Publication: Conceptualization of a Collaborative Decision Making for Flood Disaster Management
Date
2016
Authors
Zubir S.N.A.
Thiruchelvam S.
Mustapha K.N.
Muda Z.C.
Ghazali A.
Hakimie H.
Abdul Razak N.N.
Mat Isa A.A.
Hasini H.
Mohamed Sahari K.S.
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Publisher
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
Flooding is the utmost major natural hazard in Malaysia in terms of populations affected, frequency, area extent, flood duration and social economic damage. The recent flood devastation towards the end of 2014 witnessed almost 250,000 people being displaced from eight states in Peninsular Malaysia. The affected victims required evacuation within a short period of time to the designated evacuation centres. An effective and efficient flood disaster management would assure non-futile efforts for life-saving. Effective flood disaster management requires collective and cooperative emergency teamwork from various government agencies. Intergovernmental collaborations among government agencies at different levels have become part of flood disaster management due to the need for sharing resources and coordinating efforts. Collaborative decision making during disaster is an integral element in providing prompt and effective response for evacuating the victims.
Description
Behavioral research; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Floods; Human resource management; Collaborative decision making; Flood disaster management; Flood duration; Government agencies; Integral element; Natural hazard; Sharing resources; Social-economic; Decision making; conceptual framework; coping strategy; decision making; disaster management; environmental response; flood damage; flooding; intergovernmental relations; natural hazard; Malaysia; West Malaysia