Myriad Challenges of the Coasts of India

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Erosion along the Puducherry beach leading to collapse of infrastructure.

Abstract: Monitoring from space, aerial and in situ platforms in coastal regions will help develop models for interactions between ecological and anthropogenic processes, helping sustainable management of coastal zones.

Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Former Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, shailesh@nias.res.in