From Celina’s Balderas Guzmán’s pilot project ‘Visualizing dynamic processes and social-ecological systems to advance coastal resilience action’ comes new graphic results.

This project aimed to translate the benefits of collaborative nature-based erosion management approaches into accessible graphics to support ongoing community-led coastal resilience efforts.

The graphics are now available to view and download at this link on FigShare.

Above shows one of the examples of a drawing that illustrate the major coastal erosion issue and the nature-based solutions implemented to address it on the north shore of Willapa Bay on the Pacific coast of Washington state, USA. The drawings illustrate existing or planned dynamic revetment and dune restoration projects, along with the physical processes that drive these nature-based solutions and the ecological and recreational functions they support.

These drawings were co-produced in a partnership between researchers at the University of Washington and Oregon State University, as well as the Washington State Department of Ecology, and the local partners Pacific Conservation District, Willapa Erosion Control Action Now, and Washaway No More. This work was funded by a pilot grant from The Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub.