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Table 12 Metadata attributes to be extracted during data coding for articles that pass both title and abstract and full text screening stages.

From: What evidence exists on the performance of nature-based solutions interventions for coastal protection in biogenic, shallow ecosystems? A systematic map protocol

Category

Attribute name

Description

General

Article ID

Unique identifier for each article

 

Full text eligibility

Whether article is eligible for inclusion based on full text screening (include, exclude)

 

Screener name

Name of individual who screened full text

 

Screening date

Screening date of full text

 

Full text available

Whether full text is available for article (available, unavailable)

 

Screening notes

Screener notes on full text screening stage

Bibliographic

Publication type

Type of publication (peer-reviewed, book chapter, etc.)

 

Author(s)

Article author(s)

 

Publication year

Year article was published (YYYY)

 

Title

Title of article

 

Journal name

Name of journal where article was published

 

Volume

Volume of journal in which article was published

 

Page numbers

Page numbers of article

 

DOI

DOI of article

 

URL

URL of article

Population

Population eligibility

Inclusion versus exclusion decision during full text screening stage for population (include, exclude)

 

Type of coastal ecosystem

Type of coastal ecosystem where NBS is located (salt marsh, seagrass, mangrove, kelp, coral reef, shellfish reef)

 

Description of coastal ecosystem

Description from article of ecosystem type

Intervention

Intervention eligibility

Inclusion versus exclusion decision during full text screening stage for intervention (include, exclude)

 

Category of NBS intervention

Category of NBS intervention (living shoreline, planting or seeding, artificial substrate addition); see intervention typology, Table 7

 

Coastal protection context of NBS intervention

Whether the NBS intervention seeks to achieve a stated coastal protection goal (stated goal; evaluated outcome)

 

Policy-relevant term for intervention

Policy-relevant term used to describe NBS intervention (NBS, NBI, NNBF, etc.)

 

Description of NBS intervention

Description from article of NBS intervention including quantitative or qualitative information

 

Description of NBS' coastal protection goal

Description from article of coastal protection goal that NBS intervention seeks to achieve

 

Coastal protection context

Whether coastal protection was identified as an intended goal or intent, evaluated outcome, or implied through framing (intended, assessed, implied)

 

Dates of NBS intervention

When the NBS intervention takes place

 

Cost of NBS intervention reported

Whether cost information on NBS intervention is reported (yes, no)

Study type

Study type eligibility

Inclusion versus exclusion decision during full text screening stage for study type (include, exclude)

 

Study type

Type of study (experimental, modeling, etc.)

 

Study objective

Description from article of study objective

 

Study design

Description from article of study design

 

Study location

Description from article of study location

 

Geographic scale

Description from article of NBS intervention geographic scale (global, regional, national, subnational, local)

 

Country

Country where NBS intervention occurred

 

State

If NBS intervention used in United States, state where NBS intervention occurred

 

Water body

Name of water body where study was conducted

 

Category of comparator

Category of comparator used in study (before vs. after, presence vs. absence, different types of NBS interventions, etc.)

 

Description of comparator

Description from article of study comparator, if applicable

Outcome

Outcome eligibility

Inclusion versus exclusion decision during full text screening stage for outcome (include, exclude)

 

Category of outcome

Whether performance outcome is ecological, physical, economic, or social (ecological, physical, economic, social)

 

Subcategory of outcome

Subcategory of outcome (social: safety and security, culture, etc.); see outcome typology, Tables 8, 9, 10, 11

 

Description of outcome

Description from article of performance outcome

 

When outcome evaluation took place

Whether NBS performance outcomes were evaluated before, during, or after construction [before construction, during construction, after construction (≤ 1 yr), after construction (> 1 to ≤ 5 yrs), after construction (> 5 to ≤ 10 yrs), after construction (> 10 yrs), no evaluations conducted]

 

Frequency of outcome evaluation

Frequency of outcome performance evaluation, including units (e.g., every 3 weeks for 5 years)

 

Methods for outcome evaluation

Monitoring method(s) used to evaluate NBS performance outcome (net sampling, economic survey, etc.)

 

Metrics for outcome evaluation

Monitoring metric(s) used to evaluate NBS performance outcome (fish biomass, job creation, etc.)

 

Data type for outcome evaluation

Whether data are qualitative, quantitative, or a combination of both to monitor performance outcome

 

Directionality outcome

Directionality of performance outcome (positive, negative, mixed, neutral/no effect)

  1. For each attribute, its name and description are provided, along with the category that it falls within (bibliographic, intervention, etc.). If an article has more than outcome, outcome attributes like outcome category and subcategory, outcome description, etc. will be repeated for each outcome