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The Analysis of Knowledge, Awareness and Disaster Experience on Youth Disaster Preparedness in Selangor Malaysia

Authors
Asiyah Kassim1, *, Wan Nur Izzaty Anis Wan Hamad Kamal2, Erna Setijaningrum3
1Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
2Faculty of Administrative Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
3Faculty of Social and Political Science, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: asiyah@uitm.edu.my
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Asiyah Kassim
Available Online 5 August 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-791-5_70How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Awareness; Disaster Experience; Disaster Preparedness; Knowledge; Youth
Abstract

Climate changes resulted from both uncertain complex natural climate variability and human actions has exacerbated the disaster scenario in Malaysia. Despite frequent disaster occurrences and the issue become the centre of discussion among the policy makers and the public at large, there were still limited research that explore the social and policy dimension of disaster preparedness, let alone research that give attention to youth. Therefore, this study aims to examine the correlation of awareness and knowledge with disaster preparedness and to ascertain the moderating influence of disaster experience among 381 youth respondents in Selangor, Malaysia using a survey. The study found a significant relationship between awareness and knowledge with disaster preparedness. Meanwhile, disaster experience has no moderating influence on awareness but has influence on knowledge with disaster preparedness. This study suggests that efforts in enhancing and maintaining a high degree of disaster preparedness are indeed a continuous quest and should be done consistently through vigorous awareness campaigns on various channels. Moreover, instilling the knowledge of preparedness at every educational level is central to building generation that could manage disaster effectively.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Administrative Science (ICAS 2024)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
5 August 2025
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978-94-6463-791-5
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2352-5398
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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