Managing Urban Rivers and Water Quality in Malaysia for Sustainable Water Resources

Rivers are rich ecosystems and sources of life, providing many functions for the survival of natural and human systems. In Malaysia, due to poor management and public apathy, they are severely degraded. Rapid development and urbanization have also overstressed and polluted them, and governance pract...

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Published inInternational journal of water resources development Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 343 - 354
Main Author Chan, Ngai Weng
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.2012
Subjects
Citizen participation
Ecosystems
floods
Freshwater
governance
Government and politics
human resources
humans
Law
laws and regulations
Malaysia
nongovernmental organizations
Partnership
politics
Pollution
private sector
Regulation
Rivers
Urbanization
Water
Water management
Water quality
water shortages
Malaysia
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Summary:Rivers are rich ecosystems and sources of life, providing many functions for the survival of natural and human systems. In Malaysia, due to poor management and public apathy, they are severely degraded. Rapid development and urbanization have also overstressed and polluted them, and governance practices are mostly focused on managing water shortages, floods, and pollution. Limitations include low priority in the political agenda, inadequate economic, managerial, and human resources, poor enforcement of laws and regulations, poor public involvement, and inadequate use of non-structural measures. Recent government, private sector, and NGO partnerships, however, have shown great potential for improved management of rivers.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2012.668643
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ISSN:1360-0648
0790-0627
1360-0648
DOI:10.1080/07900627.2012.668643