RELease from coastal squEEZE (RELEEZE) aims to identify management options for the barrier islands and the neighbouring mainland coast that allow a shift from a 'hold the line' strategy to a nature-based strategy with increased flexibility and improved adaptability. Without this change in strategy, the predicted faster rise in sea levels could have profound negative consequences for flora and fauna (biodiversity), human settlement and economic use. This, in turn, could result in large economic losses and high costs for securing future coastal protection.
Project Lead Prof. Dr. Boris Schröder-Esselbach, Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner (Universität Oldenburg)
Team Maike Paul, PhD, Jana Carus
External Cooperation Partners Prof. Dr. Michael Kleyer (Universität Oldenburg), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Jensen (Universität Siegen), Pof. Dr. Britta Tietjen (FU Berlin), Prof. Dr. Vanessa Carlow (TUBS ISU), Dr. Achim Wehrmann (Senckenberg am Meer), Dr. Alexander Bartholomä (Senckenberg am Meer), Diana Giebels, Thorsten Grothmann
Duration 2017-2018
Funding Body BMBF, Projketträger DLR