Sustainable Management For Flood Loss Reduction: A Case Study Of The December 2014 Big Flood In Pahang

• Main Authors: Nur Farhana, Che Lah, Mohammad Ghazi, Hj Ismail, Chan, Ngai Weng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5948/1/FH02-FP-19-23230.pdf; http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5948/
• Institution: Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin

The December 2014 big flood in Pahang witnessed more than 50,000 people afflicted in nine districts all over Pahang State. As a result of this disaster, Government flood relief agencies encountered major obstacles and problems, especially in rescue and relief operations. This paper aims to assess the sustainable management of floods used by government agencies for preparedness, warning, rescue, transfer, flood relief, evacuation centers and recovery to reduce flood impacts among victims at several locations in the Pahang River Basin, in Temerloh, Pekan, Raub, and Mentakab. A questionnaire-based cross sectional study was conducted by convenience sampling at the four locations. The questionnaire was divided into four parts: Part A collected the respondents’ demographic details. Part B was the perception and characteristics of flood. Meanwhile, Part C was on total flood losses and Part D was on flood relief. The total number of respondents involved was 100. The data was analyzed by using SPSS software. Results indicate the response of the sustainable management of flood victims in terms of preparedness, warning, rescue, transfer, flood relief, evacuation centers and recovery during the December 2014 flood is far from effective. As a conclusion, sustainable management of flood need to be improved substantially to reduce suffering and losses.