Taking community-based system to Malaysian communities for disaster management

• Main Authors: Ajayi, Binyamin, Badi, Bakhtiyar, Al-ani, Mustafa, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA 2011
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management; HV551.2 Emergency management
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/1307/1/IJHSS_Vol1No7_Jun2011_CommunityBasedDisasterSystem.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/1307/; http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol._1_No._7_%5BSpecial_Issue_June_2011%5D/22.pdf

This study explores the efforts, Malaysia, is putting in place, using the pervasiveness of ICT in managing disasters; both naturally and man-made. These efforts had given birth to various agencies and initiatives from prediction/mitigation to control and management but yet the loss of lives and prop...