Coastal Zones

Biography

Biography: Assoc. Prof. Sr. Dr. Mohd Zulkifli Mohd Yunus

Abstract

Research on coastal management has been quite intensive over the last decades in Malaysia. Determining the coastal vulnerability index is one of the most complex analysis due to the different effects of various parameters. The objective of this article is to promote the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) as a tool for coastal management problem solving. Hence, in this study, GIS is proposed to determine the coastal management with special focus on the Malaysia coastal and tsunami vulnerability assessment, and coastal erosion problems. This methodology has been implemented on a case study region in north, center and south of Peninsular Malaysia, and therefore the parameters criteria have been obtained for the case study conditions. The assessment was conducted in three phases which extended diagonally from a macro-scale to several local scale, and finally a micro-scale assessment. The outcomes of the assessment in the form of GIS-based maps are able to discriminate between the numerous levels of vulnerability, the several levels of impact severity towards existing structures, property and land use within the study area. Most essentially, the maps could help planners to establish a zoning pattern for potential coastline development. The final result of the study indicates that the GIS is the brilliantly best solution for coastal management in Malaysia with the proposed methodology can concurrently satisfy all relative parameters in vulnerability and erosion based on their impact. Thus, a system that can manage these problems has been developed.