Influence of place identity and place dependence on resilience towards Boko Haram insurgency among Maiduguri residents in Borno State, Nigeria by Mai Butu, Hauwa, Hashim, Ahmad Hariza, Ahmad, Nobaya

“…Though other studies have dealt mainly with areas of threat due to natural disasters,this present study,examine a particular neighbourhood that is subject to terrorist attacks for the past 8 years.This paper relies on a cross-sectional data, with a sample size of 383, using convenient sampling technique. …”
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Macroeconomic dataset for generating macroeconomic volatility among selected countries in the Asia Pacific region by Chow, Yee Peng, Muhammad, Junaina, Amin Noordin, Bany Ariffin, Cheng, Fan Fah

“…These were generally domestic sources of volatility such as political instability (for Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines), natural disasters and anomalous weather conditions (for Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan and Australia) and over-dependence on the electronic sector (for Singapore).…”
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Financial Integration in East Asia by Goh, Wee Keat

“…The plausible reason for the exclusion of Philippine's peso may be due to its unstable political climates and natural disasters. The possible reason for exclusion of Korea rested on its late financial liberalization efforts. …”
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The Behaviour Of LNAPL In Sand Due To Precipitation by Mah, Chia Ling

“…Any incidents can cause oil spill such as pipeline leakage, transportation accident, natural disasters or exploration of oil tanker. Once the oil spill happened, the remediation work may take long time to clean the contaminated soil completely. …”
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Study of well water quality and heavy metal content in urban and rural area: case study at Kota Bharu and Pasir Puteh, Kelantan by Talib, Norishah Abd

“…Urbanisation, agriculture and industrial are examples of anthropogenic activities while interactions of rocks, soils, natural disasters are natural factors that can influence quality of groundwater. …”
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A framework of influencing factors for successful disaster management in United Arab Emirates (UAE) by Mohamed Alfzari, Saeed Mohamed Khalfan

“…In conclusion, it is hoped that the framework developed can assist in successful disaster management to reduce natural disasters in the UAE.…”
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Penentu utama permintaan pelancong antarabangsa ke Malaysia dari pasaran Asia Timur dan Pasifik by Othman, Redzuan, Mohd Salleh, Norlida Hanim

“…Among other important economic factors identified are costs of travelling in Malaysia, tourist income, foreign exchange rates, promotional activites, economic downturn and natural disasters such as the incidence of haze and international political instability. …”
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Comparison of different artificial intelligence techniques to predict floods in Jhelum River, Pakistan by Ahmed, Fahad, Loc, Ho Huu, Park, Edward, Hassan, Muhammad, Joyklad, Panuwat

“…Floods are among the major natural disasters that cause loss of life and economic damage worldwide. …”
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Genetic diversity of endangered terrestrial orchids Spathoglottis plicata in Peninsular Malaysia based on AFLP markers by Ginibun, Florence C., Arens, Paul, Vosman, Ben, Bhassu, Subha, Khalid, Norzulaani, Othman, Rofina Yasmin

“…Spathoglottis plicata is an endangered terrestrial orchid species that have experienced severe threats to its habitat as wild forest sites come under pressure from industrialisation and natural disasters. This orchid species chosen to evaluate their levels of genetic diversity and population genetic structure, which 25-30 accession collected in the different location with different geographical, altitude and habitat. …”

Disaster management of emergency workers: psychological perspective by Mohd Dahlan A. Malek, Ida Shafinaz Mohd Kamil, Muhammad Idris Bahari

“…This paper will also discuss the nature of disasters which is one of the most frequently encountered cases of individuals, communities and countries where it is a universal phenomenon apart from discussing the role of the National Disaster Management Agency (APBN), the Department of Social Welfare (JKM) in dealing with disasters . Natural disasters are events or events that are caused by factors of natural destruction that can cause great damage, loss of property and loss of life. …”
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Partial test of social marketing strategy on smallholder farmers flood preparedness behavior in East Coast Malaysia by Muhammad Gazali, Umar, Man, Norsida, Abdullah, Amin Mahir, Mohd Nawi, Nolila, Abd. Latif, Ismail

“…Flood is the most frequent among natural disasters in East Coast Malaysia. It causes loss of lives destruction of farm crops, livestock and properties. …”
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Effectiveness of travel time during evacuation in high-rise residential buildings: a case study in Selangor, Malaysia by Gian, Caleb Michealangelo, Mohd Tohir, Mohd Zahirasri, Md Said, Mohamad Syazarudin, Tharima, Ahmad Faiz, Mohd Nizam Ong, Nur Aliah Fatin, Ramali, Mohd Rashid

“…Therefore, it is essential to take evacuation into consideration especially for emergency conditions such as fire, explosion and natural disasters. This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the escape time in typical Malaysian high-rise residential buildings. …”
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Caribbean-Wide, Negative Emissions Solution to Sargassum spp. Low-Cost Collection Device and Sustainable Disposal Method by Gray, Luke A., Bisonó León, Andres G., Rojas, Folkers E., Veroneau, Samuel S., Slocum, Alexander H.

“…COVID-19 decimated Caribbean tourism, adding to the pressures of indebtedness and natural disasters facing the region. The “SOS Carbon strategy” could help the Caribbean “build back better” by establishing a negative emissions industry that builds resilience against <i>Sargassum</i> and flight shame (“flygskam”). …”
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Unravelling the economic impact of climate change in Vietnam's Mekong River Delta and Southeast region by Hai, Do Huu, Nam, Vu Quynh, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Kumar, Anil, Gupta, Sumit, Jagtap, Sandeep

“…Vietnam faces a heightened susceptibility to natural disasters stemming from climate change, yet the impact of these disasters varies markedly across its regions. …”
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Effects of educational disruption and changes in school context on children's mental health: associations with school level disadvantage and individual bullying involvement by Badger, JR, Holst, CG, Thompson, P, Bowes, L, Hayes, R, Clarkson, S, Hutchings, J, Hastings, RP

“…Natural disasters happen across the world. The situations are different but the disruption to children's education and wellbeing is similar. …”

Flood susceptibility mapping using a novel ensemble weights-of-evidence and support vector machine models in GIS by Tehrany, Mahyat Shafapour, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Jebur, Mustafa Neamah

“…Flood is one of the most devastating natural disasters that occur frequently in Terengganu, Malaysia. …”
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Cohesiveness of social and individual forces in strengthening attitude-pro-environment behaviour relationship – a concept paper by Yoong, Siew Wai, Bojei, Jamil

“…However, the return of the effort is unsatisfactory, judging from the upward trend of greenhouse gas emission, exhausted natural resources, biodiversity loss and natural disasters. Initiatives at the macro level lack the magnetic effects and disconnect from the grassroots and masses. …”
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Modification of pervious concrete using steel slag as an aggregate replacement : application at Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia by Yafouz, Ayman Mohammed Shaher

“…Floods are the most significant natural disasters which affect 4.9 million people and inflict damage worth of several million every year in Malaysia. …”
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A collaborative model for post flood activities exploiting an enhanced expanding neighborhood search algorithm by Hasan, Md Munirul

“…Among all natural disasters, flood is considered as the most civilization-destroying disaster which causes considerable damage to all life and property. …”
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Adaptive urbanism : shaping rapid growth in Nairobi by Malan, Andre De Merindol

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