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Environmental Scan and Framework of Watershed Risk Assessment in Malaysia

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Water is not only a resource, it is a life source; therefore, the water should be healthy, secure, and sustainable for people. Watersheds are nature’s boundaries for surface water supplies, and thus, the quality of the drinking water at a consumer’s tap depends on the quality of watershed. The risk assessment which is a process used to define the probability and magnitude of adverse effects of an environment from stressors can be used to estimate the costs and benefits of changes in a watershed in terms of risk. This chapter describes the source of pollution and the framework for assessing risk in Malaysian watershed.

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Financial assistance for this research provided by the research project FRGS/2/2014/STWN01/UKM/02/2 and XX-15-2012 are gratefully acknowledged

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  1. Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Lubna Alam, Goh Choo Ta & Khai Ern Lee

  2. Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM, The National University of Malaysia), Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Mazlin Mokhtar

  3. Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Mohd Talib Latif

  4. Centre for Research and Instrumentation Management (CRIM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Khai Ern Lee

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Alam, L., Mokhtar, M., Ta, G.C., Lee, K.E., Latif, M.T. (2018). Environmental Scan and Framework of Watershed Risk Assessment in Malaysia. In: Yoneda, M., Mokhtar, M. (eds) Environmental Risk Analysis for Asian-Oriented, Risk-Based Watershed Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8090-6_8

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