Development of Coastal Vulnerability Index for Mangalore Coast, India

Arkal Vittal Hegde; Vijaya Radhakrishnan Reju

doi:10.2112/04-0259.1

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Arkal Vittal Hegde,¹ Vijaya Radhakrishnan Reju²

¹Professor and Head, Department of Applied, Mechanics and Hydraulics, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Srinivasnagar, 575025, India
²P.G student, Department of Applied Mechanics, NITK Surathkal, Srinivasnagar 575025, India,

Abstract

The paper presents the coastal vulnerability index (CVI) for the estimation of vulnerability of the coastal region of Mangalore coast, India, from Talapady to Surathkal. The CVI is an indication of the relative vulnerability of the various segments of the Mangalore coast to coastal erosion hazards. The following variables are used in the estimation of CVI, which is used to rank the vulnerability of the coastal regions: geomorphology, regional coastal slope, shoreline change rates, and population. The rankings for each variable were combined and an index value calculated for 1′ × 1′ grid cells covering the study area.

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Arkal Vittal Hegde and Vijaya Radhakrishnan Reju "Development of Coastal Vulnerability Index for Mangalore Coast, India," Journal of Coastal Research 23(5), 1106-1111, (1 September 2007). https://doi.org/10.2112/04-0259.1

Received: 17 July 2004; Accepted: 20 May 2005; Published: 1 September 2007

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