Nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognized as sustainable approaches to
address societal challenges. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has benefited by moving away …

Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) is a concept of reducing the risk to
natural hazards by avoiding the developments and settlements in disaster-prone areas by …

After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, several studies quantitatively investigated the effects
of coastal vegetation on mitigating tsunami, but the effects of the tree density distribution in a …

Floods resulting from extreme events like tsunamis may inundate widespread inland areas,
but vegetation can act as a natural buffer zone to reduce the inundation area and dissipate …

Coastal wetlands, which are fragile and intricate ecosystems with continuously changing
salinity and moisture, are especially sensitive to climate changes and anthropogenic …

The 2011 Great East Japan tsunami revealed the limit of using natural or artificial
infrastructures as a single tsunami countermeasure. In recent tsunami mitigation strategy …

Tsunami modeling and simulation has changed in the past few years more than it has in
decades, especially with respect to coastal inundation. Among other things, this change is …

The Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) was applied at six major estuaries along
Florida's Gulf Coast (Pensacola Bay, St. Andrews/Choctawhatchee Bays, Apalachicola Bay …

Abstract Since the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004, there have been
continuous efforts to upgrade the (tsunami) early warning systems as well as their …

Vegetation can act as a bio-shield in disastrous events like tsunamis or storm surges. The
effectiveness of a single layer of emergent vegetation against tsunamis has been revealed …