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'Disasters can be reduced substantially if people are well informed about measures they can take to reduce vulnerabilities' said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Deputy Prime Minister....

A series of ArcGIS® tools have been built to define the evacuation routes using G.I.S. spatial analysis techniques; the tools are assembled into the EVACUATION ROUTES TOOLS ArcGIS® toolbox that will allow users to apply the method to their own case study

The Federal Department of Town and Country Planning has commenced a new project to identify and map geo-hazards like floods, landslides and fires in all local council areas in Peninsular Malaysia....

Natural disasters and poverty reduction were among the proposed projects discussed at the ministerial meeting of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) held in Singapore this week....

This update marks six months since a massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered the worst natural catastrophe in living memory. Within this relatively short period of time, a great deal has changed: the dead have been buried, the homeless have

'If we can reduce our own fear even a little bit by knowing what to do, we might be able to do better in terms of survival,' said Dr Steven Chow, President of the Federation of Private Medical Practitioners’ Association of Malaysia....

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