Examining The Role Of Civic Networks, Technology And Institutional Supports For Disaster Preparedness In Malaysia

Despite comprehensive disaster management mechanisms, civic networks, technology and institutional impact on Malaysians affected by disasters remain little understood. Recent episodes of flood and landslide disasters have increased the need to deepen our understanding on the roles of these crucial f...

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Main Author:	Alawanthan, Dinesh
Format:	Thesis
Published:	2017
Subjects:	HV551.2-639 Emergency management
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spelling	my-mmu-ep.71592018-05-25T08:56:48Z Examining The Role Of Civic Networks, Technology And Institutional Supports For Disaster Preparedness In Malaysia 2017-05 Alawanthan, Dinesh HV551.2-639 Emergency management Despite comprehensive disaster management mechanisms, civic networks, technology and institutional impact on Malaysians affected by disasters remain little understood. Recent episodes of flood and landslide disasters have increased the need to deepen our understanding on the roles of these crucial factors for knowledge-based disaster response and preparedness system. This study aimed to empirically response to recent calls for the role of civic networks in mediating disaster preparedness and it’s two other critical factors: technology supports and institutional supports, so as to deepen nuanced understanding on its social capital perspective. This study utilized two theoretical approaches: social capital theory to reflect as civic networks and technology supports refers to the feature of knowledge-based systems model. In this context, pertinent civic networks, knowledge-based technology supports and institutional supports literature for disaster were examined to suggest individual’s impact of disaster preparedness as mediated by civic networks precursors: norms, networks and social trust. 2017-05 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/7159/ http://library.mmu.edu.my/diglib/onlinedb/dig_lib.php masters Multimedia University Faculty of Management
institution	Multimedia University
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topic	HV551.2-639 Emergency management
spellingShingle	HV551.2-639 Emergency management Alawanthan, Dinesh Examining The Role Of Civic Networks, Technology And Institutional Supports For Disaster Preparedness In Malaysia
description	Despite comprehensive disaster management mechanisms, civic networks, technology and institutional impact on Malaysians affected by disasters remain little understood. Recent episodes of flood and landslide disasters have increased the need to deepen our understanding on the roles of these crucial factors for knowledge-based disaster response and preparedness system. This study aimed to empirically response to recent calls for the role of civic networks in mediating disaster preparedness and it’s two other critical factors: technology supports and institutional supports, so as to deepen nuanced understanding on its social capital perspective. This study utilized two theoretical approaches: social capital theory to reflect as civic networks and technology supports refers to the feature of knowledge-based systems model. In this context, pertinent civic networks, knowledge-based technology supports and institutional supports literature for disaster were examined to suggest individual’s impact of disaster preparedness as mediated by civic networks precursors: norms, networks and social trust.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Alawanthan, Dinesh
author_facet	Alawanthan, Dinesh
author_sort	Alawanthan, Dinesh
title	Examining The Role Of Civic Networks, Technology And Institutional Supports For Disaster Preparedness In Malaysia
title_short	Examining The Role Of Civic Networks, Technology And Institutional Supports For Disaster Preparedness In Malaysia
title_full	Examining The Role Of Civic Networks, Technology And Institutional Supports For Disaster Preparedness In Malaysia
title_fullStr	Examining The Role Of Civic Networks, Technology And Institutional Supports For Disaster Preparedness In Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Examining The Role Of Civic Networks, Technology And Institutional Supports For Disaster Preparedness In Malaysia
title_sort	examining the role of civic networks, technology and institutional supports for disaster preparedness in malaysia
granting_institution	Multimedia University
granting_department	Faculty of Management
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