India contemplates climate change concerns after floods ravaged the coastal city of Chennai

Authors :: Jeganathan Pandiyan
Govindasamy Agoramoorthy
Kandasamy Selvaraj
Veeran Yoganandan
Source :: Ocean & Coastal Management. 129:10-14
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2016.
Abstract: •Chennai (India) received the highest rainfall of 490 mm on 1 Dec 2015.•This study looked at NOAA/NESDIS global analysis of SST anomaly (°C).•Revival of 769 km long Buckingham Canal essential for flood mitigation.•Renovating canals, ponds, and lakes crucial for flood prevention.•India needs better strategies to adapt to future extreme weather situations.

Subjects :: Buckingham
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Flood myth
Anomaly (natural sciences)
Climate change
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Aquatic Science
Oceanography
01 natural sciences
Extreme weather
Geography
Climatology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences

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