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The effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas

Malaysia is now experiencing a rapid development of tourism project mushrooming in several tourism spots. The influx numbers of tourist has urged tourism developer to construct development projects. This issue raised concerns among environmentalists regarding its impact on the environment. Therefore...

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Main Author: Mohd Shariff, Roos Niza
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Language:English
Published: 2004
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spelling my.uum.repo.37882011-12-01T00:09:12Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/3788/ The effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas Mohd Shariff, Roos Niza GV Recreation Leisure Malaysia is now experiencing a rapid development of tourism project mushrooming in several tourism spots. The influx numbers of tourist has urged tourism developer to construct development projects. This issue raised concerns among environmentalists regarding its impact on the environment. Therefore, the main focus of this paper is the effectiveness of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EM) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas. Environmental Impact Assessment (EM) is an enabling piece of legislation for preventing, abating and controlling pollution, and enhancing the environment, or for other related purposes. This paper starts with a brief introduction to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and its role from the legal perspective. Can EIA be used to safeguard these coastal areas from the disruption of coastal areas, which damaged sea heritage like corals, fishes, flora and others related to it? Investigating the barriers to the implementation of the EIA will conclude the paper. 2004-12 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/3788/1/The_e.pdf Mohd Shariff, Roos Niza (2004) The effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas. In: Seminar Sumberjaya Pinggir Pantai dan Pelancongan: Isu dan Cabaran, 20-21 Disember 2004, Bukit Merah Laketown Resort, Perak. (Unpublished)
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Mohd Shariff, Roos Niza
The effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas
description Malaysia is now experiencing a rapid development of tourism project mushrooming in several tourism spots. The influx numbers of tourist has urged tourism developer to construct development projects. This issue raised concerns among environmentalists regarding its impact on the environment. Therefore, the main focus of this paper is the effectiveness of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EM) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas. Environmental Impact Assessment (EM) is an enabling piece of legislation for preventing, abating and controlling pollution, and enhancing the environment, or for other related purposes. This paper starts with a brief introduction to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and its role from the legal perspective. Can EIA be used to safeguard these coastal areas from the disruption of coastal areas, which damaged sea heritage like corals, fishes, flora and others related to it? Investigating the barriers to the implementation of the EIA will conclude the paper.
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author Mohd Shariff, Roos Niza
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title The effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas
title_short The effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas
title_full The effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas
title_fullStr The effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas
title_full_unstemmed The effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas
title_sort effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment (eia) in safeguarding the environment due to tourism development in coastal areas
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