Global warming affects on Fishing village in India (A case study on Andhra coastal village: Uppada)
2014; Volume: 2; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.9790/0990-02225056
ISSN2321-0990
AutoresCh. Guru prasad, Gaddem. Narasimha Rao,
Tópico(s)Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
ResumoPeople living near cliffs and shorelines at risk.The great concentration of National resources in coastal zones makes it imperative that coastal change is well understood.Sea level has risen about 40 cm in the past century and is projected to rise another 60 cm in the next century.Due to global warming, average rise of sea level is of the order of 1.5 to 10 mm per year.It has been observed that sea level rise of 1 mm per year could cause a recession of shoreline in the order of about 0.5 m per year.Andhra Pradesh has a coastline of 974 km.Among which the Bay of Bengal Sea.Coast has frequently been affected by cyclones and inundated by storm surges.Erosion is noticed at Uppada, Visakhapatnam and Bhimunipatnam.inAndhra Pradesh coastal areas.Recent research is making it increasingly clear that climate change will change and damage the coastal environment.Now presented in this paper causes, effects and remedial techniques, it is useful to the disaster and risk management studies, planer, geo-morphologists, environmental researchers, academicians and administrators.
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