Ngai Weng Chan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1406124 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ngai Weng Chan |
| NOMBRES | Ngai Weng |
| APELLIDO | Chan |
| FIRMA | CHAN N W |
| AFILIACIONES | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3257-3922 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1995 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Strategies to strengthen institutional capacities for climate-resilient coastal socio-ecological systems in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s coastal socio-ecological systems face severe climate-related stresses, including sea-level rise, cyclones, salinity intrusion, and flooding. Strengthening resilience in these systems depends on institutional capacity, yet national policies are rarely informed by evidence on how institutions operate at local levels. This study presents an empirically grounded, multi-scalar assessment of institutional strengths, weaknesses, opportuniti…
Multidimensional poverty measurement and spatial–temporal pattern analysis at county level in the arid area of Xinjiang, China
Coupled analysis of new urbanization quality (NUQ) and eco-environmental carrying capacity (Eecc) of prefecture-level and above cities in China during 2003–2016
Designing adaptation pathways for flood-affected households in Bangladesh
Systems thinking approach for analysing non-revenue water management reform in Malaysia
High volumes of non-revenue water (NRW) threaten water security in many developing countries. The traditional technocentric water management regime largely neglects social and systemic complexities that need to be addressed for successful reform. This paper explores the challenges of water sector reform and NRW reduction in Malaysia to identify possible drivers that can accelerate the NRW management reform. The analysis uses a system thinking app…
Sustainability of rice production systems
Rice farming sustainability assessment in Bangladesh
Management of flood disasters in the Jianghan Plain, China
This study examines the causes of flood disasters in Jianghan Plain, China and provides practical solutions to mitigate them. Results from this study indicate that both historical archives and more recent recorded data point to an increasing frequency in flood disasters since 1961. Furthermore, damage and losses from flood disasters have also increased significantly in the region. By analyzing the physical geographic factors and human activities,…
Environmental hazards associated with hill land development in Penang Island, Malaysia
Increasingly, land is a scarce resource which is much sought after in Penang Island, Malaysia. This is because Penang is largely made up of steep topography and much of the lowland areas are already developed. Penang is one of the many rapidly industrialising states in Malaysia with a largely urban populace. In recent decades, efforts at industrialisation and the development of other economic sectors have been intensified, leading to greater urba…
Responding to landslide hazards in rapidly developing Malaysia
Malaysia is an ex‐colonial, newly‐industrialising country, with a sustained high economic growth rate averaging eight per cent GDP per annum over the past ten years. Within such a rapidly booming economy, the pace of social, economic and political change is fast, as is the pace of technological change. Other things being equal, these are the changes in which environmental hazards can be magnified. As a result of rapid economic development, physic…
Increasing flood risk in Malaysia
Discusses flood risk in Malaysia, which has increased alarmingly in recent decades largely due to changing physical characteristics of the hydrological system caused by human activities: continued development of already densely populated flood plains, encroachment on flood‐prone areas, destruction of forests and hill slopes development. Flood losses are high but disastrous flood events which occurred in the past as a consequence of rapid developm…
Institutional Arrangements for Flood Hazards in Malaysia
Institutional aspects of flood hazards significantly affect their outcomes in Malaysia. Institutional arrangements to deal with floods include: legislative activity, organisational structures, attitudes and sub-culture, and policies and instruments. When assessed in terms of four specific criteria, institutional aspects of flood hazards are found to be largely inadequate. Disaster reduction programmes are over-dependent on a reactive approach bas…
Response to Dynamic Flood Hazard Factors in Peninsular Malaysia
Rapidly-industrializing, developing countries face increasing environmental disaster potential. Rising disaster losses are an indicator of non-sustainable development. Analysis of flood hazard in peninsular Malaysia exemplifies these problems. Malaysia has a rapidly-growing economy and evidence suggests that the flood hazard is worsening largely because of rapid urbanization and development. This is revealed by analysing trends in five 'flood haz…
Flood disaster management in Malaysia
In disaster management, relocation/resettlement is more often seen as the worst option as it gives the impression that nothing else can be done about the hazard and people have to be moved. Relocation is unpopular, as plans to relocate entire communities are costly, mainly because of the need to acquire alternative locations and the provision of housing for those resettled. More significantly, at least on the part of those being relocated, it pro…
Choice and Constraints in Floodplain Occupation
In Peninsular Malaysia 'structural' factors are found to influence strongly people's persistent occupation of floodplains. Thus, despite a high level of flood hazard awareness, a high level of pessimism and a high level of expectation of future floods, poorer individuals seldom attempt to leave for more advantageous locations but are instead trapped in their present locations by structural factors such as poverty, low residential and occupational…
Response to Dynamic Flood Hazard Factors in Peninsular Malaysia
Rapidly-industrializing, developing countries face increasing environmental disaster potential. Rising disaster losses are an indicator of non-sustainable development. Analysis of flood hazard in peninsular Malaysia exemplifies these problems. Malaysia has a rapidly-growing economy and evidence suggests that the flood hazard is worsening largely because of rapid urbanization and development. This is revealed by analysing trends in five 'flood haz…
Choice and Constraints in Floodplain Occupation
In Peninsular Malaysia 'structural' factors are found to influence strongly people's persistent occupation of floodplains. Thus, despite a high level of flood hazard awareness, a high level of pessimism and a high level of expectation of future floods, poorer individuals seldom attempt to leave for more advantageous locations but are instead trapped in their present locations by structural factors such as poverty, low residential and occupational…
Rice farming sustainability assessment in Bangladesh
Institutional Arrangements for Flood Hazards in Malaysia
Institutional aspects of flood hazards significantly affect their outcomes in Malaysia. Institutional arrangements to deal with floods include: legislative activity, organisational structures, attitudes and sub-culture, and policies and instruments. When assessed in terms of four specific criteria, institutional aspects of flood hazards are found to be largely inadequate. Disaster reduction programmes are over-dependent on a reactive approach bas…
Flood disaster management in Malaysia
In disaster management, relocation/resettlement is more often seen as the worst option as it gives the impression that nothing else can be done about the hazard and people have to be moved. Relocation is unpopular, as plans to relocate entire communities are costly, mainly because of the need to acquire alternative locations and the provision of housing for those resettled. More significantly, at least on the part of those being relocated, it pro…
Choice and Constraints in Floodplain Occupation
In Peninsular Malaysia 'structural' factors are found to influence strongly people's persistent occupation of floodplains. Thus, despite a high level of flood hazard awareness, a high level of pessimism and a high level of expectation of future floods, poorer individuals seldom attempt to leave for more advantageous locations but are instead trapped in their present locations by structural factors such as poverty, low residential and occupational…
Response to Dynamic Flood Hazard Factors in Peninsular Malaysia
Rapidly-industrializing, developing countries face increasing environmental disaster potential. Rising disaster losses are an indicator of non-sustainable development. Analysis of flood hazard in peninsular Malaysia exemplifies these problems. Malaysia has a rapidly-growing economy and evidence suggests that the flood hazard is worsening largely because of rapid urbanization and development. This is revealed by analysing trends in five 'flood haz…
Increasing flood risk in Malaysia
Discusses flood risk in Malaysia, which has increased alarmingly in recent decades largely due to changing physical characteristics of the hydrological system caused by human activities: continued development of already densely populated flood plains, encroachment on flood‐prone areas, destruction of forests and hill slopes development. Flood losses are high but disastrous flood events which occurred in the past as a consequence of rapid developm…
Institutional Arrangements for Flood Hazards in Malaysia
Institutional aspects of flood hazards significantly affect their outcomes in Malaysia. Institutional arrangements to deal with floods include: legislative activity, organisational structures, attitudes and sub-culture, and policies and instruments. When assessed in terms of four specific criteria, institutional aspects of flood hazards are found to be largely inadequate. Disaster reduction programmes are over-dependent on a reactive approach bas…
Environmental hazards associated with hill land development in Penang Island, Malaysia
Increasingly, land is a scarce resource which is much sought after in Penang Island, Malaysia. This is because Penang is largely made up of steep topography and much of the lowland areas are already developed. Penang is one of the many rapidly industrialising states in Malaysia with a largely urban populace. In recent decades, efforts at industrialisation and the development of other economic sectors have been intensified, leading to greater urba…
Responding to landslide hazards in rapidly developing Malaysia
Malaysia is an ex‐colonial, newly‐industrialising country, with a sustained high economic growth rate averaging eight per cent GDP per annum over the past ten years. Within such a rapidly booming economy, the pace of social, economic and political change is fast, as is the pace of technological change. Other things being equal, these are the changes in which environmental hazards can be magnified. As a result of rapid economic development, physic…
Management of flood disasters in the Jianghan Plain, China
This study examines the causes of flood disasters in Jianghan Plain, China and provides practical solutions to mitigate them. Results from this study indicate that both historical archives and more recent recorded data point to an increasing frequency in flood disasters since 1961. Furthermore, damage and losses from flood disasters have also increased significantly in the region. By analyzing the physical geographic factors and human activities,…
Rice farming sustainability assessment in Bangladesh
Sustainability of rice production systems
Systems thinking approach for analysing non-revenue water management reform in Malaysia
High volumes of non-revenue water (NRW) threaten water security in many developing countries. The traditional technocentric water management regime largely neglects social and systemic complexities that need to be addressed for successful reform. This paper explores the challenges of water sector reform and NRW reduction in Malaysia to identify possible drivers that can accelerate the NRW management reform. The analysis uses a system thinking app…
Designing adaptation pathways for flood-affected households in Bangladesh
Coupled analysis of new urbanization quality (NUQ) and eco-environmental carrying capacity (Eecc) of prefecture-level and above cities in China during 2003–2016
Multidimensional poverty measurement and spatial–temporal pattern analysis at county level in the arid area of Xinjiang, China
Strategies to strengthen institutional capacities for climate-resilient coastal socio-ecological systems in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s coastal socio-ecological systems face severe climate-related stresses, including sea-level rise, cyclones, salinity intrusion, and flooding. Strengthening resilience in these systems depends on institutional capacity, yet national policies are rarely informed by evidence on how institutions operate at local levels. This study presents an empirically grounded, multi-scalar assessment of institutional strengths, weaknesses, opportuniti…
Geography (13 obras) · Ecology (8 obras) · Economics (8 obras) · Environmental planning (8 obras) · Business (7 obras) · Flood myth (6 obras) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Disaster Management and Resilience (5 obras) · Economic growth (5 obras)