Preprint Review Version 2 Preserved in Portico This version is not peer-reviewed

Review of Nature based Ecohydraulic Aquaforest Technology for Coastal Resilience and Sea Level Rise Climate-Induced Adaptation - Part A

Version 1 : Received: 26 April 2023 / Approved: 11 May 2023 / Online: 11 May 2023 (07:21:29 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 12 May 2023 / Approved: 16 May 2023 / Online: 16 May 2023 (04:12:32 CEST)

How to cite: Olanrewaju, O. S.; Lazzaro, U. Review of Nature based Ecohydraulic Aquaforest Technology for Coastal Resilience and Sea Level Rise Climate-Induced Adaptation - Part A. Preprints 2023, 2023050812. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0812.v2 Olanrewaju, O. S.; Lazzaro, U. Review of Nature based Ecohydraulic Aquaforest Technology for Coastal Resilience and Sea Level Rise Climate-Induced Adaptation - Part A. Preprints 2023, 2023050812. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0812.v2

Abstract

One-fifth of the world’s population and critical infrastructures are near the coast and regions at high risk of sea level elevation. Climate change is expected to increase coastal extreme events, rising sea levels, and impact on ecosystem. This paper reviews coastal physical processes, wave and impacts, and the introduction of nature-based models for the mitigation of flooding, erosion, and recovery. Hard engineering like seawalls has been used to prevent, protect, and control water-based environmental forces with an extended impact on the land. A nature-based engineering solution, such as growing vegetation, is being adopted as a sustainable solution to help make existing technology live its design life and provide climate change adaptation and resilience for coastal and riverine communities. This paper presents applications of seaweed farms as an advanced nature-based mitigation approach. The result of the experiments conducted at RWTH Aachen University on wave damping of seaweed types and farming structures to validate the hypothesis will be presented in part B. A soft engineering approach to designing future vegetated protection systems using seaweed as a nature-based solution can help existing coastal infrastructure design life and protect against climate-induced SLR rise and adaptation, coastal risk mitigation, ecosystem restoration, and blue bio-economic development.

Keywords

nature-based solution; seaweed; seagrass; platform; coastal protection

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science

Comments (1)

Comment 1
Received: 16 May 2023
Commenter: Olanrewaju Oladokun
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: 1. Title rewritten
2. Reference 100-110 dropped out is now added
3. Result of experiment conducted to test the hypothesis is added
4. Numering of concluson and aknowldgement included
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