The emerging widespread debris flow disasters in tropical terrain of peninsular Malaysia: Understanding the risk and policy intervention.

• Main Authors: Jaapar, Abd. Rasid, Md. Aripin, Mohamad Faruq Syahmi, Komoo, Ibrahim, Ali, Che Aziz, Ramli, Zamri, Harun, Abd. Rahim, Bachat, James, Mohamad, Zakaria, Che Omar, Rohayu, Razak, Khamarrul Azahari, Lim, Choun Sian
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: G70.212-70.215 Geographic information system
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/107802/1/KhamarrulAzahariRazak2023_TheEmergingWidespreadDebrisFlowDisastersinTropicalTerrain.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/107802/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202341505008

Several widespread debris flow disasters stroke Peninsular Malaysia in between 2021 and 2022, scattered across the country. It was the first time for this hazard being nationally recognised as a type of geological disaster in the country. Debris flow disaster is not a new phenomenon. It had been rec...