Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, St. Jude’s College, Tamil Nadu, India
Research Article
Coastal erosion hazard assessment mapping along the coast of Kanyakumari district, South West India, using C++ language
Author(s): Conchalish Henry*, Sakthivel Saravanan and Nainarpandian Chandrasekar
Coastal erosion is a natural phenomenon an endless redistribution process that continually changes beaches, dunes, and bluffs. Loss or displacement of land along the coastline occurs naturally and will continue to do so despite the best efforts to prevent it. This paper mainly focuses on the coastal erosion hazard assessment estimated along the coastal precinct between Kanyakumari and Thengapattanam, South-West Tamil Nadu, over a length of about 56 km and discusses mitigation. The assessment of beach erosion hazards is an estimation of a coastal area’s susceptibility to erosion based on a number of factors, such as historical coastal changes, geomorphology, current patterns, and human activities. In this study, only mean annual beach width change rate information is used for assessment. The coastal erosion hazard maps are prepared using GIS techniques to depict the extent of ero.. Read More»