2025 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 172-189
India surpasses all other nations in terms of population and about 330 million people reside on or within the 150 KM of the country's coastline which stretches across 9 states and 4 union territories (UTs) cover 7516.6 KM. People who are living in an extremely low elevation seacoast places are no longer safe because of regular rise in sea level due to global warming and other natural and artificial disasters/imbalances. Therefore it is quite difficult to manage and administer the population which are residing in the low-lying areas that are close to the ocean. Therefore an attempt is made in this paper to explore and analyze the low-lying areas and the cities/villages located along Indian coastal states/union territories that are very dangerous to inhabit or depend upon for a livelihood. This study starts by processing the coastal low elevated areas and the same is divided into seven different classes. These seven classes are divided into the ranges like, 0 to 1, 1.1 to 2, 2.1 to 3, 3.1 to 4, 4.1 to 5, 5.1 to 6, and 6.1 to 10 feet respectively. The digital elevation models (DEMs) are used to get the elevation data by class wise using Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques. Further the study continued to examine all other associated geo-spatial data and revealed that the states/union territories such as West Bengal (46), Tamil Nadu (41), Odisha (34), Andhra Pradesh (32), Gujarat (30), Kerala (30), and Andaman and Nicobar islands (25), comprise the majority of cities and villages situated in low elevated areas. The study's findings and analysis are undoubtedly useful for organizing, managing, caring for, and saving the lives of those who are living in the low-lying coastal areas.
