CE3048 Coastal Zone Management and Remote Sensing Syllabus:

CE3048 Coastal Zone Management and Remote Sensing Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 To be able to “see” the features and components of the coastal zone.
 To assess the various living and non-living resources
 To understand the need for coastal zone management and to develop an ICM plan.
 To provide the coastal and oceanographic applications of satellite remote sensing.

UNIT I COASTAL ZONE

Coastal Zone – Beach Profile – Surf Zone – Off Shore – Coastal Waters – Coastal sediments – Estuaries– Wetlands and Lagoons – Coastal dunes – Coastal Geomorphology.

UNIT II COASTAL RESOURCES

Types and functions of coastal and marine resources – Renewable and Non-Renewable resources – Living marine resources and Nonliving marine resources – Marine minerals-Placer deposits – Hydrocarbon deposits – Polymetallic nodules.

UNIT III COASTAL ECOSYSTEM

Marine ecosystem: Mangroves – Seagrass – Seaweeds – Coral reef – Large marine ecosystem – Climate effects on living marine resources- Biological monitoring of marine ecosystem- Human impacts on marine ecosystem.

UNIT IV COASTAL REGULATIONS

Introduction- What is ICM- Developing an ICM framework- Principles-Goals-defining boundaries – Coastal Regulation Zones (CRZ) for main land and Islands –Environmental Law and policy.

UNIT V REMOTE SENSING IN COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT

Sensors and Platforms used for coastal application –Mapping of Coral Reefs, Macroalgae, Mangrove and Wetlands – Coastal Landuse / Land Cover Mapping – Coastal Regulation Zone Mapping – Case studies.

TOTAL:45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:

On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
CO1 Understand the science and basic of Coastal zone.
CO2 Assess the living marine resources and non-living marine resources.
CO3 Learn about importance of different ecosystem available in coastal and marine environment.
CO4 Understand the coastal regulations for mainland and islands.
CO5 Acquire knowledge about various satellites and sensors used for marine and coastal environment.

TEXTBOOKS:

1. RichardSylvester,“Coastal Engineering, Volume I And II”, Elseiner Scientific Publishing Co., 1999
2. NCSCM straigies and guide line for National implementation of Integrated Coastal zone management, 2013
3. Ramesh R and Purvaja R , E-learning module on ICZM for UNESCO-HE,TheNetheralands,2006
4. Dwivedi,S.N., Natarajan,R And Ramachandran,S., “Coastal Zone Management In Tamilnadu”, Madras, 1991
5. David R. Green, Stephen D. King; Coastal and Marine Geo-Information Systems: Applying the Technology to the Environment, Springer, 2003
6. Ramamohana Rao P, Suneetha P, “Coastal Zone Management Using Remote Sensing and GIS”, Paperback – Import, 2014.