Environmental consideration in flood mitigation and river restoration

• Main Authors: Mohammed, Thamer Ahmed, Ghazali, Abdul Halim, Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari, Yusuf, Badronnisa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39553/1/61.%20%20Environmental%20consideration%20in%20flood%20mitigation%20and%20river%20restoration.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39553/; http://frsb.upm.edu.my/alamcipta/index.php/alamcipta/article/view/64

In last decades, Malaysia is subjected to rapid development and as a result severe flooding has occurred particularly in urban areas. Flood mitigation measures were taken to reduce the flood damage and channel improvement is mainly used for this purpose. In the past, consultant engineers normally p...