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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">NHESSD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions</journal-title>
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<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2195-9269</issn>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/nhess-2016-15</article-id>
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<article-title>Applying IT Communication Technology in Public Awareness and Education for Reducing Hazard Casualty in South East Asia Developing Countries</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Koay</surname>
<given-names>S. P.</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tay</surname>
<given-names>L. T.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chan</surname>
<given-names>H. Y.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Jamaludin</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fukuoka</surname>
<given-names>H.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hazarika</surname>
<given-names>H.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sakai</surname>
<given-names>N.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Lateh</surname>
<given-names>H.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Slope Engineering Branch, Public Works Department, Kuala Lumpur 50582, Malaysia</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Research Institute for Natural Hazards and Disaster Recovery, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan</addr-line>
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<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan</addr-line>
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<label>5</label>
<addr-line>National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba 305-0006, Japan</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>19</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2016</year>
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<volume>2016</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>13</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2016 S. P. Koay et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
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<p>In developing countries, especially most of South East Asia countries, every year landslides, mudslides and flood occur during monsoon rainy season and cause casualties not only in rural areas, but also in urban areas. Public
awareness and education activities are important to reduce the casualties of such natural disasters. Nowadays, IT communication technology plays an important role in disseminating information and education. Lately, applying IT communication technology for public awareness on natural hazard becomes a trend among government authorities in these countries. 
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We begin our study in Malaysia on how to reduce landslides casualty for future natural hazard management in 
These developing countries. For a better understanding on the occurrence of landslides, besides the mechnism 
On how landslides occur, collecting historical data with location coordinates were carried out and stored in database periodically. Public can browse these historical data via internet and know which areas are more prone to landslides occurrence.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; 
At the same time, IT communication technology was used to disseminate alert information after receiving rainfall intensity data from the monitering sites. It was also more efficient to conduct the public and school children awareness education by using such technology, as the simulation of rainfall induced slope failure mechanism and educational video on symptoms of landslides before they occur may give a clearer picture and better understanding to the public and school children.</p>
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