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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4354| Title: | The precarious state of the rivers of Malta |
| Authors: | Haslam, Sylvia Mary |
| Keywords: | Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Malta Rivers -- Malta Water -- History -- Malta Water supply -- Geography -- Malta Human ecology -- Malta Water and architecture -- Malta Water resources -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1997 |
| Citation: | Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 1997, Vol. 6, p.343-348 |
| Abstract: | Malta has a dense population, with 330,000 residents and nearly a million tourists a year, in a 22x 13km island. The rivers deteriorated sharply between 1986 and 1994. The water table has fallen. Population movement away from towns, and more wealth, have increased valley desctruction (building, quarrying, leisure activities), traffic pollution to rivers, rubbish dumping, the lowering of the water table, and the removal of historic features. Less land maintenane, plus less water, have allowed Arundo donax to overgrow many valleys, suppressing the traditional vegetation |
| Description: | Offprint from: Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, Vol. 6 (1997) |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/4354 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCGARHEA |
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