Mitigation of climate change effects through non-structural flood disaster management in Pekan Town, Malaysia

Floods bring miseries to the life of thousands of Malaysians every year. Pekan town, located on the banks of the Pahang River, regularly suffers both economic damages and physical destructions caused by the floods. It is anticipated that the climate change effects through a rise in the sea-level,...

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Main Authors:	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Sellu, Gajikoh Mohamed
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2013
Subjects:	TA495 Disasters and engineering
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spelling	iium-323022013-10-11T07:47:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32302/ Mitigation of climate change effects through non-structural flood disaster management in Pekan Town, Malaysia Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Sellu, Gajikoh Mohamed TA495 Disasters and engineering Floods bring miseries to the life of thousands of Malaysians every year. Pekan town, located on the banks of the Pahang River, regularly suffers both economic damages and physical destructions caused by the floods. It is anticipated that the climate change effects through a rise in the sea-level, will aggravate both the duration and depth of flooding in the town. This paper studies the flood situation of Pekan town, assesses the intensity of flood damages, anticipates the severity of flooding due to sea-level rise and finally, comes up with the community-based sustainable flood mitigation policies and measures for the town. Elsevier 2013-09-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32302/1/1-s2.0-S1877042813025123-main.pdf Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Sellu, Gajikoh Mohamed (2013) Mitigation of climate change effects through non-structural flood disaster management in Pekan Town, Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 85. pp. 564-573. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428
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description	Floods bring miseries to the life of thousands of Malaysians every year. Pekan town, located on the banks of the Pahang River, regularly suffers both economic damages and physical destructions caused by the floods. It is anticipated that the climate change effects through a rise in the sea-level, will aggravate both the duration and depth of flooding in the town. This paper studies the flood situation of Pekan town, assesses the intensity of flood damages, anticipates the severity of flooding due to sea-level rise and finally, comes up with the community-based sustainable flood mitigation policies and measures for the town.
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author	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Sellu, Gajikoh Mohamed
author_facet	Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Sellu, Gajikoh Mohamed
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title	Mitigation of climate change effects through non-structural flood disaster management in Pekan Town, Malaysia
title_short	Mitigation of climate change effects through non-structural flood disaster management in Pekan Town, Malaysia
title_full	Mitigation of climate change effects through non-structural flood disaster management in Pekan Town, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Mitigation of climate change effects through non-structural flood disaster management in Pekan Town, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Mitigation of climate change effects through non-structural flood disaster management in Pekan Town, Malaysia
title_sort	mitigation of climate change effects through non-structural flood disaster management in pekan town, malaysia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2013
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Mitigation of climate change effects through non-structural flood disaster management in Pekan Town, Malaysia

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