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Coastal environment plays a vital role in a nation’s economy by virtue of their resources, productive habitats and rich biodiversity. India has a coastline of 7516 km of which the mainland accounts for 5422 km, Lakshadweep coast extends 132 km and Andaman and Nicobar islands have a coastline of 1962 km. Nearly 250 million people live within a distance of 50 km from the coast. The coastal areas are assuming greater importance in recent years, owing to increasing human population, urbanisation and accelerated developmental activities. The coastal region is thus, a place of hectic human activity and the coastal ecosystems are now highly disturbed and threatened tremendously. Current approaches to the management of coastal resources were not capable of sustainable development and the coastal environments and resources are rapidly degraded and eroded in India. In this paper, the coastal environment, its resources, its problems and management initiatives and requirements for integrated coastal zone management in India are discussed.
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Ramachandran, S. (1999). Coastal Zone Management in India — Problems, Practice and Requirements. In: Salomons, W., Turner, R.K., de Lacerda, L.D., Ramachandran, S. (eds) Perspectives on Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60103-3_12
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