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Effectiveness of Mangrove Forests in Surface Wave Attenuation: A Review

For once, mangrove forests were surprisingly resistant to the forceful impacts of the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 2004 which swept away entire villages and caused the deaths of approximately 200,000 people. It was reported that human death and loss of property were significantly reduced in area...

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Main Authors: Hashim, Ahmad Mustafa, Catherine, Sim Mong Pheng
Format: Citation Index Journal
Published: Maxwell Scientific Organization 2013
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utp.edu.my/9840/1/v5-4483-4488%20new.pdf
http://maxwellsci.com/jp/abstract.php?jid=RJASET&no=299&abs=11
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spelling my.utp.eprints.98402013-07-12T00:13:24Z Effectiveness of Mangrove Forests in Surface Wave Attenuation: A Review Hashim, Ahmad Mustafa Catherine, Sim Mong Pheng TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) For once, mangrove forests were surprisingly resistant to the forceful impacts of the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 2004 which swept away entire villages and caused the deaths of approximately 200,000 people. It was reported that human death and loss of property were significantly reduced in areas of dense mangrove forests in southeastern India. As the importance of mangrove is gaining attention lately, numerous countries have started to replant mangroves for coastal protection. This study discusses the extensive researches that have been conducted to study the role of mangrove forests in wave energy dissipation. These include field measurements, numerical studies and laboratory experiments. The findings illustrate that mangrove species, density, forest width, forest structure, age, water depth and incident wave height are among the factors affecting the performance of mangroves in attenuating waves. Dense forest, larger forest width, bigger trunk diameter and higher wave height resulted in relatively more wave energy dissipation by mangroves. Maxwell Scientific Organization 2013-05-05 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/9840/1/v5-4483-4488%20new.pdf http://maxwellsci.com/jp/abstract.php?jid=RJASET&no=299&abs=11 Hashim, Ahmad Mustafa and Catherine, Sim Mong Pheng (2013) Effectiveness of Mangrove Forests in Surface Wave Attenuation: A Review. [Citation Index Journal] http://eprints.utp.edu.my/9840/
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Hashim, Ahmad Mustafa
Catherine, Sim Mong Pheng
Effectiveness of Mangrove Forests in Surface Wave Attenuation: A Review
description For once, mangrove forests were surprisingly resistant to the forceful impacts of the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 2004 which swept away entire villages and caused the deaths of approximately 200,000 people. It was reported that human death and loss of property were significantly reduced in areas of dense mangrove forests in southeastern India. As the importance of mangrove is gaining attention lately, numerous countries have started to replant mangroves for coastal protection. This study discusses the extensive researches that have been conducted to study the role of mangrove forests in wave energy dissipation. These include field measurements, numerical studies and laboratory experiments. The findings illustrate that mangrove species, density, forest width, forest structure, age, water depth and incident wave height are among the factors affecting the performance of mangroves in attenuating waves. Dense forest, larger forest width, bigger trunk diameter and higher wave height resulted in relatively more wave energy dissipation by mangroves.
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author Hashim, Ahmad Mustafa
Catherine, Sim Mong Pheng
author_facet Hashim, Ahmad Mustafa
Catherine, Sim Mong Pheng
author_sort Hashim, Ahmad Mustafa
title Effectiveness of Mangrove Forests in Surface Wave Attenuation: A Review
title_short Effectiveness of Mangrove Forests in Surface Wave Attenuation: A Review
title_full Effectiveness of Mangrove Forests in Surface Wave Attenuation: A Review
title_fullStr Effectiveness of Mangrove Forests in Surface Wave Attenuation: A Review
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of Mangrove Forests in Surface Wave Attenuation: A Review
title_sort effectiveness of mangrove forests in surface wave attenuation: a review
publisher Maxwell Scientific Organization
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/9840/1/v5-4483-4488%20new.pdf
http://maxwellsci.com/jp/abstract.php?jid=RJASET&no=299&abs=11
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