A Numerical Study on Coastal Defence at Chennai and Related Management Strategies
Chennai coast, right from the inception of Madras harbourin the year 1876, has been experiencinghostile conditions such as (i) coastal erosion, (ii) sandbar formation at the entrance to inlets, (iii) sea water ingression and (iv) change insea bed elevation, etc. In addition, construction of a new satellite harbour, about18 km north of Madras harbour has produced a negative impact on the delicatecoastal features such as (i) Pulicat lake, (ii) Ennore shoals, etc. Construction ofthis satellite harbour has led to the accumulation of sand south of the southbreakwater of the harbour and its accelerated growth is of concern to an inletlocated 2.6~km south of the harbour. `Coastal erosion', a perennial problemassociated with north Chennai sea front for the past 100 years has been addressedin this paper. The paper discusses on a long term solution and details of themethodologies to be adopted for effective management of the coast. Thesolution presented in this paper is based on numerical model study consideringthe nearshore currents and wave induced sediment transports. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2004
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2004
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Authors: | Mani, J. |
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Natural Hazards. - International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards. - Vol. 31.2004, 2, p. 523-536
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International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards |
Subject: | coastal defence | erosion | landing beach | reclamation | management | near shore currents |
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