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IMPROVING FLOOD MANAGEMENT, PREDICTION AND MONITORING

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COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT VOLUME 20

IMPROVING FLOOD MANAGEMENT, PREDICTION AND MONITORING: CASE STUDIES IN ASIA

EDITED BY

ZULKIFLI YUSOP

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

AZMI ARIS

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

NOR ELIZA ALIAS

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

KOGILA VANI ANNAMMALA

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

WILLIAM L. WAUGH, JR

Georgia State University, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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ISSN: 2040-7262 (Series)

Editor Biographies

Series Editor

William L. Waugh, Jr is a Professor of Public Administration, Urban Studies and Political Science. He is internationally recognized for his work on disaster policy and local and regional capacity-building. He is the author of Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disaster: An Introduction to Disaster Management (2000) among others.

Volume Editors

Zulkifli Yusop is a Professor of Environmental Hydrology and Dean of Sustainable Resources Research Alliance at UTM, He has strong national and international linkages with the Malaysian International Hydrological Program, Malaysian Water Association, International Water Association, European Union (EU) and others through research and consultancy services.

Azmi Aris is a Professor of Environmental Engineering and the Director of Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), UTM. He specializes in water pollution control. He works closely with government and private agencies for the protection of the water environment and sustainable management of water resources.

Nor Eliza Alias is a Senior Lecturer in School of Civil Engineering and a research fellow of the Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), UTM. She is involved in national and international research and consultancies projects related to extreme rainfall events, flood, disaster management and climate change.

Kogila Vani Annammala is a Senior Lecturer in School of Civil Engineering and a research fellow of the Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), UTM . Her research focuses on erosion and sediment sources and transport using natural and artificial sediment properties in exploring catchment response to disturbances.

About the Authors

Faizuan Abdullah is a Post-doctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Earth Science at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. He completed his PhD and undergraduate studies at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in the field of Chemistry. His research interests lie in the area of analytical chemistry, ranging from theory to design to implementation.

Izzah Syazwani Ahmad is a Master’s Student of Medical Science (Community Health) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her current research is ‘Vaping among University Students’. She is involved with several research in the field of public health and an active member in community volunteerism and outreach community health programme.

Norhaiza Ahmad is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Her interest in research includes hydroinformatics and bioinformatics. She is co-author of several books including Basic Statistics for Science and Education and Statistical Modelling in Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Norulhusna Ahmad graduated from UTM with Bachelor, Master and PhD in Electrical Engineering. Her expertise is on the area of digital signal processing and wireless communication, and interests are on future communication such as 5G and cognitive radio focusing on error correcting codes, OFDM and resource allocation.

Robiah Ahmad received her BSc Electrical Engineering from the University of Evansville, USA, MSc IT for Manufacture from University of Warwick, UK and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UTM. She published over 70 peer-reviewed international journal papers/proceedings related to instrumentation, control, system modeling and identification and evolutionary computation.

Nor Eliza Alias is currently a Senior Lecturer in School of Civil Engineering and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She is involved in research and consultancies projects related to extreme rainfall events, flood, disaster management and climate change.

Nurul Ashikin Alias is currently a PhD candidate at Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), UKM. Her field of research is on the vulnerability and socio-economic impact of flood catastrophes.

Kogila Vani Annammala is a Senior Lecturer at UTM. She obtained her PhD from Universiti Malaysia Sabah in collaboration with Swansea and Plymouth University. Her research focuses on erosion and sediment sources and transport using natural and artificial sediment properties such as fallout radionuclides in exploring catchment response to disturbances.

Hamdan Basri is a Software Developer at Sustainable Technology and Environment Group (STEG), Institute of Energy Infrastructure, UNITEN.

Hidayah Basri is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering Department at UNITEN. Her research area is reservoir inflow forecasting. She has been involved in various dam break modelling and analysis for TNB Hydropower Dam as well as in development of Emergency Response Plan (ERP) under TNB Dam Safety Program.

Tariqur Rahman Bhuiyan obtained his Bachelor and Master of Arts (Finance) from International Islamic University Malaysia. He is a PhD Candidate at the Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI), Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His area of research is in disaster risk reduction.

Kawi Bidin is a Professor in Faculty of Science and Natural Resources of UMS. He holds a PhD from Lancaster University, United Kingdom. His main field of expertise is in environmental hydrology, modelling of forest structure for characterization of tropical hydrological process in different disturbance regime and local hydroclimatic events.

William H. Blake is a Professor in School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth. He specialises in the application of sediment tracing technology to examine fine sediment sources and budgets in catchments. His current works are in the UK, Malaysia, Australia, Greece and Canada and Fukushima, Japan.

Er Ah Choy obtained a PhD from Wageningen University, Netherlands, and Bachelor and Master of Arts (Economics) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Her research interests are on sustainable development and environmental management. She is a Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM.

Salwani Mohd Daud has a degree in Electronics Engineering from University of Liverpool and Master and PhD degrees in Electrical Eng. from UTM. Her main expertise is in intelligent, computer and biomedical systems engineering and engineering education. She is a Professor in Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, UTM, Kuala Lumpur.

Rudzidatul Akmam Dziyauddin is a Senior Lecturer in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia with a BEng in Electrical and Electronics. She received her MSc in Information Technology and Science Qualitative from Universiti Teknologi MARA and PhD from University of Bristol, UK.

Rospidah Ghazali has expertise in economic development. Her publications include Pembangunan Lestari di Malaysia: Harapan dan Kenyataan (2014) and Linking Rural Poverty and Environment: Governance and Sustainable Development Policies (2008) in which she as a co-author.

Arien Heryansyah is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor (UIKA Bogor). His research interest includes hydrology modelling, hydro informatics, watershed and water management. He has co-authored several books related to water management, eco-hydrology, integrated water resource management and climate change.

Rozita Hod is a Public Health Physician. She specialises in Environmental Health and holds a PhD in Environmental and Development. She is also a consultant to the Ministry of Health and Department of Environment, Malaysia. Her research interest is on health impacts of climate change.

Idayu Badilla Idris is a Medical Doctor with a PhD in Health Sciences from Warwick University, UK. She is the Head of Research of the Emotional and Behavioural Problems among Adolescents in Malaysia and currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, UKMMC.

Nor Diana Mohd Idris has expertise in environmental economics and development, poverty studies, sustainable livelihood, poverty alleviation, sustainable livelihood and socio-economic impacts studies. She involves in research projects in natural hazard socio-economic impacts, poverty and sustainability, rural development and sustainable livelihood funded by Ministry of Higher Education and UKM.

Nurul Iman Mohd Sa’at is a Post-graduate Student in faculty of Advanced Informatics School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. She obtained her first degree in Mechatronics Engineering from International Islamic University Malaysia in 2012. She was a research member of IOT devices development lab at Advanced Informatics School, UTM Kuala Lumpur and currently the faculty changed to Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics.

Mohd Khairi Ismail is a PhD Candidate at Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His research interests are economic development and agriculture economic.

Aaishah Radziah Jamaludin received her BSc in Science (Health Physics) in 2008 and Master of Philosophy (Mathematics) in 2017. She is currently a PhD Candidate in Mathematics. Her research interests include time series, pollution-related diseases, count data analysis and climate change.

Ibrahim Lawal Kane is currently Head of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Nigeria. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Statistics from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2014). His research interests include applied statistics and time series analysis.

Lloyd Ling is the Deputy Chair of the Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction and an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Department at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia. He is an active consultant of National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia, housing developer and building material manufacturer in Malaysia.

Jun Xiu Low is a Master’s Student at School of Civil Engineering, UTM.

Nur Syazwin Mansor is a Postgraduate Student pursuing her doctorate degree in Mathematics at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

Teddy Mantoro is currently with USBI-Sampoerna University. He received his PhD from the Australian National University and master degree from School of Advanced Technologies, the AIT, Bangkok. His research interests focus on intelligent environment, pervasive/ubiquitous computing, context aware computing, mobile computing, information security, wireless sensor network and intelligent environment.

Shazwin Mat Taib is a Senior Lecturer at School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Her research works are established in resource recovery niche area mainly focus on co-benefits of solid waste management and sustainable consumption approach. She is also active in disaster management research and consultancies.

Hairun Aishah Mohiyaden is a Research Engineer at Sustainable Technology and Environment Group (STEG), Institute of Energy Infrastructure, UNITEN. She is actively working for various research and consultancy projects related to dam break modelling and dam safety.

Rashidi Sibri Muda is a Senior Researcher from TNB Research Sdn Bhd. He has over 15 years of experience working with Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). His research area is in dam break modelling, emergency response plan and community-based disaster management.

Anand Nainar has been studying hydrology, sediment and morphology of different land-uses (natural forests, logged, plantations) in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. He is now based in the Ecohydrology Research Institute, University of Tokyo, investigating hydrological and erosional dynamics as well as management practices in various Japanese forests.

Azmawati Mohammed Nawi is a trained Medical Doctor from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She obtained her master’s in Public Health (Epidemiology and Statistics) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her research interest is more on non-communicable disease and clinical prediction model using traditional statistic and machine learning.

Siti Mariam Norrulashikin obtained a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Mathematics from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Master of Applied Statistics from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Currently a PhD candidate in Mathematics from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, her research interest includes multivariate time series analysis and climate change.

Joy Jacqueline Pereira obtained a PhD from University of Malaya in 1996, Master of Science from The University of Leicester in 1991 and Bachelor of Science from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1989. She is a Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM).

Khuneswari Gopal Pillay obtained her BSc (Mathematics with Economics) from Universiti Malaysia Sabah and doctorate in Statistical Modeling from University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. She is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. Her major field of study is Statistical Modelling.

Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh is a trained Medical Doctor. Her PhD was on Health Economics from the United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health. She was a consultant to the Ministry of Human Resource on occupational diseases related burden and Ministry of Higher Education on prevalence of electronic cigarette among university students.

Muhammad Wafiy Adli Ramli received his BSc in Geoinformatics in 2014 and Master of Engineering in Environmental Management in 2016. He is currently a PhD candidate in Civil Engineering. His research interest includes disaster management, geographical information system (GIS) and environmental management.

Mohammad Imam Hasan Reza obtained a PhD from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2012. He obtained his Bachelor and Master of Science from Chittagong University, Bangladesh. He is a Fellow at the Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI), Institute for Environment & Development (LESTARI), UKM.

Nur Farazuien Md. Said is a Research Engineer at Sustainable Technology and Environment Group (STEG), Institute of Energy Infrastructure, UNITEN. She is actively working for various research and consultancy projects related to dam break modelling and dam safety.

Norizzati Salleh received her Master of Philosophy in Mathematics from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2017 and is currently providing services as Foundation Assistant Lecturer in Multimedia University, Malaysia.

Nurul Syarafina Shahrir received her Bachelor of Engineering (Computer and Communication Systems from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2014 and Msc (Systems Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2016. Her area of studies and interest are wireless communication and optical communication systems.

Poi Ngian Shek is currently a Senior Lecturer and a research head for R&D and Commercialization in UTM Construction Research Centre (UTM-CRC). His primary research interests are in the field of steel connection, multi-storey steel frame, light steel framing system, steel and composite structure and load bearing interlocking block system.

Lariyah Mohd Sidek is a Professor of Civil Engineering Department at UNITEN. She has been involved in numerous researches and consultancy services in water resources, dam safety, hydrodynamic modelling, dam break analysis, reservoir sedimentation and flood forecasting. She has published over 300 articles and been awarded for various design inventions.

Chamhuri Siwar has expertise in environmental economics, poverty studies and sustainable livelihoods, agricultural and rural development. He has authored various publications such as Pembangunan Lestari di Malaysia: Harapan dan Kenyataan and Linking Rural Poverty and Environment: Governance and Sustainable Development Policies among others.

Dhinesh Sugumaran obtained his BSc (Industrial Chemistry) from UTM in year 2017, majoring in Polymer Chemistry and Analytic Chemistry . He is currently a fast track PhD researcher in Department of Water and Environmental Studies at UTM focusing on environmental forensics using trace elements and radionuclide tracers.

Mohd Raihan Taha is currently the Director of LESTARI, UKM. His expertise is in civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental issues and assessment, groundwater contamination and nanotechnology. He played role as a Project Leader in the research entitled ‘Integrated Water Resources Management Approach for Supporting Integrated Flood Disaster Management Decisions’.

Mahmood Md Tahir is a Professor in Department of Structures and Materials, Faculty of Civil Engineering and a Senior Director of UTM’s Institute for Smart Infrastructures and Innovative Construction. He specialized in research and consultancies related to the interlocking block construction, composite beam construction and structural steel design.

Rory Peter Dominic Walsh is a Professor in Physical Geography at Swansea University. His main research foci include drainage networks and hydro-geomorphological processes in the humid tropics; sediment fingerprinting, forest fires and land management He has carried out researches in the Caribbean, Sudan, Sarawak and Sabah, as well as Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Portugal.

Mohd Ruzaimei Yalit is a Research Engineer at Sustainable Technology and Environment Group (STEG), Institute of Energy Infrastructure, UNITEN. He is actively working for various research and consultancy projects related to dam break modelling and dam safety.

Fadhilah Yusof is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science. She is currently the Head, Department of Mathematical Sciences, and the Group Leader for climate change research under Resource Sustainability Research Alliance. Her research interest includes modelling drought episodes and rainfall events using statistical, stochastic and time series analysis.

Abdull Rahim Mohd Yusoff is a Professor in Chemistry and Senior Director of Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research in UTM. He is a well-experienced consultant for many government and non-government projects. His research foci are on environmental chemistry, water quality, dyes and wastewater treatments.

Zulkifli Yusop is a Professor of Environmental Hydrology and Dean of Sustainable Resources Research Alliance at UTM, Malaysia. He has strong national and international linkages with the Malaysian International Hydrological Program, Malaysian Water Association, International Water Association, European Union (EU) and others through research and consultancy services.

Acknowledgement

This volume of the Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management book series focuses on improving flood management, prediction and monitoring based on case studies particularly in Malaysia. The chapters included in the volume consist of research papers presented at the Conference on Flood Catastrophes in a Changing Environment jointly co-organized by the Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Asian Network on Climate Science and Technology (ANCST), Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute (SEADPRI) – Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) on 15–16 November 2016 at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia City Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The theme of this volume is unique and rather peculiar ‘Integrating EVERYTHING’. This does not mean that there is paucity in focus, but it is to reflect the complexity involved in order to deal with issues regarding calamity or catastrophes. This volume is aimed to cover three main phases that may be simplified as triple Ps: Pre-disaster, Present/during disaster and Post-disaster. These processes involve immense planning, formulation of strategy, preparedness at all levels including the community, early warning system, rescue operation and dealing with the traumatized victims. The volume is hoped to broadly cover various disciplines and matters related to flood management. It is fortunate to have authors and contributors who are expert in flood disaster related fields to share experiences, ideas and view of and solutions that can be implemented to improve flood management and flood risk reduction in Asia particularly in Malaysia.