Beach erosion and acceretion—An example from Kerala, Southwest Coast of India

Mallik, Tapas Kumar; Samsuddin, M.; Prakash, T. N.; Vasudevan, Varun; Machado, Terry

doi:10.1007/bf02574668

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“…In 1987, when Kamar Babu was only eight years old and learning his dribbling skills on the sandy beaches of Ottummal, a study profiling the Kerala coast noted an alarming trend of coastal erosion, particularly along 55 stations, with a net erosion of 650 m3/m (Mallik et al 1987). The study warned of the urgent need to protect Kerala's fragile coastal zones.…”

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Fisherfolk and football: An ethnographic tale of loss in a changing climate

Haneefa

2023

Anthropology Today

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Sea level rise is dramatically altering the daily lives of fisherfolk in the Ottummal coastal region of Malabar, India. This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork to explore the erosion of subaerial beaches, which have traditionally served as vital social and cultural touchstones for the community. It examines the profound impact of this erosion on the community's leisure activities, particularly their beloved pastime of football. It also analyses the local government's proposed strategy of managed retreat, which involves relocating vulnerable communities away from threatened areas. It considers its limitations in light of the fisherfolk's deep emotional and cultural connections with their lands and non‐material culture. The article posits that while climatologists and satellites can give a bird's eye view, anthropologists and ethnographers can give a worm's eye view of climate change.

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Fisherfolk and football: An ethnographic tale of loss in a changing climate

Haneefa

2023

Anthropology Today

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“…The rate of shoreline changes is one of the common measurements used by coastal scientists, engineers and land planners to indicate the dynamics and the hazards of the coast (Niyogi, 1970;King, 1972;Narayanaswamy and Varadachari, 1978;Anwar et al, 1979;Baba, 1979;Moni, 1980;Komar, 1983;Mallik et al, 1987;Savage and Foster, 1989;Mallik and Rao, 1990). The coastal vulnerability database for Mangalore coast, western India was developed by Hegde and Reju (2007) in order to implement the best erosion protection structure.…”

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Coastal erosion in response to wave dynamics operative in Sagar Island, Sundarban delta, India

Purkait

2008

Front. Earth Sci. China

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Coastal erosion at Sagar Island of Sunderban delta, India, has been critically studied. The area is in the subtropical humid region. There are mainly three seasons viz: winter, summer and the monsoon. Different wave dynamic parameters were measured from theodolite observations with leveling staff and measuring gauges during lunar days at two sections of the western and eastern parts of the coastal zone during post-and pre-monsoons. A comparative study was made on the erosion/depositional pattern between the two sections in relation to different hydrodynamic parameters prevailing in these two sections. Plane table mapping was carried out to demarcate the different geomorphic units. The marine coastal landforms show dune ridges with intervening flats bordered by gently sloping beach on one side and a flat beach on the other side. The western part of the beach is mainly sandy; whereas the eastern part is silty and clayey with mud bank remnants. Actual field measurements indicate that the coastal dune belt has retreated to the order by about 20 m since 1985. The eastern part of the beach has lowered by about 2 m since 1985 and the western part was raised almost to the same tune. It is observed that accretion in the western and central parts of the beach took place; whereas severe erosion in the eastern part made the beach very narrow with remnants of mud banks and tree roots. Frequent embankment failures, submergence and flooding, beach erosion and siltation at jetties and navigational channels, cyclones and storm surges made this area increasingly vulnerable.

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