Asian Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2012
Human development is one of the core considerations of a country’s level of development. This stu... more Human development is one of the core considerations of a country’s level of development. This study focuses on the performance of development indicators highlighting Malaysian scenario among the ASEAN and some other countries of the world. Malaysia has achieved the 61st place in the world according to the performance of human development. In the Human Development Report (HDR) 2011, countries are divided into very high human development, high human development, medium human development and low human development. Malaysia has perceived a good position among the group of high human development countries and ASEAN countries. It has occupied third position among ASEAN countries according to GNI per capita and HDI rank. Income Gini-coefficient of Malaysia is comparatively higher meaning that larger income inequality prevailing in Malaysian nations but it can be noted that very few people of Malaysia live below poverty line just 3.8 percent. Malaysia’s position is quite good in term of eco...
This article explores the livelihood vulnerability due to disaster as well as strategies for buil... more This article explores the livelihood vulnerability due to disaster as well as strategies for building disaster resilient livelihood. Occurrences of disasters have been increasing worldwide over time which damages resources and livelihood significantly. A study on disaster events from 1990 to 2012 revealed that 339 disasters had taken and about 240 million people were affected. It is also reported that the experience of disaster events observed worst on the low income population from the developing countries. Many people’s livelihood becomes vulnerable as consequences of disaster events. In such circumstances, some social practices such as community based organization, disaster insurance scheme, rural disaster team etc. could be useful for making resilient livelihood to reduce drastic effect of disaster. There is also need to promote livelihood centered approach or need based approach for achieving resilient livelihood. Promoting social protection with community based disaster risk r...
Global warming is becoming increasingly evident as greenhouse gas emissions increase worldwide an... more Global warming is becoming increasingly evident as greenhouse gas emissions increase worldwide and affect the environment, health and economy. Many Southeast Asian countries face this reality and hence they are concerned about setting and achieving an effective emission reduction strategy. As such, this study analyzes and compares emission reduction targets on selected Southeast Asian countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, by using a long-run Regional Dynamic Integrated Model of the Climate and Economy (RdICME). This study considers the comparative outcomes of BAU (Business as Usual: base case) and INDC (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) scenarios for the 40-year period from 2010 to 2050. According to BAU scenario, carbon emissions are projected to gradually increase in all countries; however, if Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand apply their INDC targets as agreed upon in the 2015 Paris Agreement, all three countries will experience significant emissions r...
This study explores disaster experiences and preparedness of the disaster affected Orang Asli fam... more This study explores disaster experiences and preparedness of the disaster affected Orang Asli families in Tasik Chini, Malaysia. Applying a qualitative research approach, this study was collected data from 10 respondents from 10 families based on convenient sampling and in-depth interview. This study utilises thematic analysis to analyse and report the data. This study revealed that Orang Asli families faced both positive and negative experiences due to disaster. Moreover, disaster preparedness of the families was found to be low. Thus, there is need an inclusive disaster preparedness policy for the Orang Asli families towards building a disaster resilient community.
There is an increasing concern about the relationship between social capital and disaster in the ... more There is an increasing concern about the relationship between social capital and disaster in the contemporary studies of disaster management. This article examines the level of social capital and disaster preparedness of the Orang Asli (indigenous people) families and develops linkage between them. In-depth interviews were carried out by the researcher with 10 Orang Asli families residing in Tasik Chini, Malaysia. Based on a structured questionnaire , this study employed a qualitative data collection technique using descriptive analysis to examine and present the data. The result showed that the majority of the families had a good bonding relationship within and between families, relatives, and neighbors with mutual trust and mutual help also existing among the Orang Asli families. However, Orang Asli families are detached from bridging and linking networks regarding other people, communities, and organizations due to their negative perceptions about the outsider. The study also determined there was low level of disaster preparedness among the Orang Asli families. Moreover, their participation in awareness programs and their willingness to participate in awareness programs and flood management committees were also found to be low. The results indicate nevertheless that the social capital of the Orang Asli families can be utilized for disaster preparedness and response. Thus, this study offers some solutions for mobilizing social capital for disaster preparedness through multi-stakeholder involvement , promoting the Orang Asli families' participation in awareness programs, ensuring their access to resources, prioritizing local values and culture and finally proper planning and coordination for making Orang Asli families more disaster-resilient in Malaysia.
Studies reveal that climate change (CC) has higher negative impacts on agricultural production th... more Studies reveal that climate change (CC) has higher negative impacts on agricultural production than positive impacts. Therefore, this article attempts to explore the impacts of CC on oil palm production in Malaysia and provides mitigation and adaptation strategies towards reducing such impacts. The multiple regression analysis is applied to assess the impacts of CC on oil palm production by using time series data in the period of 1980 to 2010. A negative and significant relationship is found between annual average temperature and oil palm production. If temperature rises by 1 °C, 2 °C, 3 °C, and 4 °C, production of oil palm can decrease from a range of 10 to 41%. This article has also found a negative impact of sea level rise (SLR) on oil palm production. Findings reveal that if areas under oil palm production decrease by 2%, 4%, and 8% due to SLR of 0.5, 1, and 2 m, oil palm production can decrease by 1.98%, 3.96%, and 7.92%, respectively, indicating that CC has a significant impact on the reduction of oil palm production in Malaysia, ultimately affecting the sustainability of oil palm sector in Malaysia. Finally, this study suggests to practice appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies, including promotion and development of climate resilient varieties, soil and water conservation, afforestation, insurance and other risk transfer mechanisms, emission reduction technology, protection of coastal flooding for reducing the impacts of CC on oil palm production.
This article presents the current trends of energy consumption and CO2 emission as well as their ... more This article presents the current trends of energy consumption and CO2 emission as well as their relationship for the five largest Asian economies i.e., People's Republic of China (China), Japan, India, Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Indonesia using the time series data from 1991 to 2014. The total energy consumption has increased by 3.62 times from 1991 to 2014 in China where India, Korea and Indonesia have faced more than double of their energy consumption during that time. However, total CO2 emission in China, India, Korea and Indonesia was increased by 3.5, 2.81, 2.25 and 3.14 times respectively from 1991 to 2014. All the countries except Japan are facing increasing trends of energy consumption and CO2 emission while positive and significant relationship have found between them for all the countries. Thus, the implementation of current policies and emission reduction target of these five countries are presented in this paper.
The environmental changes have a great concern to the environmental scientists, businessmen, gove... more The environmental changes have a great concern to the environmental scientists, businessmen, government and other organizations. This article describes the impact of environmental change on the insurance industry as it works as risk managers, risk carriers and major investors. Insurance companies are in the front line when dealing with environmental change or uncertainty. Extreme weather events pose a huge risk, not just to property insurers, but to health and life insurance providers too. The insurance industry prices products based on past loss experience, relying on statistics and probabilities. Environmental change brings uncertainty and ambiguity into this historical pricing process because past events are no longer a reliable predictor of future events. Insurers demand higher premium with the change of global environment. Although environmental change is beyond our direct control but many cost of environmental change could be avoided by taking action today (mitigation). Insure...
Human development is one of the core considerations of a country’s level of development. This stu... more Human development is one of the core considerations of a country’s level of development. This study focuses on the performance of development indicators highlighting Malaysian scenario among the ASEAN and some other countries of the world. Malaysia has achieved the 61st place in the world according to the performance of human development. In the Human Development Report (HDR) 2011, countries are divided into very high human development, high human development, medium human development and low human development. Malaysia has perceived a good position among the group of high human development countries and ASEAN countries. It has occupied third position among ASEAN countries according to GNI per capita and HDI rank. Income Gini-coefficient of Malaysia is comparatively higher meaning that larger income inequality prevailing in Malaysian nations but it can be noted that very few people of Malaysia live below poverty line just 3.8 percent. Malaysia’s position is quite good in term of eco...
Asian Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2012
Human development is one of the core considerations of a country’s level of development. This stu... more Human development is one of the core considerations of a country’s level of development. This study focuses on the performance of development indicators highlighting Malaysian scenario among the ASEAN and some other countries of the world. Malaysia has achieved the 61st place in the world according to the performance of human development. In the Human Development Report (HDR) 2011, countries are divided into very high human development, high human development, medium human development and low human development. Malaysia has perceived a good position among the group of high human development countries and ASEAN countries. It has occupied third position among ASEAN countries according to GNI per capita and HDI rank. Income Gini-coefficient of Malaysia is comparatively higher meaning that larger income inequality prevailing in Malaysian nations but it can be noted that very few people of Malaysia live below poverty line just 3.8 percent. Malaysia’s position is quite good in term of eco...
This article explores the livelihood vulnerability due to disaster as well as strategies for buil... more This article explores the livelihood vulnerability due to disaster as well as strategies for building disaster resilient livelihood. Occurrences of disasters have been increasing worldwide over time which damages resources and livelihood significantly. A study on disaster events from 1990 to 2012 revealed that 339 disasters had taken and about 240 million people were affected. It is also reported that the experience of disaster events observed worst on the low income population from the developing countries. Many people’s livelihood becomes vulnerable as consequences of disaster events. In such circumstances, some social practices such as community based organization, disaster insurance scheme, rural disaster team etc. could be useful for making resilient livelihood to reduce drastic effect of disaster. There is also need to promote livelihood centered approach or need based approach for achieving resilient livelihood. Promoting social protection with community based disaster risk r...
Global warming is becoming increasingly evident as greenhouse gas emissions increase worldwide an... more Global warming is becoming increasingly evident as greenhouse gas emissions increase worldwide and affect the environment, health and economy. Many Southeast Asian countries face this reality and hence they are concerned about setting and achieving an effective emission reduction strategy. As such, this study analyzes and compares emission reduction targets on selected Southeast Asian countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, by using a long-run Regional Dynamic Integrated Model of the Climate and Economy (RdICME). This study considers the comparative outcomes of BAU (Business as Usual: base case) and INDC (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) scenarios for the 40-year period from 2010 to 2050. According to BAU scenario, carbon emissions are projected to gradually increase in all countries; however, if Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand apply their INDC targets as agreed upon in the 2015 Paris Agreement, all three countries will experience significant emissions r...
This study explores disaster experiences and preparedness of the disaster affected Orang Asli fam... more This study explores disaster experiences and preparedness of the disaster affected Orang Asli families in Tasik Chini, Malaysia. Applying a qualitative research approach, this study was collected data from 10 respondents from 10 families based on convenient sampling and in-depth interview. This study utilises thematic analysis to analyse and report the data. This study revealed that Orang Asli families faced both positive and negative experiences due to disaster. Moreover, disaster preparedness of the families was found to be low. Thus, there is need an inclusive disaster preparedness policy for the Orang Asli families towards building a disaster resilient community.
There is an increasing concern about the relationship between social capital and disaster in the ... more There is an increasing concern about the relationship between social capital and disaster in the contemporary studies of disaster management. This article examines the level of social capital and disaster preparedness of the Orang Asli (indigenous people) families and develops linkage between them. In-depth interviews were carried out by the researcher with 10 Orang Asli families residing in Tasik Chini, Malaysia. Based on a structured questionnaire , this study employed a qualitative data collection technique using descriptive analysis to examine and present the data. The result showed that the majority of the families had a good bonding relationship within and between families, relatives, and neighbors with mutual trust and mutual help also existing among the Orang Asli families. However, Orang Asli families are detached from bridging and linking networks regarding other people, communities, and organizations due to their negative perceptions about the outsider. The study also determined there was low level of disaster preparedness among the Orang Asli families. Moreover, their participation in awareness programs and their willingness to participate in awareness programs and flood management committees were also found to be low. The results indicate nevertheless that the social capital of the Orang Asli families can be utilized for disaster preparedness and response. Thus, this study offers some solutions for mobilizing social capital for disaster preparedness through multi-stakeholder involvement , promoting the Orang Asli families' participation in awareness programs, ensuring their access to resources, prioritizing local values and culture and finally proper planning and coordination for making Orang Asli families more disaster-resilient in Malaysia.
Studies reveal that climate change (CC) has higher negative impacts on agricultural production th... more Studies reveal that climate change (CC) has higher negative impacts on agricultural production than positive impacts. Therefore, this article attempts to explore the impacts of CC on oil palm production in Malaysia and provides mitigation and adaptation strategies towards reducing such impacts. The multiple regression analysis is applied to assess the impacts of CC on oil palm production by using time series data in the period of 1980 to 2010. A negative and significant relationship is found between annual average temperature and oil palm production. If temperature rises by 1 °C, 2 °C, 3 °C, and 4 °C, production of oil palm can decrease from a range of 10 to 41%. This article has also found a negative impact of sea level rise (SLR) on oil palm production. Findings reveal that if areas under oil palm production decrease by 2%, 4%, and 8% due to SLR of 0.5, 1, and 2 m, oil palm production can decrease by 1.98%, 3.96%, and 7.92%, respectively, indicating that CC has a significant impact on the reduction of oil palm production in Malaysia, ultimately affecting the sustainability of oil palm sector in Malaysia. Finally, this study suggests to practice appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies, including promotion and development of climate resilient varieties, soil and water conservation, afforestation, insurance and other risk transfer mechanisms, emission reduction technology, protection of coastal flooding for reducing the impacts of CC on oil palm production.
This article presents the current trends of energy consumption and CO2 emission as well as their ... more This article presents the current trends of energy consumption and CO2 emission as well as their relationship for the five largest Asian economies i.e., People's Republic of China (China), Japan, India, Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Indonesia using the time series data from 1991 to 2014. The total energy consumption has increased by 3.62 times from 1991 to 2014 in China where India, Korea and Indonesia have faced more than double of their energy consumption during that time. However, total CO2 emission in China, India, Korea and Indonesia was increased by 3.5, 2.81, 2.25 and 3.14 times respectively from 1991 to 2014. All the countries except Japan are facing increasing trends of energy consumption and CO2 emission while positive and significant relationship have found between them for all the countries. Thus, the implementation of current policies and emission reduction target of these five countries are presented in this paper.
The environmental changes have a great concern to the environmental scientists, businessmen, gove... more The environmental changes have a great concern to the environmental scientists, businessmen, government and other organizations. This article describes the impact of environmental change on the insurance industry as it works as risk managers, risk carriers and major investors. Insurance companies are in the front line when dealing with environmental change or uncertainty. Extreme weather events pose a huge risk, not just to property insurers, but to health and life insurance providers too. The insurance industry prices products based on past loss experience, relying on statistics and probabilities. Environmental change brings uncertainty and ambiguity into this historical pricing process because past events are no longer a reliable predictor of future events. Insurers demand higher premium with the change of global environment. Although environmental change is beyond our direct control but many cost of environmental change could be avoided by taking action today (mitigation). Insure...
Human development is one of the core considerations of a country’s level of development. This stu... more Human development is one of the core considerations of a country’s level of development. This study focuses on the performance of development indicators highlighting Malaysian scenario among the ASEAN and some other countries of the world. Malaysia has achieved the 61st place in the world according to the performance of human development. In the Human Development Report (HDR) 2011, countries are divided into very high human development, high human development, medium human development and low human development. Malaysia has perceived a good position among the group of high human development countries and ASEAN countries. It has occupied third position among ASEAN countries according to GNI per capita and HDI rank. Income Gini-coefficient of Malaysia is comparatively higher meaning that larger income inequality prevailing in Malaysian nations but it can be noted that very few people of Malaysia live below poverty line just 3.8 percent. Malaysia’s position is quite good in term of eco...
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