Coastal management in practice: Cost-benefit assessment in the Humber UK.

Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University Amsterdam

University of Plymouth

Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone

Climate Change and Coastal Management

Case Study: Climate Change and Coastal Management in Practice – A cost-benefit assessment in the Humber, UK*

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Current situation

3. Catchment-scale thinking - Engagement, responsibility and accountability

4. Managed Realignment - An Introduction

4.1 Project assessment of the managed realignment schemes

4.2 Costs and benefits associated with realignment

4.3 Cost-Benefit equations for managed realignment

5. Analysis of managed realignment in the Humber catchment - Introduction

5.1 Defining the details for each feasible scheme

5.2 Determining the spatial and temporal scale

5.3 Determining the monetary costs and benefits of each scheme

5.4 Assessment of economic efficiency

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