Design and Insights Gained in a Real-World Laboratory for the Implementation of New Coastal Protection Strategies

verfasst von

Daniela Kempa, Leena Karrasch, Torsten Schlurmann, Martin Prominski, Oliver Lojek, Evke Schulte-Güstenberg, Jan Hendrik Visscher, Oliver Zielinski, Nils Goseberg

Abstract

Novel strategies in coastal protection are needed to cope with climate change-induced sea level rise. They aim at the sustainable development of coastal areas in light of intensification and land use changes. A promising approach is the design of nature-based solutions (NbS), complementing the safety levels of technical infrastructure. However, NbS lack a widespread and large-scale implementation. To address this deficit, co-design concepts are needed that combine experiences from science and practice. This work presents and discusses the approach of a coast-specific real-world laboratory (RwL) addressing the inclusive design of ecosystem-based coastal protection. Strategies of RwLs are applied for the first time in a coastal context along the North Sea coastline in Germany. We found the concept of RwLs suitable for coastal transdisciplinary research, although adaptions in the spatial reference level or flexibility in location and time of experimentation are necessary. A profound actor analysis is indispensable to specify participatory processes and interaction levels. A criteria-based cooperative selection of RwL sites helps to reveal and solve conflicting interests to achieve trust between science and practice. Addressing site-specific characteristics and practitioners’ needs, our coastal RwL provides a mutual learning space to develop and test NbS to complement technical coastal protection.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Umweltplanung
Leibniz Forschungszentrum "Räumliche Transformation - Zukunft für Stadt und Land" (TRUST)
Ludwig-Franzius-Institut für Wasserbau, Ästuar- und Küsteningenieurwesen
Forschungszentrum Küste
Institut für Freiraumentwicklung

Externe Organisation(en)

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde (IOW)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Sustainability

Band

15

ISSN

2071-1050

Publikationsdatum

05.03.2023

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Informatik (sonstige), Umweltwissenschaften (sonstige), Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung, Energieanlagenbau und Kraftwerkstechnik, Hardware und Architektur, Management, Monitoring, Politik und Recht, Bauwesen, Computernetzwerke und -kommunikation, Erneuerbare Energien, Nachhaltigkeit und Umwelt

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 7 – Erschwingliche und saubere Energie, SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen, SDG 15 – Lebensraum Land

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054623 (Zugang: Offen)