Environmental Management and Sustainable Development: Case Studies and Solutions from Malaysia

✍ Scribed by Mohd Armi Abu Samah (editor), Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 141
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume provides case studies conducted in Malaysia based on environmental management and the sustainable development of human and ecological systems. The first chapter discusses awareness studies in environmental management in Terengganu, Malaysia. The second chapter is about human health risk assessment of heavy metals exposure due to freshwater fish ingestion from Sungai Kuantan, Malaysia. The third chapter discusses nickel and cadmium pollution in freshwater fishes in Kuantan River and Riau River. Chapter four discusses tourism sustainability. Chapters five and six provide an overview on particulate matter emissions at construction sites, and municipal solid waste (MSW) management approaches. In chapter seven, the book provides a general overview on cellulose and cellulose nanocrystals extraction. Finally, chapters eight and nine discuss legal measures for wildlife protection in Malaysia, and how improved environmental management practices are needed to achieve this. The book is intended for environmental managers, wildlife organizations, and students and researchers studying sustainable development, waste management, and corporate impacts on the environment.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
Contributors
Chapter 1: Environmental Awareness Studies in Environmental Management at Terengganu, Malaysia
1 Introduction
2 Study Area and Research Methodology
2.1 Study Area: Kuala Terengganu and Hulu Terengganu
2.2 Research Methodology
3 Result and Discussion
3.1 Demographic Profile of Respondents
3.2 Statistical Analysis
3.2.1 Discriminant Analysis (DA)
3.2.2 Hypothesis Testing
3.2.3 Hypothesis Testing (Two-Sample t-Test)
3.2.4 Geographic Information System (GIS) Analysis
4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Exposure Due to Selected Freshwater Fishes Ingestion from Sungai Kuantan, Malaysia
1 Introduction
2 Methods and Materials
2.1 Study Area
2.2 Sample Collection
2.3 Fish Samples Analysis
2.4 Heavy Metals Calculation
2.5 Health Risk Assessment
2.6 Statistical Analysis
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Heavy Metals Levels in Freshwater Fish Muscle
3.2 Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Exposure
3.2.1 Hazard Quotient
3.2.2 Hazard Index
4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Determination of Nickel and Cadmium in Freshwater Fishes in Kuantan River and Riau River
1 Introduction
2 Methods and Materials
2.1 Study Area
2.2 Sample Collection
2.3 Sample Analysis
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Tourism Sustainability: Perspectives on Past Works, Issues and Future Research Opportunities
1 Introduction
2 Results and Discussion
2.1 A Glance into Past Studies
2.2 Challenges in Tourism Environment Sustainability
2.3 Future Research Opportunities in Tourism Environment Sustainability
3 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Overview on Particulate Matter Emissions at Construction Site: Story in Malaysia
1 Introduction
2 Construction Activities and Particulate Matter
3 The Relationship Between Meteorological Condition and Particulate Matter Emissions in Malaysia
4 Effects of Particulate Matter on the Construction Workers
5 Relationship Between Particulate Matter and Public Effects
6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 6: The Contribution of Polluter Pays Principle (PPP) Approach on Environmental Pollution Reduction and Health Risk for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methodology
2.1 Study Location
2.2 Data Collection
2.3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission from Landfill
2.4 Non-methane Organic Compounds (NMOCs) Emission
2.5 Heavy Metal in Leachate Production
2.6 Health Risk Evaluation
2.7 PPP Implementation Scenarios
3 Results
3.1 Total Volume of MSW Disposed in the Sanitary Landfill
3.2 MSW Compositions
3.3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission, Leachate Production, Heavy Metals, and Non-methane Organic Compound (NMOC) from Landfilling Practice
3.4 Health Risk
3.5 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission, Leachate Production, Heavy Metals, and Non-methane Organic Compound (NMOC) from Polluter Pay Principle practice
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: General Overview on Cellulose and Cellulose Nanocrystals: Properties, Extraction, Application, and Sustainable Development
1 Introduction
2 Structure and Properties of Cellulose and CNCs
3 Extraction of Cellulose and CNCs
3.1 Extraction of Cellulose and CNCs from Plant and Waste Material
4 Application of Cellulose and CNCs
5 Sustainable Development of Cellulose and CNC Materials
6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Strengthening Wildlife Protection Law in Malaysia to Deter Poaching
1 Introduction
2 Problem Statement
3 Research Objective
4 Research Motivation
5 Literature Review
6 Methodology
7 Results and Discussion
8 Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Lifting of Corporate Veil in Wildlife Crime: The Lacuna of Law in Malaysia
1 Introduction
2 Problem Statement
3 Research Objective
4 Research Motivation
5 Literature Review
6 Methodology
7 Result and Discussion
7.1 “Directing Mind and Will” Test as a Guideline to Judges in Determining Who Should Be Charged
8 Suggestion and Conclusion
References
Index