TY  - CONF
A1  - Shahruzzaman, D.B.
A1  - Hashim, A.M.
N2  - The effectiveness of vegetation as coastal protection was evidenced during the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004. Sufficiency of mangrove forest as natural protection against tsunami along Malaysiaâ??s coastline is thus of a great concern. This paper presents the assessment of the overall trend of tsunami occurrence and highlight the level of tsunami exposure for Malaysia. This paper also describes the current status of mangrove forest along west coast of Malaysia in reducing the wave impact. Analysis of global tsunami and earthquake data shows that Malaysia is potentially vulnerable to future tsunami impact. Malaysia had a varying width of mangrove forest distribution which is hoped to protect the coastal area. However, with the increasing trend of threat and decreasing mangrove belt, Malaysia is potentially exposed to such severe wave impacts. Implementation of optimum replanting scheme is inevitable to ensure acceptable level of protection along the coastline of Malaysia. © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, London.
PB  - CRC Press/Balkema
KW  - Environmental engineering; Forestry; Ocean currents; Offshore oil well production; Risk assessment; Tsunamis
KW  -  Coastal area; Coastal protection; Current status; Earthquake data; Exposed to; Indian Ocean Tsunami; Mangrove forest; Wave impacts
KW  -  Shore protection
EP  - 136
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85009807610&doi=10.1201%2fb21942-25&partnerID=40&md5=43e616aa66164d9b573d79203a234927
AV  - none
Y1  - 2016///
N1  - cited By 0; Conference of 3rd International Conference on Civil, offshore and Environmental Engineering, ICCOEE 2016 ; Conference Date: 15 August 2016 Through 17 August 2016; Conference Code:180169
TI  - Tsunami risk assessment: How safe is Malaysia?
ID  - scholars7550
SN  - 9781138029781
SP  - 131
ER  -