Building social resilience after the 2014 flood disaster

Nur Hafizah Yusoff, . and Sarina Yusoff, . Building social resilience after the 2014 flood disaster. pp. 1709-1722. ISSN 0128-7702

The 2014 flood disaster has brought physical destruction damage as well as social disruption that caused normal life to become less stable. A state of social equilibrium needs to be restored through effective restoration solutions to normalise life after the disaster. This qualitative research aims to identify two main issues namely social disruption and social resilience by utilising a case study of the 2014 flood disaster in Hulu Dungun Terengganu. A total of 15 victims were selected using the purposive sampling method based on a set of defined criteria“the data collection method comprised of in-depth interviews and non-participant observation. The data were analysed through thematic analysis techniques. The results showed that the disruption suffered by the victims included disruption of social roles the uncertainty of employment instability of social routine and collective trauma. However the availability of social resilience had enabled the victims to rebuild their lives after flood disasters and restore the normal or stable situations of social equilibrium. The research is expected to contribute to environmental sociology that has yet to receive widespread attention from sociological researchers in Malaysia. This research is a meaningful effort towards promoting and increasing the environmental sociology study which to date remains disoriented.

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Abstract

The 2014 flood disaster has brought physical destruction damage as well as social disruption that caused normal life to become less stable. A state of social equilibrium needs to be restored through effective restoration solutions to normalise life after the disaster. This qualitative research aims to identify two main issues namely social disruption and social resilience by utilising a case study of the 2014 flood disaster in Hulu Dungun Terengganu. A total of 15 victims were selected using the purposive sampling method based on a set of defined criteria“the data collection method comprised of in-depth interviews and non-participant observation. The data were analysed through thematic analysis techniques. The results showed that the disruption suffered by the victims included disruption of social roles the uncertainty of employment instability of social routine and collective trauma. However the availability of social resilience had enabled the victims to rebuild their lives after flood disasters and restore the normal or stable situations of social equilibrium. The research is expected to contribute to environmental sociology that has yet to receive widespread attention from sociological researchers in Malaysia. This research is a meaningful effort towards promoting and increasing the environmental sociology study which to date remains disoriented.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Flooding
AGROVOC Term:	Community involvement
AGROVOC Term:	Sampling
AGROVOC Term:	Interviews
AGROVOC Term:	Social conditions
AGROVOC Term:	Weather hazards
AGROVOC Term:	Economic recovery
AGROVOC Term:	disaster relief
AGROVOC Term:	Safety
AGROVOC Term:	Risk management
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10316

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