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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS
Transactions ID Number: 89-614
Full Name: Magiswary Dorasamy
Position: Lecturer
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Country: MALAYSIA
Tel: 603 8312 5707
Tel prefix: 00 603
Fax: 603 83125590
E-mail address: magiswary.dorasamy@mmu.edu.my
Other E-mails: magiswary@yahoo.com
Title of the Paper: ICT and Disaster Preparedness in Malaysia: An Exploratory Study
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Magiswary, D., Murali, R., Saravanan, M., & Maniam, K.
Email addresses of all the authors: magiswary.dorasamy@mmu.edu.my, murali.raman@mmu.edu.my,saravanan.muthaiyah@mmu.edu.my,maniam@salam.uitm.edu.my
Number of paper pages: 14
Abstract: Malaysians are increasingly finding themselves exposed to disasters especially land slides and flood. However, concern can be raised about citizen's preparedness of disasters, and the extent to which they are consequently prepared, protected and equipped to deal with emergencies that they may encounter. This paper discusses the level of disaster preparedness among Malaysians from a survey of 346 citizens to assess their perceptions of disaster issues, and their attitudes towards increasing the disaster preparedness. The findings reveal that although there is a high degree of confidence at surface level, with respondents claiming to be aware of the disaster issues and the ability to utilize many of the relevant safety methods, a deeper assessment suggests that there are several areas in which desirable knowledge and understanding is lacking. The study presents the role of ICT in the form of knowledge management systems as the recommendation for Malaysians and the Ma!
laysian government as a tool to improve the level of disaster preparedness. The study is timely to the public especially to the local community to preempt, deal with and, ultimately, survive a disaster.
Keywords: disaster preparedness, knowledge, Malaysia, disaster, knowledge management systems
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Special (Invited) Session: Disaster Preparedness in Malaysia: An Exploratory Study
Organizer of the Session: 642-097
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