Governance for disaster risk reduction:Enhancement of standard Operating procedures (sop) on flood disaster awareness, preparedness, Warning system, evacuation plan & institutional arrangements for flood risk management in the Sungai Pahang river basin.
Government SOPs in flood disaster response are overstressed during the December 2014 floods in Pahang with flood relief agencies experiencing poor performance in evacuation, rescue and relief operations. Victims' evaluation of government SOPs for preparedness, warning, rescue, evacuation, flood...
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| description | Government SOPs in flood disaster response are overstressed during the December 2014 floods in Pahang with flood relief agencies experiencing poor performance in evacuation, rescue and relief operations. Victims' evaluation of government SOPs for preparedness, warning, rescue, evacuation, flood relief and recovery, showed that there were a lot of problems in the current SOPs. Majority of flood victims' evaluated the SOPs as not so effective, as many evacuation centers were cut off, and rescuers could not reach flood victims. Many evacuation centers were flooded, rendering SOPs inoperable.
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| spelling | usm-367322017-09-21T07:52:24Z http://eprints.usm.my/36732/ Governance for disaster risk reduction:Enhancement of standard Operating procedures (sop) on flood disaster awareness, preparedness, Warning system, evacuation plan & institutional arrangements for flood risk management in the Sungai Pahang river basin. Chan , Ngai Weng P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Government SOPs in flood disaster response are overstressed during the December 2014 floods in Pahang with flood relief agencies experiencing poor performance in evacuation, rescue and relief operations. Victims' evaluation of government SOPs for preparedness, warning, rescue, evacuation, flood relief and recovery, showed that there were a lot of problems in the current SOPs. Majority of flood victims' evaluated the SOPs as not so effective, as many evacuation centers were cut off, and rescuers could not reach flood victims. Many evacuation centers were flooded, rendering SOPs inoperable. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2016 Monograph NonPeerReviewed Chan , Ngai Weng (2016) Governance for disaster risk reduction:Enhancement of standard Operating procedures (sop) on flood disaster awareness, preparedness, Warning system, evacuation plan & institutional arrangements for flood risk management in the Sungai Pahang river basin. Technical Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. |
| spellingShingle | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Chan , Ngai Weng Governance for disaster risk reduction:Enhancement of standard Operating procedures (sop) on flood disaster awareness, preparedness, Warning system, evacuation plan & institutional arrangements for flood risk management in the Sungai Pahang river basin. |
| title | Governance for disaster risk reduction:Enhancement of standard Operating procedures (sop) on flood disaster awareness, preparedness, Warning system, evacuation plan & institutional arrangements for flood risk management in the Sungai Pahang river basin. |
| title_full | Governance for disaster risk reduction:Enhancement of standard Operating procedures (sop) on flood disaster awareness, preparedness, Warning system, evacuation plan & institutional arrangements for flood risk management in the Sungai Pahang river basin. |
| title_fullStr | Governance for disaster risk reduction:Enhancement of standard Operating procedures (sop) on flood disaster awareness, preparedness, Warning system, evacuation plan & institutional arrangements for flood risk management in the Sungai Pahang river basin. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Governance for disaster risk reduction:Enhancement of standard Operating procedures (sop) on flood disaster awareness, preparedness, Warning system, evacuation plan & institutional arrangements for flood risk management in the Sungai Pahang river basin. |
| title_short | Governance for disaster risk reduction:Enhancement of standard Operating procedures (sop) on flood disaster awareness, preparedness, Warning system, evacuation plan & institutional arrangements for flood risk management in the Sungai Pahang river basin. |
| title_sort | governance for disaster risk reduction:enhancement of standard operating procedures (sop) on flood disaster awareness, preparedness, warning system, evacuation plan & institutional arrangements for flood risk management in the sungai pahang river basin. |
| topic | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/36732/ |