Abstract:
The application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) provides higher spatio-temporal data
for the research activities. It is a thriving method in coastal studies which are subject to
frequent modification due to natural and man-made factors viz. wave and tidal actions as
well as the marine infrastructure development. The application of the UAV provides
significant contribution to the decision-making process of coastal management and
planning by providing frequently changing coastal environment and with high spatio
temporal resolution imagery. Therefore, this study is to review the applicability of the UAV
data in coastal researches by collecting published researches from various reputed
databases executing the systematic literature review. Accordingly, the findings reflect that
the UAV is a blooming method which is widely applied in the coastal studies where the
other Remote Sensing (RS) platforms i.e. satellite imagery provides limited features in
terms of spatio-temporal aspects and so does limit the researches in multifaceted ways.
Also, the low-cost and user-friendly feature of UAV supports the researchers to collect the
data whenever they want the high spatio-temporal resolution data. The study concludes
that the UVA applications in rapidly increasing method in coastal studies which would
engulf the research opportunism in future too.
