Abstract
More than two decades earlier the concept of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM), to involve the community in decision-making has been seriously debated and agreed upon for implementation in Tamil Nadu. About 1,000 km long Tamil Nadu coast has diversity of resources as well as issues due to various anthropogenic activities. Considerable efforts have been made during the last two decades, in making quantitative assessment on resource potential and alteration of coastal environment by using multispectral remote sensing data and spatial analysis tools such as GIS. Scientific database generated through these technology tools are used as a decision-support system by incorporating stakeholder’s perception and field data, which helped considerably in effective coastal zone management in Tamil Nadu. Also efforts have been made in training and capacity building at different levels, which are mainly focused to implement ICZM in the field. This chapter is aimed to provide the genesis, different stages and present scenario of coastal zone management practices in Tamil Nadu coast and its direct and indirect impacts in helping/achieving disaster risk reduction in the aftermath of 2004 Indian ocean tsunami.
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The author (RRK) is thankful to the Department of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences including its ICMAM Project Directorate for the funding support and guidance to carry out ambitious projects and its results were interpreted and used for the preparation of this chapter. Also he is thankful to Dr. Rajib Shaw, Kyoto University, Japan, for his help and support under the bilateral cooperation programme carried out for Chennai city. The authors also thankful to the reviewers for their comments and feedback to revise the chapter.
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Krishnamurthy, R.R., Chandrasekar, K., Shanmugam, D. (2014). Coastal Zone Management in Tamil Nadu, India: Challenges and Innovations. In: Shaw, R. (eds) Disaster Recovery. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54255-1_12
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