Coastal Environments: Risk Assessment, Restoration and Sustainable Solutions

The book describes coastal environments, dynamic interfaces between land and sea, face escalating threats from climate change, sea-level rise, erosion, pollution, and unsustainable human activities. Traditional approaches to coastal management often fall short due to their fragmented nature, disciplinary silos, and reliance on outdated methodologies ill-equipped to handle multifaceted, interconnected risks. Policymakers, researchers, and practitioners struggle to access cohesive frameworks that integrate cutting-edge technologies with ecological, social, and economic dimensionsa gap that Coastal Environments: Risk Assessment, Restoration and Sustainable Solutions decisively fills. This editorial volume addresses the critical problem of disjunction between advanced technological innovation and actionable, sustainable solutions. Existing literature frequently compartmentalizes topics such as risk modeling, habitat restoration, and community resilience, leaving stakeholders without a unified resource to navigate the complexity of coastal systems. Furthermore, the rapid evolution of tools like AI, remote sensing, hydrodynamic modeling, and GIS demands a synthesis of their applications in real-world contexts. The book bridges this divide by demonstrating how these technologies enhance predictive accuracy in risk assessment, optimize restoration strategies, and inform adaptive management. For instance, machine learning algorithms coupled with satellite data enable precise monitoring of shoreline changes, while integrated models simulate socio-environmental impacts of proposed interventions. A key contribution lies in its transdisciplinary ethos, fostering collaboration across geosciences, engineering, ecology, and social sciences. By presenting case studies from diverse coastal zones, the book illustrates the translation of theoretical models into scalable solutions, addressing stakeholders' needs for practicality and scientific rigor. It empowers readers to overcome institutional and knowledge barriers, offering methodologies that balance ecological integrity with human development. Ultimately, this work equips academics, policymakers, and environmental managers with a holistic toolkit to tackle coastal vulnerabilities. It not only resolves the dissonance between innovation and implementation but also advances the global discourse on sustainability by championing interdisciplinary synergya necessity in an era of escalating environmental uncertainty.

Addresses the problem of disjunction between advanced technological innovation and actionable, sustainable solutions Fosters collaboration across geosciences, engineering, ecology, and social sciences Presents case studies from coastal zones, illustrating the translation of theoretical models into scalable solutions

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Section:I Introduction to Coastal Environment.- Overview of Coastal System, Issues, Perspectives and A Brief Management Concept.-Evaluating the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Indices (SAVI) and MSAVI for Mudbank Vegetation Growth at Subarnarekha Estuary, Odisha, Using Sentinel 2A and Landsat 5 TM and 8-OLI/TIRS Through Geospatial Technology.- Dynamic Coastal Configuration: Insights from Indian Sundarban.- Topography-Driven Vegetation Dynamics in a Tidal Deltaic Landscape: A Landsat and DEM-Based Study of the Indian Sundarbans.- Eco-Tourism and Environmental Challenges: Assessing the Vulnerability of Mangrove-Based Tourism in the Sundarbans(India).- PelagicBenthic Microalgal Dynamics in Coastal Ecosystems: An Integrated Review.- Living Fossils as Ecosystem Engineers: The Role of Brachiopod Shells in Coastal Biodiversity Management.- Section II: Coastal Environments: Challenges and Risk Assessment.- Comparative Ecological and Human Health Risk Evaluations of Heavy Metal Contamination in Plants, Sediment, and Water in Nigerian Urban Rivers and Coastal Regions.- Dynamic Coastal Resilience in Visakhapatnam: Spatial Hazard Analysis and Communityled Solutions.- Shoreline Dynamics and Predictive Modelling along the DighaRasulpur Coastal Stretch of West Bengal, India.- Advanced integration of geospatial algorithms for robust groundwater potentiality zonation in the coastal track of Odisha, India.- GIS-Based Coastal Hazard and Saltwater Intrusion Risk Assessment in the Patharpratima CD Block, Sundarbans: A SpatioTemporal Analysis for Climate Resilience.- Mangrove ecosystem and livelihoods: Mapping resource dynamics for sustainable development.- First Report of Aphelenchoides fuschi from India: Morphometric and PCA-Based Assessment from a Coastal Mangrove Ecosystem.- SectionIII: Coastal Environments: Risk Reduction, Restoration and Sustainable Solution.- Urban Flood Vulnerability and Management Strategies: A Case of Chennai, India.- Coastal Flood Risk Assessment Using Multi-Criteria Decision Approach: A GIS-Based Study of Sagar Island, India.- Multivariate Ecological Assessment of Coastal Nematode Communities Under Environmental Gradients.- Blue Despair: The Interconnected Psychological and Ecological Impacts of Urbanization, Industrialization, and Pollution in Coastal Areas.- Flood Vulnerability Assessment in the Coastal Environment of the Indian Sundarban Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process and GIS Approach.- Climate Tapestry: Geospatial Assessment of Emissions from Landscape, Agriculture, and Atmosphere.- Green Multicomponent Reactions for Sustainable Synthesis of bioactive heterocycles: Integration with GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Modelling, and Risk Assessment for Environmental and Coastal Applications.- Local Adaptive Strategies for Combating Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in Southwestern Bangladesh.- Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Solutions in Coastal Management.