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Costa Nova do Prado,
between the Atlantic
Ocean and the Ria of
Aveiro
Photo: André Vizinho
Photo: SIARL/A. Mota Lopes
Participants discuss and
suggest adaptation solutions
for the Ílhavo and Vagos coast,
using materials and risk
assessment maps
The Adaptation
Response
The study followed a
participatory action
research approach.
The scenario workshop
method engaged different
stakeholders and provided
the context for the co-design
of an action-plan.
The adaptation pathways
and tipping-points method
was used to produce
dynamic adaptation
pathways, which were
then analysed through a
cost-benefit analysis and
presented to local stakeholders.
To deal with
technical uncertainty the
participatory process
included a multi-criteria
analysis.
The first versions of the
multi-criteria analysis
and of the adaptation
pathways were done
by researchers, and then
presented to participants
for discussion and redesign.
The outputs of these
exercises were presented
to all in a final event.
The suggested adaptation
options were sand nourishment
operations, a sand
dike and a submerged
detached breakwater.
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