Sea level rise around the world caused by global warming since decade and effects on coastal especially country below mean sea level and country island. The prediction of sea level rise by 2100 is over 3m. Sea level rise increases caused by melting ice and thermal expansion. The impact of sea level rise concentrated along the coastal area. This paper studied the impact of sea level rise to physical parameters along the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Seven physical variables such as geomorphology, shoreline change rate, coastal slope, lithology, maximum wave height, mean tidal range and sea level change were chosen to find an physical vulnerability index. The index also was mapped using ArcGIS software to picture the vulnerability. The worst area for physical vulnerability index is along the Pahang coastline especially Kuantan district. The prevention and adaptation from government and nongovernment agencies should be taken to reduce the effects of sea level rise.
Sea level rise is a very serious phenomena around the world and caused by expansion of sea water due to the high temperature and the melting of ice at the poles. In Malaysia, areas located on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia are more vulnerable to the impact of rising sea water because they are facing the South China Sea where the waves are stronger, especially during the monsoon season in November to March. The study site is along the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, over 675km and covered fifteen districts located along the coast. This study focuses on developing vulnerability indices on physical, socioeconomic and correlation between both parameters. The analysis of physical vulnerability index (PVI) consist seven variables namely geomorphology, shoreline change rate, coastal slope, wave height, tidal range, sea level rise change and rock type. While for socioeconomic index (SeVI) focuses on three parameters such as quality of life, economic value and infrastructures. After obtaining the index for each parameter, coastal vulnerability index (CVI) is then calculated to determine the overall vulnerability for the coastal area. For CVI, the highest index along coastal area is Kuantan and the lowest index is Tumpat.
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