Abstract: The flood disaster is the most frequently reported disaster in Malaysia. It is also the most frequent and the highest percentage of natural disasters that occur around the world because of the climates change. Flood preparedness, flood mitigation, Emergency Response Plan (ERP) and flood recovery are the phases in the flood disaster management cycle that helped the federal government and states government to overcome the flood disaster. Flood disaster management is actually a systematic process and guidelines to the government to mitigate the impacts of the flood disaster, to response the disaster and to recover after the disaster impact. It also becomes a preparation to the nation and community to face the impact of flood disaster toward our economic, social and physical livelihood. Flood disaster mitigation is really important as it is possible to prepare or at least mitigate damage that is brought upon by flood disaster. The aims of this paper review are to explore the existing knowledge on flood mitigation and to identify methods of flood management currently applied. The paper review is based on secondary data to give comparison and recommendation in achieving the objective.
Keywords: Flood preparedness; flood mitigation; Emergency Response Plan (ERP); flood recovery; flood management.
Title: FLOOD DISASTER MITIGATION IN MALAYSIA
Author: Wan Abdullah Wan Abd Samad, Jamaludin Ibrahim
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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