A big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement

Urban river pollution, generally regarded as being due to rapid urbanization, population growth, and increasing industrial activities, has received considerable attention in reports and the media in recent years. Environmental research has revealed that the Klang River in Kuala Lumpur is one the mo...

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Main Author: Tajuddin, Nor Azlin
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/35390/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35390/1/Riversymposium_NA_Tajuddin.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35390/4/Program_book_riversymposium.pdf
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description Urban river pollution, generally regarded as being due to rapid urbanization, population growth, and increasing industrial activities, has received considerable attention in reports and the media in recent years. Environmental research has revealed that the Klang River in Kuala Lumpur is one the most polluted of Malaysian rivers. With a view to fulfilling a significant knowledge gap, this paper investigates the ecological values, beliefs and practices of local populations associate with this urban river. Pursuing an interest in sense of place literature, the paper discusses how local people conceptualise river pollution by highlighting the agency of the river and its water in local knowledge production.
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spelling iium-353902014-03-10T03:20:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35390/ A big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement Tajuddin, Nor Azlin GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography GN Anthropology Urban river pollution, generally regarded as being due to rapid urbanization, population growth, and increasing industrial activities, has received considerable attention in reports and the media in recent years. Environmental research has revealed that the Klang River in Kuala Lumpur is one the most polluted of Malaysian rivers. With a view to fulfilling a significant knowledge gap, this paper investigates the ecological values, beliefs and practices of local populations associate with this urban river. Pursuing an interest in sense of place literature, the paper discusses how local people conceptualise river pollution by highlighting the agency of the river and its water in local knowledge production. 2009-09-22 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35390/1/Riversymposium_NA_Tajuddin.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35390/4/Program_book_riversymposium.pdf Tajuddin, Nor Azlin (2009) A big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement. In: 12th lnternationaI Riversymposium, 21-24 September 2009, Brisbane, Australia. (Unpublished) http://archive.riversymposium.com/index.php?element=M_S3_M2_Nor+Azlin+Tajuddin.pdf
spellingShingle GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GN Anthropology
Tajuddin, Nor Azlin
A big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement
title A big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement
title_full A big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement
title_fullStr A big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement
title_full_unstemmed A big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement
title_short A big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement
title_sort big drain or a river? : attachment and people's engagement
topic GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GN Anthropology
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/35390/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35390/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35390/1/Riversymposium_NA_Tajuddin.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35390/4/Program_book_riversymposium.pdf