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UPSC CSE Mains 2022 · GS3 · 15 marks · 250 words

Explain the causes and effects of coastal erosion in India. What are the available coastal management techniques for combating the hazard?

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Theme

T34 Coastal zone: resources, erosion & hazard preparedness

What UPSC asks in this theme

Questions ask about the resource potential of India's coastline, hazard preparedness, and coastal erosion with management techniques.

What to cover

Coastal resources: ports, fisheries, minerals, tourism, blue economy
Hazards: cyclones, tsunami, sea-level rise, erosion
Causes of erosion: natural and human (ports, sand mining)
Hard and soft engineering: seawalls, groynes, mangroves, beach nourishment
CRZ rules

Writing the answer

Pair each hazard with a management response

These notes are for the whole theme, built from all 2 of its PYQs. UPSC does not publish model answers.

On the map

Map module 1: Physical India Map module 5: Hazard zones Map module 11: Borders & internal security Map module 12: Environment overlays

More PYQs from this theme

GS1202315 marks
Comment on the resource potentials of the long coastline of India and highlight the status of natural hazard preparedness in these areas.

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