A disaster risk assessment model for the conservation of cultural heritage sites in Melaka Malaysia

There exist ongoing efforts to reduce the exposure of Cultural Heritage Sites (CHSs) to Disaster Risk (DR). However, a complicated issue these efforts face is that of ‘estimation’ whereby no standardised unit exist for assessing the effects of Cultural Heritage (CH) exposed to DR as compared to othe...

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Main Author:	Mansir, Dodo
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	GB Physical geography
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.3172021-07-21T04:28:51Z A disaster risk assessment model for the conservation of cultural heritage sites in Melaka Malaysia 2017-12 Mansir, Dodo GB Physical geography There exist ongoing efforts to reduce the exposure of Cultural Heritage Sites (CHSs) to Disaster Risk (DR). However, a complicated issue these efforts face is that of ‘estimation’ whereby no standardised unit exist for assessing the effects of Cultural Heritage (CH) exposed to DR as compared to other exposed items having standardised assessment units such as; ‘number of people’ for deaths, injured and displaced, ‘dollar’ for economic impact, ‘number of units’ for building stock or animals among others. This issue inhibits the effective assessment of CHSs exposed to DR. Although there exist several DR assessment frameworks for conserving CHSs, the conceptualisation of DR in these studies fall short of good practice such as international strategy for disaster reduction by United Nations which expresses DR to being a hollistic interplay of three variables (hazard, vulnerability and capacity). Adopting such good practice, this research seeks to propose a mechanism of DR assessment aimed at reducing the exposure of CHSs to DR. Quantitative method adopted for data collection involved a survey of 365 respondents at CHSs in Melaka using a structured questionnaire. Similarly, data analysis consisted of a two-step Structural Equation Modelling (measurement and structural modelling). The achievement of the recommended thresholds for unidimensionality, validity and reliability by the measurement models is a testimony to the model fitness for all 8 first-order independent variables and 2 first-order dependent variables. While hazard had a ‘small’ but negative effect, vulnerability had a ‘very large’ but negative effect on the exposure of CHSs to DR. Likewise, capacity had a ‘small’ but positive effect on the exposure of CHSs to DR. The outcome of this study is a Disaster Risk Assessment Model (DRAM) aimed at reducing DR to CHSs. The implication of this research is providing insights on decisions for DR assessment to institutions, policymakers and statutory bodies towards their approach to enhancing the conservation of CHSs. 2017-12 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/317/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/317/1/24p%20DODO%20MANSIR.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/317/2/DODO%20MANSIR%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/317/3/DODO%20MANSIR%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser phd doctoral Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Fakulti Pengurusan Teknologi dan Perniagaan
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spellingShingle	GB Physical geography Mansir, Dodo A disaster risk assessment model for the conservation of cultural heritage sites in Melaka Malaysia
description	There exist ongoing efforts to reduce the exposure of Cultural Heritage Sites (CHSs) to Disaster Risk (DR). However, a complicated issue these efforts face is that of ‘estimation’ whereby no standardised unit exist for assessing the effects of Cultural Heritage (CH) exposed to DR as compared to other exposed items having standardised assessment units such as; ‘number of people’ for deaths, injured and displaced, ‘dollar’ for economic impact, ‘number of units’ for building stock or animals among others. This issue inhibits the effective assessment of CHSs exposed to DR. Although there exist several DR assessment frameworks for conserving CHSs, the conceptualisation of DR in these studies fall short of good practice such as international strategy for disaster reduction by United Nations which expresses DR to being a hollistic interplay of three variables (hazard, vulnerability and capacity). Adopting such good practice, this research seeks to propose a mechanism of DR assessment aimed at reducing the exposure of CHSs to DR. Quantitative method adopted for data collection involved a survey of 365 respondents at CHSs in Melaka using a structured questionnaire. Similarly, data analysis consisted of a two-step Structural Equation Modelling (measurement and structural modelling). The achievement of the recommended thresholds for unidimensionality, validity and reliability by the measurement models is a testimony to the model fitness for all 8 first-order independent variables and 2 first-order dependent variables. While hazard had a ‘small’ but negative effect, vulnerability had a ‘very large’ but negative effect on the exposure of CHSs to DR. Likewise, capacity had a ‘small’ but positive effect on the exposure of CHSs to DR. The outcome of this study is a Disaster Risk Assessment Model (DRAM) aimed at reducing DR to CHSs. The implication of this research is providing insights on decisions for DR assessment to institutions, policymakers and statutory bodies towards their approach to enhancing the conservation of CHSs.
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qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author	Mansir, Dodo
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title	A disaster risk assessment model for the conservation of cultural heritage sites in Melaka Malaysia
title_short	A disaster risk assessment model for the conservation of cultural heritage sites in Melaka Malaysia
title_full	A disaster risk assessment model for the conservation of cultural heritage sites in Melaka Malaysia
title_fullStr	A disaster risk assessment model for the conservation of cultural heritage sites in Melaka Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	A disaster risk assessment model for the conservation of cultural heritage sites in Melaka Malaysia
title_sort	disaster risk assessment model for the conservation of cultural heritage sites in melaka malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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publishDate	2017
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A disaster risk assessment model for the conservation of cultural heritage sites in Melaka Malaysia

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