Coastal Vulnerability Index and Impact of Erosion Along Terengganu Coastline

Abstract

Coastal erosion is a sensitive issue in Malaysia. This is because coastal erosion in Terengganu Malaysia’s coastline is reliably exposed to dangers from the sea, bringing about beachfront disintegration and sea level rise. The nation is situated close to the equator in Southeast Asia, where its significant ports are arranged inside the worldwide sea and delivery courses. Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea encircled it, where the complete ocean region is two times the land region. Thus, these two unmistakable dangers antagonistically affected the physical, socioeconomic, and biodiversity along the coast. This study checked on chosen beachfront mitigation structures along the coastline of Malaysia as a wave-disintegration control and sea level rise variation considering the seaside executive’s systems. This study is implemented in the state of Terengganu. The study aims to identify the changes in shorelines that are caused by coastal erosion in the years 2013, 2017 and 2021 using the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) techniques from Pantai Rusila, Pantai Chendering, Pantai Batu Buruk, Pantai Seberang Takir and Pantai Menggabang Telipot at Terengganu. National Coastal Erosion Study (NCES) applies as a guideline to quantify erosion or accretion rates based on physical parameters. It can also identify the erosion area even from the social and economic outlined by NCES 2015.