The impact of economic development on water pollution: Trends and policy actions in Malaysia

Water Resources Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-508

  Muyibi, Suleyman A ^a   Ambali, Abdul Raufu ^b   Eissa, Garoot Suleiman ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Universiti Teknologi MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Compliance; Contravention; Cost; Development; Effectiveness; GDP per capita; Indicators; Interactive effect; Licence; Model equation; Policy; Pollutants; Population; Production index; Regression; Technology; Water pollution index

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INTERACTIVE EFFECT; WATER POLLUTION INDEX;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPLIANCE; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 40549145554     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-007-9174-z     Document Type: Article

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