Integration of local and scientfic knowledge to enhance community resilience against flood disaster: a case study of Kemaman, Malaysia
| dc.contributor.author | Muhammad Ludin, Ahmad Nazri | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tengku Asmara, Tengku Amirul | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jamaludin, Jamal Aimi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-10T12:09:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-10T12:09:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | en |
| dc.description | Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The unprecedented two weeks devastating flood that plunged the east coast of Malaysia Peninsular in late December 2014 had cost an initial economic loss estimated by least at USD300 millions, and severely affected approximately 300,000 victims. The top down disaster relief efforts which led by the National Security Council (NSC) had been under severe criticism then, for their incapability to respond affectively, and coordinating disaster relief by various government agencies and non-governmental organisations. The council has been accused of being inefficient, in term of inaccurate forecasting, issuing an early warning to communities living in flood prone areas, uncoordinated evacuation processes, inappropriate relief centre management, sluggish logistic, and inadequate amount food and medical supply during the chaotic period, which predominantly affected the large number of victims, scattered across a vast region. Nevertheless, a community in Kemaman, Terengganu, was an exception. Through in depth group interview, it is learnt that this community, led by their state assemblyman, has developed a decent self-initiate plan that enhanced their resiliency towards flood. Basic scientific flood related data such as rainfall intensity graph, frequent flooded area map, real-time rivers’ water level, and ocean tidal data of previous floods, and supported by local knowledge information like the local topography, rivers morphology, existing housing area, road network, and location of possible evacuation centres of their constituency has been scrutinised, comprehend and utilised collectively to develop an early warning indicator. | |
| dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-85-7785-551-1 | en |
| dc.identifier.pageNumber | 1316-1317 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/1983 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en |
| dc.publisher | AESOP | en |
| dc.rights | openAccess | en |
| dc.rights.license | All rights reserved | en |
| dc.source | Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south | en |
| dc.title | Integration of local and scientfic knowledge to enhance community resilience against flood disaster: a case study of Kemaman, Malaysia | en |
| dc.type | conferenceObject | en |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en |