Miguel Á. Losada3, Rodolfo Silva-Casarín1
1Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Edificio 17, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
2Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., 91073 Xalapa, Mexico
3Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra, Universidad de Granada, Avda. del Mediterráneo s/n, 18006, Granada, Spain

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AbstractInfrastructure is necessary to protect and provide the goods and services required by humans. As coastal green infrastructure (CGI) aims to respect and work with natural processes, it is a feasible response to mitigate or avoid the consequences of coastal squeeze. The concept of CGI is receiving increased attention of late due to the challenges facing us, such as climate change, population growth and the overexploitation of natural resources on the coast. Terms which may be applied to encourage the construction of infrastructure, or to minimize the responsibility for poorly made decisions, often induce misunderstanding. In this paper, the concept of CGI and its use in solving coastal problems is reordered. Four categories are proposed, according to the degree of naturalness of the project: Nature reclamation, Engineered ecosystems, Ecologically enhanced engineering, and De-engineering/Relocation. Existing coastal risk evaluation frameworks can be used to design many types of CGI. Key concepts, challenges and good practices for the holistic management of coastal squeeze are presented from the analysis of successful and unsuccessful CGI projects worldwide.

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