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The assessment of environmental flow status in Southeast Asian Rivers: a review

Southeast Asia (SEA) is a socio-economically and environmentally dynamic region of the world, with abundant renewable freshwater resources. At the same time, the population of the region is increasing and leading towards unsustainable water use and strict water management. The overall environmental...

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Main Authors: Hairan, Mohammad Haroon, Jamil, Nor Rohaizah, Looi, Ley Juen, Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal
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Published: Elsevier BV 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95336/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652621006314?via%3Dihub
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spelling my.upm.eprints.953362023-02-02T09:03:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95336/ The assessment of environmental flow status in Southeast Asian Rivers: a review Hairan, Mohammad Haroon Jamil, Nor Rohaizah Looi, Ley Juen Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal Southeast Asia (SEA) is a socio-economically and environmentally dynamic region of the world, with abundant renewable freshwater resources. At the same time, the population of the region is increasing and leading towards unsustainable water use and strict water management. The overall environmental flow status of Southeast Asian Rivers is assessed in this study, which is based on a critical review of the available literature of some important river basins of the study area. The results show that all riparian countries of the Mekong River are trying to utilize the hydropower potential of the river where more than 12,000 dams are constructed, which leads to significant alteration of hydrological regime in all tributaries of MRB. The two influential countries China and India are sharing the Brahmaputra River, where both countries are planning to construct dams. The 400 planned dams on this river will make the area the most concentrated region of the world in terms of big dam construction, while the low lying areas in India and Bangladesh are posing the threat of nutrient pollution due to excessive agricultural activities. The Citarum River in Indonesia is suffering from overburden of pollution, which makes the river heavily polluted while the Muda river in Malaysia is facing a lack of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and lack of stakeholders’ engagement. Moreover, many of river basins in rest of SEA countries i.e. Lao PDR, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, and East Timor are lacking attention to research and policy to this field, therefore, the status of Environmental Flow is ranked unsatisfactory in most river basins of SEA. Elsevier BV 2021 Article PeerReviewed Hairan, Mohammad Haroon and Jamil, Nor Rohaizah and Looi, Ley Juen and Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal (2021) The assessment of environmental flow status in Southeast Asian Rivers: a review. Journal Of Cleaner Production, 295. art. no. 6411. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0959-6526 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652621006314?via%3Dihub 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126411
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description Southeast Asia (SEA) is a socio-economically and environmentally dynamic region of the world, with abundant renewable freshwater resources. At the same time, the population of the region is increasing and leading towards unsustainable water use and strict water management. The overall environmental flow status of Southeast Asian Rivers is assessed in this study, which is based on a critical review of the available literature of some important river basins of the study area. The results show that all riparian countries of the Mekong River are trying to utilize the hydropower potential of the river where more than 12,000 dams are constructed, which leads to significant alteration of hydrological regime in all tributaries of MRB. The two influential countries China and India are sharing the Brahmaputra River, where both countries are planning to construct dams. The 400 planned dams on this river will make the area the most concentrated region of the world in terms of big dam construction, while the low lying areas in India and Bangladesh are posing the threat of nutrient pollution due to excessive agricultural activities. The Citarum River in Indonesia is suffering from overburden of pollution, which makes the river heavily polluted while the Muda river in Malaysia is facing a lack of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and lack of stakeholders’ engagement. Moreover, many of river basins in rest of SEA countries i.e. Lao PDR, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, and East Timor are lacking attention to research and policy to this field, therefore, the status of Environmental Flow is ranked unsatisfactory in most river basins of SEA.
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author Hairan, Mohammad Haroon
Jamil, Nor Rohaizah
Looi, Ley Juen
Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal
spellingShingle Hairan, Mohammad Haroon
Jamil, Nor Rohaizah
Looi, Ley Juen
Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal
The assessment of environmental flow status in Southeast Asian Rivers: a review
author_facet Hairan, Mohammad Haroon
Jamil, Nor Rohaizah
Looi, Ley Juen
Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal
author_sort Hairan, Mohammad Haroon
title The assessment of environmental flow status in Southeast Asian Rivers: a review
title_short The assessment of environmental flow status in Southeast Asian Rivers: a review
title_full The assessment of environmental flow status in Southeast Asian Rivers: a review
title_fullStr The assessment of environmental flow status in Southeast Asian Rivers: a review
title_full_unstemmed The assessment of environmental flow status in Southeast Asian Rivers: a review
title_sort assessment of environmental flow status in southeast asian rivers: a review
publisher Elsevier BV
publishDate 2021
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95336/
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