Coastal mangrove forests mitigated tsunami

被引：461

作者：

Kathiresan, K ^{[1
]}

Rajendran, N ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Annamalai Univ, Ctr Adv Study Marine Biol, Parangipettai 608502, Tamil Nadu, India

来源：

ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE | 2005年 / 65卷 / 03期

关键词：

tsunami; mangroves; human inhabitation; coastal vegetation; sand dunes;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ecss.2005.06.022

中图分类号：

Q17 [水生生物学];

学科分类号：

071004 ;

摘要：

A study conducted after the 26th of December 2004 tsunami in 18 coastal hamlets along the south-east coast of India reiterates the importance of coastal mangrove vegetations and location characteristics of human inhabitation to protect lives and wealth from the fury of tsunami. The tsunami caused human death and loss of wealth and these decreased with the area of coastal vegetation, distance and elevation of human inhabitation from the sea. Human inhabitation should be encouraged more than 1 km from the shoreline in elevated places, behind dense mangroves and or other coastal vegetation. Some plant species, suitable to grow in between human inhabitation and the sea for coastal protection, are suggested. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：601 / 606

页数：6

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