The impact of urban growth on regional air quality surrounding the Langat River Basin, Malaysia

Environmentalist

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-324

  Latif, Mohd Talib ^a   Azmi, Siti Zawiyah ^a   Noor, Ahmad Daud Mohamed ^a   Ismail, Aida Shafawati ^a   Johny, Zaharizam ^a   Idrus, Shaharudin ^a   Mohamed, Ahmad Fariz ^a   Mokhtar, Mazlin Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollutants; Langat River Basin; Major town; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH; OXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUSPENDED LOAD; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

LANGAT RIVER; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 80051471826     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-011-9340-y     Document Type: Article

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