Abstract
Abstract Planform changes in 184 reef islands in Huvadhoo atoll, Republic of Maldives are quantified in the context of global environmental change and anthropogenic impacts. Aggregated at the atoll scale, results show that, over the past four decades, total land area increased by 59 ha (2.4%). Land reclamation of 93.8 ha on 12 inhabited islands was the dominant factor in the increase in land area. Excluding reclaimed islands from the dataset reveals net erosion of atoll island area of 28.5 ha (1.5%). Erosion was prevalent on 45% of islands with remaining islands being stable (40%) or increasing in area (15%). A relationship between island size and planform change was identified. Small islands (
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