Land use change in highland area and its impact on river water quality: a review of case studies in Malaysia

A Razali, SN Syed Ismail, S Awang, SM Praveena… - Ecological …, 2018 - Springer
The policy of encouraging agriculture and development for mass tourism has led to
environmental problems in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Rampant development and land …

Assessment of land cover and land use change impact on soil loss in a tropical catchment by using multitemporal SPOT‐5 satellite images and R evised U niversal …

H Nampak, B Pradhan… - Land degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Soil erosion is a common land degradation problem and has disastrous impacts on natural
ecosystems and human life. Therefore, researchers have focused on detection of land cover …

Soil erosion prediction based on land cover dynamics at the Semenyih watershed in Malaysia using LTM and USLE models

HM Rizeei, MA Saharkhiz, B Pradhan… - Geocarto …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study attempts to identify and forecast future land cover (LC) by using the Land
Transformation Model (LTM), which considers pixel changes in the past and makes …

Distribution and fate of HCH isomers and DDT metabolites in a tropical environment–case study Cameron Highlands–Malaysia

N Saadati, MP Abdullah, Z Zakaria, M Rezayi… - Chemistry Central …, 2012 - Springer
Background The serious impact effects of persistent organic pollutants such as
organochlorine pesticides, especially dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane family (DDTs) and …

Soil erosion modeling using RUSLE and GIS on Cameron highlands, Malaysia for hydropower development

SH Teh - 2011 - skemman.is
Sedimentation is one of the major problems in the hydropower scheme in Malaysia.
Cameron Highlands is known to have one of the worse if not the worst sedimentation …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of total suspended sediment and bed sediment grains in upstream areas of Lata Berangin, Terengganu

N Abd Wahab, MKA Kamarudin, MB Gasim… - … Journal on Advanced …, 2016 - academia.edu
The amount of suspended sediment yield and the size of sediment grains an indicator of
hydrological cycle, especially in the river. The sediment transportation process is one of the …

Quantitative analysis of soil erosion causative factors for susceptibility assessment in a complex watershed

TS Abdulkadir, RUM Muhammad, K Wan Yusof… - Cogent …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Susceptibility analysis and map** are prerequisites to sustainable land-use management
and erosion prevention. Selection of appropriate erosion causative factors (CFs) is crucial in …

[PDF][PDF] Site selection of water reservoir based on weighted overlay in arcgis (case study: Bachok Kelantan)

N Rahman, A Awangku, V Tai, M Mohammad, S Haron… - Sci. Int, 2021 - researchgate.net
There are many catchment areas in Peninsular Malaysia and eastern Malaysia that can be
used as water storage. Population growth has increased the demand for water supply. To …

Spatial and Temporal Variation of Water Quality in the Bertam Catchment, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia: Rasul et al.

MG Rasul, MS Islam, RBM Yunus… - Water Environment …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The spatio‐temporal variability of water quality associated with anthropogenic activities was
studied for the Bertam River and its main tributaries within the Bertam Catchment, Cameron …

Prediction of sedimentation using integration of RS, RUSLE model and GIS in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia

AHA Ghani, T Lihan, SA Rahim… - AIP conference …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Soil erosion and sediment yield are strongly affected by land use change. Spatially
distributed erosion models are of great interest to predict soil erosion loss and sediment …