Reducing Flooding Impacts to the Built Environment: A Literature Review

Abstract

The paper consists of the literature review and discussions that concerns the built environment, flooding, disaster risk management including resiliency and sustainability theory. The objective of this paper is to review any relevant works of literature in reducing the flooding impacts to the built environment in Malaysia, at the same time describing any potential improvements and current measures to handle the aftermath of flooding. Systematic literature review using reference material such as books, scholarly journals, previous studies, articles, and websites is carried out. The author also searched further for the references of the articles that were retrieved and repeated the process until a point where no new relevant articles come to light. The paper is significant in three ways; i) reducing the flood impacts by raising knowledge ii) providing responsibility measures in reducing flood from different perspectives iii) preparing ways to lessen the impacts of future flooding threats. The key findings of the paper are; a) Through knowledge application, the practice of reducing flooding impacts could be enhanced b) Flooding management should be carried out earlier before flooding attack but also remains later the event c) Disaster management plans must get ready to face with any uncertainties.

Proposed Framework for the Flood Disaster Management Cycle in Malaysia

“…Source [49] reported three mitigation measures including: framing good macroeconomic policies, financial plan in crisis, and public investment in hazard reduction. Moreover, other primary mitigations highlighted are good disaster delivery systems by government, the cooperation of government, private sector, non-governmental organization (NGO), and public awareness [50].…”

“…Moreover, other primary mitigations highlighted are good disaster delivery systems by government, the cooperation of government, private sector, non-governmental organization (NGO), and public awareness [50]. Furthermore, [49] added other mitigation measures to manage flood disasters: flood forecasting, control of flood plan development, catchment management, flood insurance, floodproofing, flood emergency response planning, and emergency assistance and relief. It is also reported that environmental education, hydrological structures, and construction engineering, such as the development of new structures and improving existing water framework efficiency [51].…”

Towards a Sustainable City Environment: Resolving the Challenge of Flooding in a Growing Tropical City in Osun State, Nigeria- A Review

“…Capacity building, empowerment and enlightenment Another area of importance to avert flooding in this growing urban centre and also emphasized by Hulah and Udoh ( 20115) is through capacity building and empowerment (especially economic areas) for the inhabitants and other stakeholders in the development of the town especially in the areas exposure to modern ways of carrying out tasks in line with the new technology, improved methods of disposing wastes, waste recycling/reuse, greening of our natural and built-up environment, public facilities maintenance among others. Also, enlightenment on the constitutional roles of citizens to the sustenance of human environment, the significance of environmental harmony among others, should be embraced for attaining disasterfree urban centre (World Bank, 2017;Nurashikin et al, 2019).…”