Engagement of local heroes in managing flood disaster: lessons learnt from the 2014 flood of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia

There were many lessons unfolded by the flood disaster which hits the peninsular of Malaysia at year end of 2014. Of particular interest is the success story of good flood management which emerged in Kemaman Terengganu. This chapter sheds some light on the characteristics that has contributed to the...

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Main Authors:	Othman, Marini, Abdul Latif, Aliza, Maidin, Siti Sarah, Mat Saad, Mohamad Firdaus
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Language:	English English
Published:	InTech Open Science 2017
Subjects:	GB Physical geography T Technology (General)
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spelling	iium-587942017-10-30T03:28:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58794/ Engagement of local heroes in managing flood disaster: lessons learnt from the 2014 flood of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia Othman, Marini Abdul Latif, Aliza Maidin, Siti Sarah Mat Saad, Mohamad Firdaus GB Physical geography T Technology (General) There were many lessons unfolded by the flood disaster which hits the peninsular of Malaysia at year end of 2014. Of particular interest is the success story of good flood management which emerged in Kemaman Terengganu. This chapter sheds some light on the characteristics that has contributed to the success. To enable appreciation of the success, a comparison between selected floods inflicted areas are presented - pointing-out similarity of flood factors which, however, has produced differences in flood impact. Post-disaster study which includes analysis of flood report, site visits (which includes disaster site, flood command centre and relief centres) and interview of personalities involved in the flood incident were conducted. Findings revealed the use of Technology, good Standard Operating Procedure, and engagement of Local Community to be key ingredients to the success. The study recommends that the success of Kemaman to inspire flood management practice for other non-urban flood districts in Malaysia. InTech Open Science 2017-09-30 Book Chapter NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58794/1/InTech%20-%20Last%20Update%2027-09-2017.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58794/18/intech.pdf Othman, Marini and Abdul Latif, Aliza and Maidin, Siti Sarah and Mat Saad, Mohamad Firdaus (2017) Engagement of local heroes in managing flood disaster: lessons learnt from the 2014 flood of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia. In: Integrated river basin management for sustainable development of regions. InTech Open Science, London, United Kingdom, pp. 1-18. (In Press) https://www.intechopen.com/books
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description	There were many lessons unfolded by the flood disaster which hits the peninsular of Malaysia at year end of 2014. Of particular interest is the success story of good flood management which emerged in Kemaman Terengganu. This chapter sheds some light on the characteristics that has contributed to the success. To enable appreciation of the success, a comparison between selected floods inflicted areas are presented - pointing-out similarity of flood factors which, however, has produced differences in flood impact. Post-disaster study which includes analysis of flood report, site visits (which includes disaster site, flood command centre and relief centres) and interview of personalities involved in the flood incident were conducted. Findings revealed the use of Technology, good Standard Operating Procedure, and engagement of Local Community to be key ingredients to the success. The study recommends that the success of Kemaman to inspire flood management practice for other non-urban flood districts in Malaysia.
format	Book Chapter
author	Othman, Marini Abdul Latif, Aliza Maidin, Siti Sarah Mat Saad, Mohamad Firdaus
author_facet	Othman, Marini Abdul Latif, Aliza Maidin, Siti Sarah Mat Saad, Mohamad Firdaus
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title	Engagement of local heroes in managing flood disaster: lessons learnt from the 2014 flood of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia
title_short	Engagement of local heroes in managing flood disaster: lessons learnt from the 2014 flood of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia
title_full	Engagement of local heroes in managing flood disaster: lessons learnt from the 2014 flood of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Engagement of local heroes in managing flood disaster: lessons learnt from the 2014 flood of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Engagement of local heroes in managing flood disaster: lessons learnt from the 2014 flood of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia
title_sort	engagement of local heroes in managing flood disaster: lessons learnt from the 2014 flood of kemaman, terengganu, malaysia
publisher	InTech Open Science
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Engagement of local heroes in managing flood disaster: lessons learnt from the 2014 flood of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia

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