ANINNOVATIVEANDCLIMATE-RESILIENTAPPROACHTOCOASTALMANAGEMENTANDADAPTATIONFORINDIACoastalactivities.WomanwalkingonVagatorBeach,Goa,India(©AllenkayaaDreamstime.com).INTRODUCTIONIndia’scoastalareasareincreasinglyconfrontedwithescalatingchallenges.Aprioritychallengeiscoastalerosionandflooding,furtherintensifiedbyclimatechange.Aclimate-resilient,integrated,andadaptiveapproachtocoastalerosionisneeded.Tothisend,theAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)hasbeenhelpingIndia’sstategovernmentsinKerala,Karnataka,andMaharashtraadoptinnovativeclimate-resilientintegratedmeasuresthatwillincreasetheresilienceofcoastalcommunities.Toupscalethesemeasurestootherstates,ADBisworkingcloselywithourpartnerstoaddresstheconsequencesofclimatechangeandfinanceinnovativeapproachestoaprosperous,inclusive,resilient,andsustainableAsiaandthePacific.COASTALVULNERABILITYININDIACOASTALHARMONYIndia’secologicaldiversityandeconomicvitality.India’sextensive7,525-kilometercoastlinehasadiversegeologyfedbyover100rivers,whichsupplysedimentstoitsbeachesandcoastalsystems.Approximately171millionpeopleliveinthe70coastaldistrictsinninestates.1India’sdiversecoastalenvironmentshaveenormoussocioeconomicvalue,richecosystems,andsupportlivelihoodsincludingfishingandagriculture.Theyalsoactasnaturaldefensesagainsterosionandfloods.With13majorand187nonmajorports,thecoastisvitalf...
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