Coastal Vulnerability Index

Why in News?

• Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has carried out coastal vulnerability assessments for the entire Indian coast at the States’ level

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• Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has carried out coastal vulnerability assessments for the entire Indian coast at the States’ level. Using this data it has prepared an Atlas and would also prepare a Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI)

• While the maps determine the coastal risks due to future sea-level rise based on the physical and geological parameters, the CVI uses the relative risk posed by physical changes that will occur as sea-level rises

• The coastal vulnerability assessments can be useful information for coastal disaster management and building resilient coastal communities