Open AccessA BRIEF ACCOUNT OF RIVER REHABILITATION EXPERIENCES
Author(s) -
Md Nuruzzaman,
Abdullah Al Mamun,
Noor Salleh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
iium engineering journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.141
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2289-7860
pISSN - 1511-788X
DOI - 10.31436/iiumej.v18i1.589
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , industrialisation , urbanization , resource (disambiguation) , geography , environmental planning , water resources , developing country , environmental resource management , political science , economic growth , environmental science , medicine , computer science , ecology , economics , law , physical therapy , computer network , biology
Rehabilitation of polluted rivers has gained great importance to many countries in the world since the last century as the river is a vital water resource and it is being altered because of urbanization and industrialization causing great threat to the environment. Literatures on river rehabilitation projects have been reviewed focusing on the developing part of the world such as USA, UK, Japan etc. Rehabilitation issues of rivers crossing borders have also been discussed in this paper. Key lessons from different experiences in different regions have been extracted and comparison has been done. Statistics on different experiences has also been presented. Finally, some guidelines have been provided based on different experiences, which should be helpful for developed and developing nations making river rehabilitation efforts.