• DocumentCode
    2971789
  • Title

    Notice of Retraction
    Flash floods and people preparedness in anticipating disaster in Malaysia

  • Author

    Azmi, Nurul Aliya ; Hashim, Rugayah ; Zamhury, Nurulaini

  • Author_Institution
    Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    24-27 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    1253
  • Lastpage
    1256
  • Abstract
    Notice of Retraction

    After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.

    We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.

    The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.

    Notice of Retraction

    After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.

    We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.

    The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.

    With the current global conditions and erratic climate changes, people should be prepared for the worst as no place is safe from nature´s wrath. Preparing for disaster, especially flash floods, requires collaborative efforts from the citizen, local authorities, state and federal government. Natural disaster can happen at any time and anywhere, so by anticipating and preparing for a known occurrence, life and property losses will be reduced. Then again how prepared are the residents? Thus, the objectives of the research are to identify the level of people preparedness towards disaster and determining the relationship between preparedness and disaster anticipation. From a sample size of 150 residents of Segamat, Johor, the results revealed that there is a moderate level of preparedness among the people. In addition, there is a positive relationship between mass media and people preparedness towards disaster. The empirical evidence showed that the people of Segamat should be better prepared for flood as this can minimize their property losses. When the people do - ot practice preparedness towards disaster and adopts a lackadaisical attitude towards a predicted natural risk, they may suffer unexpected losses of property and lives.
  • Keywords
    Communities; Educational institutions; Floods; Government; Humans; Insurance; Media; formatting; insert; style; styling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Humanities, Science and Engineering Research (SHUSER), 2012 IEEE Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1311-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SHUSER.2012.6268806
  • Filename
    6268806