An environmental perspective of the post-tsunami scenario along the coast of Tamil Nadu, India: Role of sand dunes and forests

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-34

  Mascarenhas, Antonio ^a   Jayakumar, Seelam ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal regulations; Coastal vegetation; India; Natural hazards; Sand dunes; Tamil Nadu; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; SAND; SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION;

AVERAGE WIDTH; COASTAL REGULATION; COASTAL VEGETATION; FIELD INVESTIGATION; INDIA; NATURAL HAZARD; SAND DUNES; TAMIL NADU; WATERBODIES; WAVE RUNUP;

TSUNAMIS;

COASTAL PROTECTION; DUNE; FLOODING; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NATURAL HAZARD; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDIA; POLICY; SEASHORE; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

CASUARINA;

EID: 48449083320     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.053     Document Type: Article

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