“Coastal Environments: Problems and Perspectives” displays the impact of natural forces and processes on man, as well as, the effect man has on coastal environment. The exploitation of natural mineral resources, navigation and recreation activities are an integral part of the problems and perspectives of coastal environments. This volume highlights various processes, particularly sediment transport, coastal erosion and its management, landform evolution and resources of the coastal region. The case studies are presented under each section. The availability of comprehensive basic scientific data is vital for effective coastal zone management. There are sixteen papers together on coastal resources, coastal landforms, coastal erosion, sediment transport and dredging and all these add the scientific information for coastal zone management. The last section of the book comprises the papers on application of remote sensing in environmental studies and two assorted papers on surface run-off and flora of Gondwanaland. The causes for coastal erosion, the present scenario of erosion along Kerala and Karnataka coasts and the mitigation procedures have been explained in this book. The utility of seawalls and other protection structures in arresting coastal erosion has been discussed and debated in detail.

Table of Contents:
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Coastal Environments: Problems and Perspectives; SECTION I - COASTAL RESOURCES; Mineral Resources of Coastal Tracts of India; Coastal and Marine Fisheries Resources of Kerala - Conservation and Sustainable Development; Coastal Fishery Resources of India with Special Reference to Karnataka - Management Implications; Bioresources of Coastal Sand Dunes - Are They Neglected?; SECTION 2 - COASTAL LANDFORMS; Evolution of coastal landforms Southern Karnataka: A Remote Sensing Approach; Long-term Morphological Changes of Shoreline and Estuaries along the Northern Kerala Coast - Remote Sensing and GIS Based Study; Coastal Landforms Changes in and Around Cochin and Their Implications in Coastal Zone Management; Delineation of Submerged Paleo-shorelines and Paleo-channels along the Southern Karnataka Coast using Remote Sensing; Preparation of Land Use; Land Cover Map as an Input to Universal Soil Loss Equation through Remote Sensing and GIS; SECTION 3 - SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND MAINTENANCE DREDGING; Alongshore Sediment Transport and Maintenance Dredging Practices in Major Ports of India; Effects of Hydro-meteorological Conditions on Sediment Transport - A case study in Hugli Estuary using Radiotracers; Application of Remote Sensing and Mike-21 for Sediment Dynamics off Mangalore Coast; SECTION 4 - COASTAL EROSION AND MANAGEMENT; Coastal Erosion and Management; Breakwaters - An Innovative Hard Option for Coastal Erosion Mitigation Measures; Miramar (Goa) Beach Management Project: An Oceanographic Evolution; Failure Analysis of Seawalls along Karnataka Coast and Recent Trends in Coastal Protection; SECTION 5 - APPLICATION OF RS & GIS AND FLORA IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCES STUDIES; Remote Sensing in Gelogical and Environmental Studies; Modelling Spatio-temporal Distributions of Surface Runoff in Undulating Terrain using Remote Sensing and GIS; Status of Coastal Gondwana - A Floristic Perspective; Index.