Wetland for People

Maulan, Suhardi and Che Seman, Che Rasid (2010) Wetland for People. Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition (STEDex’10), 2. pp. 131-132. ISSN 2180-0685

Abstract

Wetlands have long been neglected as wastelands and as a result, the wetlands have been converted into a more “meaningful” uses such as agricultural and housing. However, for the last few years, especially after the infamous tsunami tragedy that struck Indonesia and Thailand in 2005, wetlands’ values and benefits to the mankind have been explored, if not revisited. Studies found wetlands having a long list of values and benefits that people were not aware of even though scientists have long discovered them and warned of the consequences of losing wetlands quite a long time ago (Mitsch and Gossenlink, 2007).......[Read More]

Item Type: Article
Subjects: S Agriculture > SB469-SB476.4 Landscape Gardening. Landscape Architecture
Divisions: Faculty of Architecture and Design > Department of Landscape Architecture
Last Modified: 05 Apr 2011 23:38
URI: http://stedex.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/92
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