Mapping Perception of Community Preparedness towards Flood in Muar River, Johor Malaysia

The top-bottom approach of disaster management framework is used in many countries, including Malaysia. This approach allows the top management level to make decisions and implement strategies. Contribution from the bottom management level especially the communities often are not being taken into co...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2014-01, Vol.18 (1), p.12126-6
Main Authors: Tengku Asmara, T A, Ludin, A N Muhamad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessments
Communities
Community involvement
Community participation
Community relations
Disaster management
Disaster risk
Disasters
Emergency preparedness
Flood management
Flood mapping
Floods
Freshwater
Households
Management
Perception
Strategy
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Summary:The top-bottom approach of disaster management framework is used in many countries, including Malaysia. This approach allows the top management level to make decisions and implement strategies. Contribution from the bottom management level especially the communities often are not being taken into consideration and sometimes, totally being ignored. This study aims to analyse the level of preparedness of community engagement towards flood disaster management. 100 households from Segamat District were randomly selected and interviewed. Assessment of their perception towards flood preparedness is explored by means of Likert scale analysis and GIS tools. This paper discusses the results of community preparedness towards flood disasters management. The findings revealed that community are better prepared and independent towards the disasters and thus there is a need to be considered. Community engagement in the management is crucial and thus, this study suggests an enhancement of the current approach of management. Experiences with disasters, knowledge awareness towards the disasters risks are the reasons the importance in community engagement towards disaster management.
ISSN:1755-1315
1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012126