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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.advisor | Faridah Jalil, Prof. Madya Dr. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Rasyikah Md Khalid (P58453) | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-16T08:55:50Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2023-10-16T08:55:50Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06-03 | - |
| dc.identifier.other | ukmvital:119798 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/515546 | - |
| dc.description | Water is vital for human life and must be managed and used in a sustainable manner. Inefficient and non-integrated management of water resources in Malaysia has contributed to unsustainable development and caused water related problems like river pollution, landslide and flash flood. Recent changes in climate has also intensified the normal hydrological cycle and led to extreme weather events like prolonged flood and drought. For nearly two decades, water managers in Malaysia believe that integrated water resources management (IWRM) and its subset, integrated river basin management (IRBM), can solve the problems. Nevertheless, constitutional conflict that arises between the federal and state governments in the water sector leads to non-integration of water related agencies. This is obvious in the state of Selangor as the state government comes from the political party different from the federal government; and Selangor has established its own water resources management authority. In addition, even if agreement and integration is achieved between them, water users are not able to adapt fully to the impact of climate change as they do not participate in the management process and decision making is not made by the most effective level of government closest to the water problem. Due to these concerns, the research aims to provide an alternative concept of water resources management that ensures a more holistic management in the sector towards water sustainability. It analyzes relevant legislations and decided case to provide a legal basis for the concept of sustainability. Interviews were also conducted with water related agencies to understand why constitutional conflict arises and what could be the possible solution. The findings reveal that there is a need to revisit the present federalstate-local government relationship in the sector by redefining their roles in water resources management. Towards this end, a new concept of sustainable water resources management (SWRM) is established to implement the new understanding of how to improve the water sector. SWRM will include not only departmental integration and stakeholder participation, but also increase stakeholder's adaptive capacity towards climate change. The theory of subsidiarity is used to allocate decision making power on adaptation, integration and participation to the most effective level closest to the water problem. The new SWRM framework offers an opportunity for cooperative federalism in Malaysia whereby the federal government delegates its executive duty and provides financial assistance to the lower governments to implement federal policies. The support will be withdrawn if they fail to accomplish their tasks within an agreed regulatory framework. This leaves the federal government more time to focus on national issues like climate change adaptation and inter-basin conflict resolution.,Ph.D. | - |
| dc.language.iso | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | UKM, Bangi | - |
| dc.relation | Faculty of Law / Fakulti Undang-undang | - |
| dc.rights | UKM | - |
| dc.subject | Water resources development | - |
| dc.subject | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations | - |
| dc.subject | Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia | - |
| dc.subject | Water-supply -- Management | - |
| dc.title | A study on sustainable water resources management within the Malaysian federalism system | - |
| dc.type | Theses | - |
| dc.format.pages | 327 | - |
| dc.identifier.callno | C21.RAS 2015 2 tesis | - |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Law / Fakulti Undang-undang | |
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