Data: Cutting the costs of coastal protection by integrating vegetation in flood defences.

File: levee_crest_height_reduction_per_country_version_July2021.ncFields:     (1) Crest height reduction m per km along the populated coastline susceptible to flooding (return period = 100 years)                (2) Crest height reduction cost saving per country in million USD2005 PPP along the populated coastline susceptible to flooding (return period = 100 years)           (3) Cost savings as percentage of GDP2005 along the urban populated coastline susceptible to flooding (return period = 100 years)

File: transectdata_version_July2021.nc Transectdata of vegetated transects within the study area.Fields: (1) rps             = return period            (2) fid             = id of the transects(3) centroids       = coordinates of the transects(4) inun            = (1) in area susceptible to flooding(5) urban           = (1) in urban area, (0) not in urban area(6) veg_width       = derived coastal vegetation belt width along the foreshore(7) veg_type        = derived coastal vegetation type along the foreshore (1: salt marshes, 2: mangroves)(8) hsig            = Offshore significant wave heights (multiple return periods) corresponding to the transects(9) wave period     = Offshore peak wave period (multiple return periods) corresponding to the transects(10) surge          = Extreme water level combination of surge and tide (m +MSL) (multiple return periods)(11) veg_z0         = elevation at the start of the vegetated zone (m +MSL)(12) hrms_end_noveg = root mean square wave height at the end of the foreshore (without vegetation) (multiple return periods)(13) hrms_endveg       = root mean square wave height at the end of the foreshore (with vegetation) (multiple return periods) (14) pdens_15km        = population density derived using buffer of 15 kilometre radius