Research questions |
Research objectives |
Research methodologies |
Methods of analysis |
What are the minimum shelter design standards in a flood evacuation centre? |
To determine the shelter design standards in current flood evacuation centre |
Document analysis |
Content analysis and validation survey with disaster experts |
What are the current space allocations and designs in a flood evacuation centre? To what extend have the centres in Malaysia comply to the shelter standards? |
To determine the designs and spaces provided (and its compliance to shelter standards) in current flood evacuation centre |
Case study |
Crosschecking with building checklist and thematic analysis site observation |
How can these standards and spaces be formed to create resilient factors in a flood evacuation centre? |
To define the resilience factors of the centre and to give measures of resilience to centre. |
Semi-structured interviews |
Transcribing interviews for construct validity and reliability |