Erosion and sediment control plans to minimize impacts of housing construction activities on water resources in Malaysia

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 461-470

  Ooshaksaraie, Leila ^a   Basri, Noor Ezlin Ahmad ^a   Bakar, Azuraliza Abu ^a   Maulud, Khairul Nizam Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Construction activity; Erosion and sediment control plans; Water resources pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349143073     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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