Coastal zone has a high value of socio-economic activity.
Several aspects of, coastal area are included in the coastal
environment profile including physical setting and land use,
natural resources and environment, fisheries and aquaculture,
tourism, shipping and other economic factors. It supports a
large percentage of population and it is also the center of
economic activities encompassing urbanization, agriculture,
oil and gas exploitation, transportation and communication.
Nowadays, there has been increase in activities involvingland
utilization and development in the coastal zone from various
sectors resulting in some of them causing damage and
destruction in the coastal zone. In most cases, erosion occurs due to natural causes but there are cases of erosion due to
interference in nature by man