Local air quality management in Klang Valley: issues and challenges
Air pollution has become a prominent environmental issue, especially in the days where most countries are striving towards rapid development and urbanization. The impacts of air pollution not only affect the environment, but also humans as well. In Malaysia, especially the Klang Valley has been a...
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| Format: | Academic Exercise |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/17492/1/Local%20air%20quality%20management%20in%20Klang%20Valley.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/17492/ |
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| Summary: | Air pollution has become a prominent environmental issue, especially in the days
where most countries are striving towards rapid development and urbanization. The
impacts of air pollution not only affect the environment, but also humans as well. In
Malaysia, especially the Klang Valley has been affected by the annual haze episodes
that had been occurring since the 1990s. The study hence set to identify the air
quality status in Klang Valley by studying the Air Pollution Index (API) levels in four
selected air quality monitoring stations (Port Klang, Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya, and
Cheras) for the recent 10 years (year 2003 to 2013) and also the current
management practices. The study found out that the air quality status in Klang Valley
to be fluctuating in the first seven years but slowly increasing in the past three years.
Although the air quality status is achieving slight improvement, it is still important to
have a sound environmental management system that is able to curb this issue. The
system should be incorporated into the authorities' that is the nearest to the
community, being the local authorities. The study found out through a series of
interview sessions with local authorities' representatives in Klang Valley that their
current involvement is not specific enough to curb the local air quality issues.
However, an important finding through the interview session was the National Haze
Action Plan (NHAP) 2014 that is a comprehensive action plan capable in aiding the
local air quality management system. Hence, a comprehensive framework is
proposed with the fundamentals of NHAP in order to help the local air quality
management to maintain and also improve the air quality in Klang Valley. |
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