INGENIEUR
This situation can become even more serious
with excessive land clearance on hill slopes.
According to the Department of Irrigation and
Drainage Cameron Highlands (2015), the number
of massive flood disasters has increased in
recent years in the Cameron Highlands and is
of serious concern to Government authorities.
Nevertheless, the results in this study show that
there may be significantly increased levels of
maximum precipitation in the coming 10 and 100
years. This adds a new dimension of challenges
to the sustainable development of the Cameron
Highlands.
Conclusions
Climate projection scenarios (1980–2069) in the
Cameron Highlands have been developed using
the Regional Climate Model. Bias corrections
were applied to eliminate unnecessary errors.
Both precipitation and temperature parameters
show a positive gradient which means there will
be heavier rainfall and an increase in the average
temperature in the Cameron Highlands. These
changes impact water resources. Water plays a
vital role in the Cameron Highlands because local
people need water for crops, tea plantations and
agritourism. In terms of water quality and quantity,
flooding is the worst cost to agriculture.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors would like to thank the UTAR (Project:
UTARRF 6200/T77) for providing a research grant
for this project.
REFERENCE
Barrow, C. J., Chan, N. W., and Masron, T., 2009.
Issues and Challenges of Sustainable Agriculture
in the Cameron Highlands. Malaysian Journal of
Environmental Management, 10(2): pp. 89-114.
Centre for Educational Technologies (CET),
2004. Remote Sensing: Temperature. Retrieved
from http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/climate/
GCremote3.html
Department of Irrigation and Drainage Cameron
Highlands (JPS), 2015. Status of Flood
6
46
VOL
2017
VOL 70
55 APRIL-JUNE
JUNE 2013
Management in Cameron Highlands: Briefing for
Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water.
Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia
(JUPEM). 2002. Peta Negeri Pahang 1:250,000.
Kuantan.
Fortuin, R., 2006. Soil Erosion in Cameron
Highlands, an Erosion Rate Study of a Highland
Area. Saxion University Deventer.
Malaysian Metrological Department (MMD).
(2009). Accumulated Rainfall Observation
Data for February 2009. Retrieved from http://
w w w.me t . gov.my/index .php?op tion= c om _
content&task=view&id=911&Itemid=1012
Malaysian Metrological Depar tment
(MMD). (2014). Monthly Weather Bulletin,
June 2014. Retrieved from http://www.
m e t . gov. my/in d ex . p hp?o p t i o n = c o m _
content&task=view&id=846&Itemid=1586
Roeckner, E., Bäuml, G., Bonaventura, L., Brokopf,
R., Esch, M., Giorgetta, M., Hagemann, S., Kirchner,
I., Kornblueh, L., Manzini, E., Rhodin, A., Schlese,
U., Schulzweida, U., and Tompkins, A., 2003. The
Atmospheric General Circulation Model ECHAM5,
Part I: Model Description. Report No. 349. Max
Planck Institute for Meteorology: Hamburg.
Rumsey, D. J., 2011. Statistics for Dummies, 2 nd
Edition. John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd.
Simmons, A. J. et al. 1989. The ECMWF Medium-
Range Prediction Model: Development of
the Numerical Formulations and the Impact
of Increased