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SUBMITTER: Sun F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7084091 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Fanglin F Carson Richard T RT
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200302 11
Coastal wetlands dampen the impact of storm surge and strong winds. Studies on the economic valuation of this protective service provided by wetland ecosystems are, however, rare. Here, we analyze property damage caused by 88 tropical storms and hurricanes hitting the United States between 1996 and 2016 and show that counties with more wetland coverage experienced significantly less property damage. The expected economic value of the protective effects of wetlands varies widely across coastal US ...[more]