Discussion of “Coastal Defense Megaprojects in an Era of Sea-Level Rise: Politically Feasible Strategies or Army Corps Fantasies?”

Sebastiaan N. Jonkman; William J. Merrell

doi:10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6182

Discussion of “Coastal Defense Megaprojects in an Era of Sea-Level Rise: Politically Feasible Strategies or Army Corps Fantasies?”

Sebastiaan N. Jonkman^*, William J. Merrell

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The authors provide a valuable review of coastal defense megaprojects with storm surge barriers in the United States over the past decades. This review comes at an important moment: an increasing number of coastal regions are considering such solutions. Examples from the original paper are Houston, Miami, New York, Boston, and Norfolk in the US, Götenborg (Sweden), Shanghai, and Singapore (Tan 2022). A new barrier is under construction in Nieuwpoort (Belgium) (AMDK 2023). In addition, countries with existing barriers (the Netherlands, UK) are making plans to adapt, upgrade or replace surge barriers.

Original language	English
Article number	07024002
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume	150
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6182
Publication status	Published - 2024

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