The Social Sciences

Year: 2011
Volume: 6
Issue: 2
Page No. 169 - 176

Perspectives and Initiatives on Integrated River Basin Management in Malaysia: A Review

Authors : Rahmah Elfithri, Mohd Ekhwan B. Toriman, Mazlin B. Mokhtar and Hafizan B. Juahir

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