Community-based approach for a flood preparedness plan in Malaysia

Floods have caused inevitable major disasters around the world as well as in Malaysia. This paper demonstrates that lessons can be taken from the previous flood disasters when developing an effective flood preparedness plan. As a common practice, disaster management is based on a top–down approach o...

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Published in:Jamba 2019, Vol.11 (1), p.1-6
Main Authors: Shariff, Nur N.M., Hamidi, Zety S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Communities
Community
Community involvement
community-based disaster risk management
disaster
Disaster management
Disasters
Emergency communications systems
Emergency preparedness
flood
Flood management
flood preparedness plan
Floods
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Irrigation
Malaysia
National security
Original Research
Prime ministers
Qualitative analysis
R&D
Research & development
Risk management
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Volunteers
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Summary:Floods have caused inevitable major disasters around the world as well as in Malaysia. This paper demonstrates that lessons can be taken from the previous flood disasters when developing an effective flood preparedness plan. As a common practice, disaster management is based on a top–down approach or is government-centred. This article attempts to highlight the significance of developing a flood preparedness plan by involving the communities affected. Qualitative analysis was adopted in order to gain in-depth insight of the communities. Two flood-prone communities were chosen: (1) Machang, Kelantan; and (2) Kuala Lipis, Pahang. There were two important things executed by the community for the preparation: (1) community-based disaster risk management; and (2) intensive mutual assistance.
ISSN:1996-1421
2072-845X
1996-1421
DOI:10.4102/jamba.v11i1.598