Coastal disaster mitigation through shoreline changes analysis in Pariaman city

Abstract

Disasters caused losses and damage to the coastal areas of Pariaman City. The construction costs for development in coastal areas are relatively expensive. Early good research must be done to monitor shoreline changes and reduce losses and damage in the coastal areas of Pariaman City. The method used to monitor shoreline changes using satellite images with GIS techniques. The coastal change analyzes is studied including coastal erosion and sedimentation. In this study, disaster mitigation and impacts reduction caused by coastal changes are the final purposes. The losses and damage due to coastal changes were monitored during a certain time. The results of this study are aimed to make a solution for disaster mitigation in coastal areas caused by the shoreline changes in Pariaman City.