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Disaster Resilience Rural Community (DRRC) community capitals: case studies in the rural area of east coast, Peninsular Malaysia

According to scholars in disaster and resilient-related studies, the focus in building a resilient community in disaster is the need to understand three capitals particularly economic, social, and environmental. This study aims to identify the capitals of internal and external resilience factors for...

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Main Authors: Omar Chong, Noraini, Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) 2023
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H Social Sciences (General)
HT101-395 Sociology, Urban
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/106298/1/KhairulHisyamKamarudin2023_DisasterResilienceRuralCommunity.pdf
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spelling my.utm.1062982024-06-29T05:36:35Z http://eprints.utm.my/106298/ Disaster Resilience Rural Community (DRRC) community capitals: case studies in the rural area of east coast, Peninsular Malaysia Omar Chong, Noraini Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam H Social Sciences (General) HT101-395 Sociology, Urban According to scholars in disaster and resilient-related studies, the focus in building a resilient community in disaster is the need to understand three capitals particularly economic, social, and environmental. This study aims to identify the capitals of internal and external resilience factors for the flood-related disasters experienced by three rural communities in Malaysia. A total of 43 resilience factors were identified from the three key capitals. Field research was carried out to identify the internal and external factors that had contributed to the resilience of the rural communities to floods in Malaysia. Case studies and a questionnaire survey were conducted in the following households: (1) Lubok Setol village in Kelantan state; (2) Teladas village in Terengganu state; and (3) Gajah Mati village in Pahang state. A total of 90 respondents participated in the survey that was carried out from January 2018 (right after the major flood occurred in December 2017) to mid-February 2018. Data analysis was carried out using the Relative Importance Index (RII) method mainly for prioritising and categorising answer key components of community resilience. Responses that received higher RII scores were ranked higher or given a higher priority compared to factors with a lower RII score. Findings indicate that the respondents agreed that all three community capitals strongly influence DRRC. Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) 2023-06-27 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/106298/1/KhairulHisyamKamarudin2023_DisasterResilienceRuralCommunity.pdf Omar Chong, Noraini and Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam (2023) Disaster Resilience Rural Community (DRRC) community capitals: case studies in the rural area of east coast, Peninsular Malaysia. Planning Malaysia, 21 (2). pp. 40-51. ISSN 1675-6215 http://dx.doi.org/10.21837/pm.v21i26.1258 DOI:10.21837/pm.v21i26.1258
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
HT101-395 Sociology, Urban
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
HT101-395 Sociology, Urban
Omar Chong, Noraini
Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam
Disaster Resilience Rural Community (DRRC) community capitals: case studies in the rural area of east coast, Peninsular Malaysia
description According to scholars in disaster and resilient-related studies, the focus in building a resilient community in disaster is the need to understand three capitals particularly economic, social, and environmental. This study aims to identify the capitals of internal and external resilience factors for the flood-related disasters experienced by three rural communities in Malaysia. A total of 43 resilience factors were identified from the three key capitals. Field research was carried out to identify the internal and external factors that had contributed to the resilience of the rural communities to floods in Malaysia. Case studies and a questionnaire survey were conducted in the following households: (1) Lubok Setol village in Kelantan state; (2) Teladas village in Terengganu state; and (3) Gajah Mati village in Pahang state. A total of 90 respondents participated in the survey that was carried out from January 2018 (right after the major flood occurred in December 2017) to mid-February 2018. Data analysis was carried out using the Relative Importance Index (RII) method mainly for prioritising and categorising answer key components of community resilience. Responses that received higher RII scores were ranked higher or given a higher priority compared to factors with a lower RII score. Findings indicate that the respondents agreed that all three community capitals strongly influence DRRC.
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author Omar Chong, Noraini
Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam
author_facet Omar Chong, Noraini
Kamarudin, Khairul Hisyam
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title Disaster Resilience Rural Community (DRRC) community capitals: case studies in the rural area of east coast, Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Disaster Resilience Rural Community (DRRC) community capitals: case studies in the rural area of east coast, Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Disaster Resilience Rural Community (DRRC) community capitals: case studies in the rural area of east coast, Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Disaster Resilience Rural Community (DRRC) community capitals: case studies in the rural area of east coast, Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Disaster Resilience Rural Community (DRRC) community capitals: case studies in the rural area of east coast, Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort disaster resilience rural community (drrc) community capitals: case studies in the rural area of east coast, peninsular malaysia
publisher Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP)
publishDate 2023
url http://eprints.utm.my/106298/1/KhairulHisyamKamarudin2023_DisasterResilienceRuralCommunity.pdf
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