Municipal Natural Assets Initiative |
Coastal Natural Infrastructure Survey
The Municipal Natural Assets Initiative is expanding the types of services addressed in our work with local governments. Thus far, we’ve focused exclusively on stormwater-related services provided by natural assets (such as wetlands, forests and meadows) and we are now considering the role of shoreline and nearshore natural infrastructure (such as coastal vegetation, eelgrass beds, kelp forests, beaches and dunes) in lessening storm surge and coastal erosion. We’re looking for your input to help ensure our coastal model is answering the right set of questions, using data that are accessible to local governments. We’ve prepared this short survey, which should take no more than 20 minutes, and we greatly appreciate your participation.
There is a growing body of evidence that natural coastal systems suffer less damage during extreme weather events and bounce back quicker. The team at MNAI is working to model the effectiveness of these systems and convert the results into financial and asset management processes. Based upon your input from this survey, we’ll be refining our coastal model, developing guidance material and reaching out to a few communities to pilot the approach.
There is a growing body of evidence that natural coastal systems suffer less damage during extreme weather events and bounce back quicker. The team at MNAI is working to model the effectiveness of these systems and convert the results into financial and asset management processes. Based upon your input from this survey, we’ll be refining our coastal model, developing guidance material and reaching out to a few communities to pilot the approach.
Thank you for your participation in this survey!