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CREEK BUFFERS <br />•Near-term Benefits:Public access; <br />ensures room for implementing long- <br />term multi-benefit flood protection <br />infrastructure <br />•Rough Order of Magnitude Cost: $ <br />(Policy) <br />•Long-term Benefits: Shoreline <br />protection infrastructure with <br />opportunities to integrate public access, <br />seating and connectivity, buffered by <br />ecotone slopes that minimize erosion <br />and provide habitat benefits <br />•Rough Order of Magnitude Cost: $$$ <br />(Implementation) <br />Foster City Levee, Foster City, CA Guitang River Ecological Park, Changsha, China <br />Conceptual cross-section illustrating the benefits of a creek buffer <br />Possible Strategies: Creek Buffer + Integrated flood protection