Environmental ethics in river water management

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-376

  Moorthy, Ravichandran ^a   Jeyabalan, Ganesan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Kemeneterian Sains Teknologi dan Inovasi   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environmental ethics; Gombak river; Inter agency coordination; River water management

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

GOMBAK RIVER; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 80655125263     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2011.370.376     Document Type: Article

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