Important criteria for managing disaster Waste in Malaysia

Zawawi, E.M.A. and Yusof, N.S. and Kamaruzzaman, S.N. and Ismail, Z. (2015) Important criteria for managing disaster Waste in Malaysia. Jurnal Teknologi, 75 (9). pp. 89-93. ISSN 0127-9696, DOI https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v75.5240.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v75.5240

Abstract

In Malaysia, disaster impacts have become an impediment to the sustainable development. Limited number of case studies has been carried out on the topic of the Disaster Management Guidelines in Malaysia and the needs of the waste management to be adopted into disaster management guidelines. Thus, the main purpose of this study is to highlights possible entry points for waste management adaption into Disaster Management Guidelines in Malaysia. This study will adopt qualitative research design involving comprising of journal review, previous case study and semi-structured interviews. This paper presented the important criteria relating to the disasters waste management in Malaysia. It is anticipated that this research will generate interests from disaster waste researchers and disaster waste management policy makers, as it will provide fundamental elements towards more rigor disaster waste management policy.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Ministry of Education (MOE), Malaysia: Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) (Disasters Management)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Disaster; Waste management; Malaysia
Subjects: T Technology > TH Building construction
Divisions: Faculty of the Built Environment
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 19 Sep 2018 03:02
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2018 03:02
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/19280

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