GIS for
Coastal Erosion Monitoring and Management
Sponsor: Asian
Development Bank
Project period: 1994-1996
GIS Specialist: Dr. Ron
Li
Project Team: 1Ron
Li, 2Choon Ann Ooi, 3Eugene
Ramcharan, 4Björn Kjerfve, 5David
Willis and 6Norman Crookshank
1 Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science,
The Ohio State University, 470 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil
Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
2 Coastal Engineering
Division, 50626 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3 TROPECOL, 1364 Sir David
Drive, Oakville, Ontario L6J 6V2, Canada
4 University of South
Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U S A
5 121 Queen Mary Street,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 1X4, Canada
6 Canadian Hydraulics
Centre, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
Description:
This R&D project dealt with coastal erosion monitoring
and management in Malaysia, supported by Asian Development
Bank and conducted by an international and interdisciplinary
team. Aerial mapping techniques were used to map and monitor
erosion conditions. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was
utilized to support various stages of the modernized
shoreline monitoring and management. Data involved in the
shoreline management are diverse, including spatial data,
time series data, social and economic data, and aerial
photographs. The spatial data are shoreline positions,
topographic data, bathymetric data, parcel data, buoy
locations etc. Time series data, for example wind and wave
observations, were integrated with spatial data through the
locations of the sensors. The GIS contains three modules,
namely Shoreline Erosion Monitoring System (SEMS), Coastal
Engineering Management System (CEMS) and Coastal Data
Inventory System (CDIS). A pilot project in State of Pennang
was completed. This system is used for shoreline management
in Malaysia. Experiences gained from this project is
beneficial for applications in other similar geographic
areas.
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