Sustainable solutions for global crisis of flooding, pollution and water scarcity

摘要

This special issue is a compilation of eight selected papers presented at the Third International Conference on Managing Rivers in the Twenty-first Century which was held in Penang, Malaysia, from 6th to 9th December 2011. The conference was organized by the River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre (REDAC), Universiti Sains Malaysia as part of the series of triennial International Conferences on Managing Rivers in the Twenty-first Century. The aim of the conference was to provide a major forum for researchers and engineers from national and international levels to present and exchange their views on the latest research issues and application methods, with the aim of finding sustainable solutions for the river basin management problems which are increasingly being encountered worldwide.