The potential of mangrove forest as a bioshield in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ghazali, N., Zainuddin, K., Zainal, M. Z., Dali, H. M., Samad, A. M., Mahmud, M. R.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016
• Subjects: G70.212-70.215 Geographic information system
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/73135/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84983520444&doi=10.1109%2fCSPA.2016.7515854&partnerID=40&md5=220d9c6064e7269c05e40f36def16a5f
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Using mangroves as a potential coastal bioshield has been intensively studied and tested in the past 10 years. Without a doubt, these studies suggest mangroves are able to attenuate waves thus make it perfect bioshield against tsunami, storm surges, erosion and other coastal disaster. This paper syn...