ANALYSIS OF SHORELINE CHANGE IN COASTAL GOA: A STUDY OF GALGIBAG BEACH USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES Authors: Gaonkar SM And Nadaf FM*
ABSTRACT
Costas are dynamic entities interconnected with man-made and physical factors. The changes along
the coastline are well adequate subjected to both short-term and long-run coastal processes. The latest
available geospatial technologies have been efficient in providing the data sets from a historical time
scale. The present study is focused on comparing the shoreline changes that occur at the Galgibag
beach located in Canacona taluka of Goa by integrating fourcoastlines to identify and assess erosion
and accretion of the different periods. DSAS analysis of the Galgibag coast is carried out from 1991
to 2020. Net Shoreline Movement (NSM), End Point Rate (EPR), and Linear Regression Rate (LRR)
were used to calculate shoreline change rates. The analysis revealed shoreline retreat with an average
EPR of 1.81m/year and an average NSM of 26.45mts.
Keywords: DSAS, EPR, Landsat, LRR, NSM Publication date: 15/01/2022 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2022/January/MS_IJBPAS_2022_JAN_SPCL_1005.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.1.1005