Thursday 23 May 2013

The Prospective Urban Sink In Malaysia



Some cities in the country are located in low-lying areas, especially near the coast of the sea water is likely to be overwhelmed in the nine years following the phenomenon of sea level rise due to global warming.

If the phenomenon continues on a consistent basis and no preventive measures are designed from scratch, among high-risk areas flooded in 2020 later was Batu Pahat, Malacca, Penang, Miri, Klang, Selangor and town.

Likelihood of the occurrence found expert faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) as a result of sea level data analysis recorded the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) since 2004.

Prof Dr Abdul Aziz Abdul Samad, who is also the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International) university, said the sea level data are analyzed Lecturer Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Dr Tan Lai Wai, found since 2004 until earlier this year, the sea level countries increased by an average 10 centimeters (cm) per year.

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