This work will identify the benefits and costs of flood risk adaptation alternatives, including nature-based solutions (NBS), for the region. Further, the work will reveal the potential to simultaneously achieve social, economic, and ecological benefits and equity in the distribution of benefits across geographies and indicators of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic disadvantage. … This project is led by Dr. Brett Sanders [professor of civil & environmental engineering] at the University of California, Irvine, in collaboration with Dr. Katharine Mach at the University of Miami, and is funded through the NCCOS Effects of Sea Level Rise (ESLR) Program. Read More