- Title
- Flood knowledge management by multiple stakeholders
- Creator
- Along, Nurul Zainab Binti
- Relation
- University of Newcastle Research Higher Degree Thesis
- Resource Type
- thesis
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Description
- The conundrum of local knowledge being inferior to scientific knowledge has long existed. However, evidence shows that local knowledge has helped local communities to survive, adapt, and cope with disasters. Local knowledge has often assisted where scientific knowledge has failed to solve the complexity of environmental issues. Scientific knowledge—despite being recognised as superior in various fields due to universal testing and approval—sometimes fails to accommodate what local communities manage to solve. This happens to both local and scientific knowledge if discrete views are expressed. Instead of competing with each other’s knowledge capabilities, they should be viewed as complementary. Different stakeholders hold different types of knowledge in their area of interest. In this context, this study looks at disasters or flood context. Disasters or floods may appear messy, unpredictable, with unsorted and unorganised forms of data, information, and knowledge. With multiple stakeholders each holding local and scientific knowledge respectively, these stakeholders should successfully manage the complexities of knowledge and disasters. Multiple stakeholders might struggle to implement their own knowledge to the area of interest. Thus, this study will look into multiple stakeholders in the district of Pekan, the state of Pahang, Malaysia, and how these multiple stakeholders manage flood hazards with their different types of knowledge. This case study uses Malay, Orang Asli, and humanitarian organisations in the Pekan district as the stakeholders in this study. In-depth interviews were undertaken to elicit responses to: ● flood governance ● flood management and cycle ● roles of each stakeholder ● knowledge management ● local knowledge ● types of knowledge formed. The results highlight the conceptual framework based on the case study. The differences between the proposed framework and the resulting framework is also highlighted. The generic lessons learned from the framework is also discussed, together with the barrier to implementation.
- Subject
- flood risk management; multiple stakeholders; flood knowledge; local knowledge
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1426922
- Identifier
- uon:38490
- Rights
- Copyright 2021 Nurul Zainab Binti Along
- Language
- eng
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