Disaster Risks Management through Adaptive Actions from Human-Based Perspective: Case Study of 2014 Flood Disaster

Yusoff, Sarina; Yusoff, Nur Hafizah

doi:10.3390/su14127405

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“…This created a perception that there were weaknesses in disaster management. There have been many studies addressing issues related to the effectiveness of disaster management in Malaysia [30][31][32][33]. A study on disaster management that focused on the floods that occurred in Selangor, Malaysia, was carried out by Rahman [31], validating the results of this study where the poor coordination between agencies, lack of direction, and improper logistics planning caused delays in rescue efforts and delays in the delivery of aid.…”

Section: Perception Of the Effectiveness Of Disaster Managementsupporting

confidence: 54%

Media Information, Flood Images, and Perceptions in Times of Flood

2022

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Disasters in Malaysia are managed using a framework developed through Directive 20 by the National Security Council. This framework is widely used in managing floods on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. However, the prolonged rains that occurred on 17 December 2021 tested the capabilities of the existing framework: the rains caused floods in urban areas, which is unusual. This study was conducted to investigate the flood situation using data from the media, observations of the affected area, and people’s perceptions to determine their actions upon receiving flood information from the media. This study used thematic analysis to analyze the media content on the floods in Selangor. Next, observation techniques were used in one of the most affected areas, namely Hulu Langat, Selangor, where content analysis of field notes was implemented to determine the emerging themes that were being formed. Finally, an online survey questionnaire was distributed through social media. This study’s findings established that what was reported in the media was correct; however, what actually occurred was worse than what was stated in the media. Through the survey, it was found that people are extremely reliant on social media and assume that logistical constraints in the delivery of assistance have contributed to negative public perceptions of disaster management agencies.

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Section: Perception Of the Effectiveness Of Disaster Managementsupporting

confidence: 54%

Media Information, Flood Images, and Perceptions in Times of Flood

2022

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“…[8] WHO has made guidelines Safe Hospital Framework (2015), which implements the vision, of protecting human life and health from emergencies and disasters. [9] The objective (goal) of this SHF is to make the hospital safe to continue to provide health services in any emergency disaster. This goal will be active through the target (objectivity) as follows [4] 1.…”

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confidence: 99%

General hospital preparedness in facing flood disasters

Purba,

Syah,

Ketaren

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Hospitals had a very important function in disaster management, especially in providing health services to reduce the suffering of disaster victims in the form of deceases and injuries. Hospital preparedness in facing disasters was contained in the Hospital Disaster Plan which was prepared based on the Safe Hospital Framework [1], and the Hospital Safety Index[2]. The purpose of this study was to analyze the preparedness of Aceh Tamiang General Hospital in facing flood disasters from 4 (four) aspects or evaluation modules namely, Hazard Affecting, Structural Safety, Non-Structural Safety, Emergency and Disaster Management, specifically analyzing the aspect of “Emergency and Disaster Management” according to the research focus namely, hospital policies, human resources preparedness and hospital infrastructure readiness in facing flood disasters. The research methodology was qualitative with a phenomenological design by 7 (seven) informants. The results of the study showed that the policies of the hospital leadership had been good, with the existence of a Leadership Decree concerning the Formation of a Hospital Disaster Management Team, since 2019 ago. However, there were still hospital personnel who did not know about the organizational structures, goals and functions as team members. Many hospital health workers could not go to work because their homes and access to the hospital were flooded. Besides that, hospital infrastructure, especially motorized vehicles such as ambulances and other operational vehicles, could not operate due to flood conditions that reached up to 1 meter. Therefore it was suggested that the socialization of the Disaster Management Team and Disaster Management Simulation should be carried out periodically, for example, twice a year. It should be suggested that the hospital proposed procuring an ambulance with certain specifications and a rescue boat, so that it could break through the floods that occur almost every year.

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“…These floods are caused by many factors work together. Which is difficult to predict and control, and whatever the matter is, floods are a natural phenomenon that spreads in all parts of the world, and this is not the dilemma, but rather the difficulty remains in that we avoid its occurrence and prevent the disaster before it occurs and to what extent we contribute to it [12].…”

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Developing a Computer Simulation to Study the Behavior of Factors Affecting the Flooding of the Gash River

Alhalangy¹

2023

IJACSA

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In recent years, the city of Kassala has suffered from frequent flooding disasters in the Gash River, which is the city's lifeblood. But the problem of frequent flooding of the river has made it a life-threatening nightmare. The importance of research lies in the fact that it is one of the few attempts to discuss and study the causes and effects of the Gash River floods. It aims to identify the factors affecting river floods. It proposes an algorithm to simulate flooding by randomly generating different factors that effectively affect river flooding. The descriptive analytical approach, the analytical, inductive approach, and the analytical deductive approach to desk research were used, taking advantage of the primary statistical method in its observation and evaluation, which relies on primary and secondary information to help make scientific, practical, and objective. The research came out with significant results related to the problems that threaten the town of Kassala from the frequent floods of the Gash River. The study's results proved that there is a deviation and discrepancy between the floods rate during the year, which gives a negative indication, and that deposited quantities vary in different proportions from one period to another, which causes a significant threat in the future. The research suggests other solutions that help reduce the problems and their effects. In addition to the above, the study proposes various recommendations that will be the basis for future studies to reach the required solutions and goals.

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Disaster Risks Management through Adaptive Actions from Human-Based Perspective: Case Study of 2014 Flood Disaster

Cited by 11 publications

References 55 publications

Media Information, Flood Images, and Perceptions in Times of Flood

Media Information, Flood Images, and Perceptions in Times of Flood

General hospital preparedness in facing flood disasters

Developing a Computer Simulation to Study the Behavior of Factors Affecting the Flooding of the Gash River

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