From: Impact of land uses on water quality in Malaysia: a review
Author | Location/methods | Objectives | Results |
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Cheah and Hamid (2016) | Location: conducted around Kedah, Penang and Perak, Malaysia Method: field measurement and lab analysis | To determine water quality of rivers under various land use activities | It was found that the rivers with industrial land use setting recorded the highest pollution level, followed by both plantation and all recreational rivers, while less disturbed rivers recorded the lowest level of pollution. |
Yen et al. (2017) | Location: Pinang River, Keluang River, and Burung River, Malaysia Method: field measurement and lab analysis | To investigate the interaction of land use and water quality | The results of this research show that water quality characteristics in Penang Island are strongly influenced by land use surrounding the rivers. |
Hua (2017) | Location: Malacca River, Malaysia Method: remote sensing and multivariate statistics | To understand land use cover changes in water quality detection | The results of the analyses indicated that Land Use Land Cover (LULC) changes have significant impacts of water quality in the study area. |
Gorashi and Abdullah (2009) | Location: Gombak River and its watershed in Malaysia Method: data generation method coupled with ANN approach | To identify a relationship between water quality and land use attributes | The results revealed that as activities increased throughout the watershed, the quality values of the WQI decreased accordingly. The results of the WQI predicted using the WQI-LA showed a continuous decrease in water quality. |
Razali et al. (2018) | Location: Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Method: a review | To briefly summarize the land use change, agriculture practices, agro-tourism, and agriculture policy and management toward water quality of the river system network in Cameron Highlands | Results from previous researchers have underlined that factors such as soil erosion, landslides, agricultural activities, urbanization, and unplanned developments associated with land use change have significantly influenced the quality of river water in mountainous areas. |
Toriman et al. (2018) | Location: Nerus River, Terengganu, Malaysia Method: GIS analysis | To evaluate the relationship between water quality and land use characteristics in the Nerus River basin | The relationship between land use and water quality shows that urbanization is a determinant of river water quality, followed by anthropogenic horticultural activities (rural areas) often located near rivers. |
Nainar et al. (2017) | Location: in Sabah, Malaysia Method: field measurements and statistical analysis | To assess the effects of different land uses on suspended sediment dynamics | The results show that in hilly terrain, even heavily logged rainforest is essential to preserve water quality and reduce erosion, while oil palm requires careful soil management, particularly runoff roads and ground cover. |
Al Mamun et al. (2016) | Location: SG PUSU, Malaysia Method: GIS and AutoCAD | To assess the impact of improper land use changes on flash flood and river system | It is found that due to rapid changes in the watershed, the hydrology and morphology of Pusu has changed dramatically. |
Wan et al. (2015) | Location: Tanah Tinggi Lojing, Malaysia Method: GIS and statistical analysis | To explore the relationship between land use planning and water quality changes | The results indicated that the development of land use activities in the Tanah Tinggi Lojing area has affected the water quality parameters in the area. |
Rasul et al. (2015) | Location: Bertam Catchment, Cameron Highlands in Malaysia Method: field measurement and lab analysis | To study the spatial variability of physicochemical parameters with reference to various anthropogenic activities | This study shows that water quality at stations around urban and agricultural areas is deteriorating. |