Monitoring Sea Level Rise in Malaysia Using Geospatial Technology

Climate change has become a worldwide issue. Climate change exists due to development of human and technology which break the natural ecosystem of the Earth. One of the most crucial impacts of climate change is sea level rise, caused by melting of ice glaciers and thermal expansion of sea water....

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Main Author: Lee, Jia Rong
Format: Final Year Project
Language: English
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-utpedia.22631 /
Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2018
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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spelling utp-utpedia.226312022-02-18T05:48:30Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/22631/ Monitoring Sea Level Rise in Malaysia Using Geospatial Technology Lee, Jia Rong TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Climate change has become a worldwide issue. Climate change exists due to development of human and technology which break the natural ecosystem of the Earth. One of the most crucial impacts of climate change is sea level rise, caused by melting of ice glaciers and thermal expansion of sea water. Generally, global mean sea level is being monitored rather than localized mean sea level especially Malaysia. Therefore, there is a necessity to carry out localized sea level monitoring and investigate adaptation capacity in Malaysia. Penang was chosen as study area for this project. Penang, is one of the major coastal cities in Malaysia with high contribution to Malaysia economy and brimming with heritage reserve. Thus, this project monitored sea level using geospatial technology and investigate adaptation capacity in Penang. It was observed that sea level is fluctuating with potential to exceed the highest level (year 2006). Besides, a drastic drop and rise was observed at every five (5) years interval and another drastic fall and rise in sea level is expected to occur in 2018 and 2019 respectively. In comparison to leading Asian cities (Singapore and Seoul, Republic of Korea), Penang’s adaptation readiness is moderate. Therefore, government should introduce policies to strengthen adaptation capacity. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2018-01 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/22631/1/1.%20Final%20Dissertation_Lee%20Jia%20Rong_20118_Monitoring%20Sea%20Level%20Rise%20in%20Malaysia%20using%20Geospatial%20Technology.pdf Lee, Jia Rong (2018) Monitoring Sea Level Rise in Malaysia Using Geospatial Technology. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Submitted)
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Lee, Jia Rong
Monitoring Sea Level Rise in Malaysia Using Geospatial Technology
description Climate change has become a worldwide issue. Climate change exists due to development of human and technology which break the natural ecosystem of the Earth. One of the most crucial impacts of climate change is sea level rise, caused by melting of ice glaciers and thermal expansion of sea water. Generally, global mean sea level is being monitored rather than localized mean sea level especially Malaysia. Therefore, there is a necessity to carry out localized sea level monitoring and investigate adaptation capacity in Malaysia. Penang was chosen as study area for this project. Penang, is one of the major coastal cities in Malaysia with high contribution to Malaysia economy and brimming with heritage reserve. Thus, this project monitored sea level using geospatial technology and investigate adaptation capacity in Penang. It was observed that sea level is fluctuating with potential to exceed the highest level (year 2006). Besides, a drastic drop and rise was observed at every five (5) years interval and another drastic fall and rise in sea level is expected to occur in 2018 and 2019 respectively. In comparison to leading Asian cities (Singapore and Seoul, Republic of Korea), Penang’s adaptation readiness is moderate. Therefore, government should introduce policies to strengthen adaptation capacity.
format Final Year Project
author Lee, Jia Rong
author_sort Lee, Jia Rong
title Monitoring Sea Level Rise in Malaysia Using Geospatial Technology
title_short Monitoring Sea Level Rise in Malaysia Using Geospatial Technology
title_full Monitoring Sea Level Rise in Malaysia Using Geospatial Technology
title_fullStr Monitoring Sea Level Rise in Malaysia Using Geospatial Technology
title_full_unstemmed Monitoring Sea Level Rise in Malaysia Using Geospatial Technology
title_sort monitoring sea level rise in malaysia using geospatial technology
publisher Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
publishDate 2018
url http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/22631/1/1.%20Final%20Dissertation_Lee%20Jia%20Rong_20118_Monitoring%20Sea%20Level%20Rise%20in%20Malaysia%20using%20Geospatial%20Technology.pdf
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