Ahmad Azan Ridzuan, Mohd Juraimy Hj Kadir, Safar Yaacob, Rina Suryani Oktari, Noor Azmi Mohd Zainol, Mazura Mat Zain
This study was conducted to measure the relationship between community resilience elements (community education, community engagement, community leadership) and community preparedness using questionnaires gathered from 318 samples of the Bukit Antarabangsa community at Ampang Jaya Municipal in Malaysia. The outcomes of SmartPLS path model showed three important findings: firstly, community education significantly correlated with community preparedness. Second, community engagement significantly correlated with community preparedness.Third, community leadership significantly correlated with community preparedness. Statistically, this result confirms that the implementation of community resilience elements such as community education, community engagement, and community leadership act as an important determinant of community preparedness towards disasters in the studied community area sample. In addition, discussion, implications and conclusion are elaborated.
Faculty of Defence Studies and Management, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 57000, Malaysia; Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Centre (TDMRC), Faculty of Medicine, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, 23233, Indonesia
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