@article{fdi:010073732,
  title = {{W}hen socio-economic plans exacerbate vulnerability to physical coastal processes on the {S}outh {E}ast coast of {I}ndia},
  author = {{M}uthusankar, {G}. and {P}roisy, {C}hristophe and {B}alasubramanian, {D}. and {B}autes, {N}. and {B}halla, {R}. {S}. and {M}athevet, {R}. and {R}icout, {A}. and {B}abu, {D}. {S}. and {V}asudevan, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}ndustrial and urban development along the coast may exacerbate the changes induced by oceano-climatic processes to such an extent that the coast becomes uninhabitable. {T}his paper presents a baseline study carried out on the 360 km long {C}oromandel coast of {T}amil {N}adu's ({TN}) {B}ay of {B}engal coast, {S}outheast {I}ndia. {A}bout 30% of the 72 million inhabitants of the state of {TN} live in low-lying coastal areas within a variety of ecosystems such as sandy beaches and dunes, wetlands, mudflats and mangroves. {E}xponential demographic growth combines with dense urban agglomerations, ever-growing industrial and harbour areas, aquaculture and luxury tourism expansion increasing vulnerabilities to coastal erosion and extreme meteorological events. {W}e report here how very high spatial resolution satellite ({VHSRS}) images, freely provided by {G}oogle {E}arth engine or from the public database offered by {GIS} software, may be used to impartially and significantly survey coastal land cover ({LC}) transformations at fine scales over a number of years using preliminary visual interpretation. {T}he study also gathered demographic data, historical records on strength and trajectories of the cyclones that have hit the {TN} coast since 1900, and decadal series of daily {ERA}-{I}nterimi{LCMWF} waves and {M}ercator-{O}cean oceanic currents. {O}ur results demonstrate a tangle of environmental and human activities and situations subject to specific coastal hazards, particularly severe during the {N}ortheast monsoon season. {T}he potential risks for coastal ecosystems and local communities are finally discussed.},
  keywords = {land cover changes ; fine scale mapping ; coastal processes ; coastal zone management ; remote sensing ; {INDE} ; {TAMIL} {NADU} ; {BENGALE} {GOLFE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {C}oastal {R}esearch},
  numero = {85},
  pages = {1446--1450},
  ISSN = {0749-0208},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.2112/si85-290.1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073732},
}