Minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment

Coastal reclamation is becoming a popular mode of expanding the landmass for economic activity in Southeast Asian cities. However, this activity comes at a price in terms of its adverse impact to the environment which mainly arises from landfill, sand quarrying and construction process. Current lan...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M.Nadzir, Nadzhirah, Ibrahim, Mansor Ibn, Mansor, Mazlina
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2011
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/18730/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/18730/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/18730/1/Minimizing_the_Impacts.pdf
id iium-18730
recordtype eprints
spelling iium-187302012-11-06T09:54:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/18730/ Minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment M.Nadzir, Nadzhirah Ibrahim, Mansor Ibn Mansor, Mazlina NA Architecture TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Coastal reclamation is becoming a popular mode of expanding the landmass for economic activity in Southeast Asian cities. However, this activity comes at a price in terms of its adverse impact to the environment which mainly arises from landfill, sand quarrying and construction process. Current land development scenario has shown that there is no stopping point to coastal development and reclamation. Reclamation on coastal land usually confronted with issues such as marine and wetland pollution, coral reef ecosystem disturbances, aquatic resource depletion, degradation of natural scenery and coastal activities for recreation, housing and industrial developments. These issues will be continuously of great concern to all relevant people especially to environmentalists, planners and developers. To achieve a sustainable development and enhancing the ecosystem service, it is important to understand the process of coastal reclamation and its impacts to the environment so that any negative consequences could be minimized. The paper reviews the subject matter based on the records from local and international publications especially from Department of Environment Malaysia. As such, it highlights findings from the review based on two fundamental frameworks for coastal reclamation which explain coastal reclamation impacts to physical environment and community living in it. The study implicates that knowledge on the coastal reclamation is able to contribute to a better planning and design of built environment. IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/18730/1/Minimizing_the_Impacts.pdf M.Nadzir, Nadzhirah and Ibrahim, Mansor Ibn and Mansor, Mazlina (2011) Minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment. In: Tourism and architecture. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 12-18. ISBN 978-967-418-131-4 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Local University
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
language English
topic NA Architecture
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
spellingShingle NA Architecture
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
M.Nadzir, Nadzhirah
Ibrahim, Mansor Ibn
Mansor, Mazlina
Minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment
description Coastal reclamation is becoming a popular mode of expanding the landmass for economic activity in Southeast Asian cities. However, this activity comes at a price in terms of its adverse impact to the environment which mainly arises from landfill, sand quarrying and construction process. Current land development scenario has shown that there is no stopping point to coastal development and reclamation. Reclamation on coastal land usually confronted with issues such as marine and wetland pollution, coral reef ecosystem disturbances, aquatic resource depletion, degradation of natural scenery and coastal activities for recreation, housing and industrial developments. These issues will be continuously of great concern to all relevant people especially to environmentalists, planners and developers. To achieve a sustainable development and enhancing the ecosystem service, it is important to understand the process of coastal reclamation and its impacts to the environment so that any negative consequences could be minimized. The paper reviews the subject matter based on the records from local and international publications especially from Department of Environment Malaysia. As such, it highlights findings from the review based on two fundamental frameworks for coastal reclamation which explain coastal reclamation impacts to physical environment and community living in it. The study implicates that knowledge on the coastal reclamation is able to contribute to a better planning and design of built environment.
format Book Chapter
author M.Nadzir, Nadzhirah
Ibrahim, Mansor Ibn
Mansor, Mazlina
author_facet M.Nadzir, Nadzhirah
Ibrahim, Mansor Ibn
Mansor, Mazlina
author_sort M.Nadzir, Nadzhirah
title Minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment
title_short Minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment
title_full Minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment
title_fullStr Minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment
title_full_unstemmed Minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment
title_sort minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment
publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/18730/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/18730/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/18730/1/Minimizing_the_Impacts.pdf
first_indexed 2023-09-18T20:27:53Z
last_indexed 2023-09-18T20:27:53Z
_version_ 1777408539271102464