Urban Environmental Hazards and Its Impact on the Urban Dwellers – a Model for the Klang Valley Region, Malaysia
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The Klang Valley Region is the most urbanized region of Malaysia. As such the region has experienced much increased in the intensity and frequency of environmental hazards affecting the major environmental subsystems. Deterioration of environmental parameters could be observed within the air, water, land and biological components of the environment. Deterioration of environmental quality is closely related to human tolerance levels whereby at certain threshold values the environmental parameter inherent in the major environmental components becomes detrimental to the urban dwellers comfort and eventual health. This paper describes the relationships between environmental deterioration, environmental hazards, and its spatial linkages with the urban dwellers, and the management options available. The discussion is based on studies on the urban poor of the Kuala Lumpur city as they are the most vulnerable amongst the urban population to the impact of urban environmental hazards.
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