The economic value of coral reefs in flood risk reduction: a national assessment for the U.S.A.

Borja GONZALEZ Reguero1, Curt Daron Storlazzi2, James Brandon Shope1, Michael w Beck1, Ann Gibbs3, Erik Lowe4 and Barry Nickel4, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (3)Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (4)University of California Santa Cruz, Center for Integrated Spatial Research, Santa Cruz, CA, United States