The dumb side to dumpsites

Nowadays, mega projects are hardly in the news, except the one about a bridge that is not to be. Today’s headlines tend to be more on the megamess of sorts, viz environmental degradation, polluted air and rivers, smelly water and, more recently, poorly managed dumpsites. These give the impressio...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/33429/1/DZUL330.pdf
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description Nowadays, mega projects are hardly in the news, except the one about a bridge that is not to be. Today’s headlines tend to be more on the megamess of sorts, viz environmental degradation, polluted air and rivers, smelly water and, more recently, poorly managed dumpsites. These give the impression that our development thus far has not been balanced and, less still, sustainable. Take the case of the Sungai Kembong open dumpsite near Semenyih, for example. This is a preIndependence dumpsite, over 50 years old, built at a time when there were no laws to govern its construction and maintenance.
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spelling usm.eprints-334292017-04-20T02:07:16Z http://eprints.usm.my/33429/ The dumb side to dumpsites Abd Razak, Dzulkifli TD172-193.5 Environmental pollution Nowadays, mega projects are hardly in the news, except the one about a bridge that is not to be. Today’s headlines tend to be more on the megamess of sorts, viz environmental degradation, polluted air and rivers, smelly water and, more recently, poorly managed dumpsites. These give the impression that our development thus far has not been balanced and, less still, sustainable. Take the case of the Sungai Kembong open dumpsite near Semenyih, for example. This is a preIndependence dumpsite, over 50 years old, built at a time when there were no laws to govern its construction and maintenance. 2006-05-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/33429/1/DZUL330.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2006) The dumb side to dumpsites. New Sunday Times.
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