Flood Impacts on Economic Factor in Kelantan, Malaysia
Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin1, Nurul Syafiqah Muhammad2, Muhammad Hafiz Md Saad3, Noorjima Abd Wahab4
1Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin, Faculty of Applied Social Science (FSSG) and East Coast Environmental Research Institute (ESERI), Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
2Nurul Syafiqah Muhammad, Faculty of Applied Social Science (FSSG), Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
3Muhammad Hafiz Md Saad, East Coast Environmental Research Institute (ESERI), Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
4Noorjima Abd Wahab, East Coast Environmental Research Institute (ESERI), Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Manuscript received on 15 February 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 06 March 2019 | Manuscript Published on 08 June 2019 | PP: 509-511 | Volume-7 Issue-5S4, February 2019 | Retrieval Number: E11080275S419/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: Floods are common natural disaster occurring in most parts of the world. Report from Department of Irrigation and Drainage expressed that around 29,000 km2 or 9% of aggregate land zone and more than 4.82 million individual’s (22%) is influenced by flooding every year. Kelantan has experienced a massive flood on 2014, which made some colonies flooded with water during the monsoon season. The floods that occurred in this monsoon season had given a lot of impact towards the population of Kelantan itself, especially in terms of property destruction. So, the study was conducted to identify the impact of flood to economic factor in Kelantan, Malaysia. Based on this study, the result show effect on the overall economy. The outcomes of atmosphere change on the four market affect classifications (agriculture, river floods, coastal systems, and tourism) can be esteemed in financial terms since they specifically influence sectoral markets and through the cross-part linkages the general economy.
Keywords: Economy, Flood Impacts, Monsoon Season, Kelantan, Natural Disaster.
Scope of the Article: Software Economics