Vulnerability, Social Capital and Disaster Preparedness: Experiences of the Orang Asli Families in Malaysia

本書探討了社會資本與災難之間日益增加的關注，強調與社會資本和災難、家庭、社區、脆弱性、災難經驗和準備相關的概念定義。作者以馬來西亞當代災難管理案例為重點，探討並建立社會資本水平與原住民Orang Asli人群災難準備之間的聯繫。以Orang Asli家庭為出發點，本書提出了通過多方利益相關者參與來動員社會資本以促進災難準備的解決方案，推動參與意識提升計畫，確保原住民獲得資源，並建議在規劃和協調中優先考慮當地價值觀和文化，以促進馬來西亞、東南亞及其他地區更具災難韌性的社區。本書對於在類似經濟環境中原住民在災難準備方面落後的案例具有廣泛的相關性。這本開創性的書籍是社會學家的優秀資源，彙集了與社會和生態網絡及系統、家庭韌性、壓力和應對機制相關的各種概念和理論。它對於專注於發展中國家災難的研究者，特別是那些關注原住民社區的研究者具有重要意義。

Sumaiya Sadeka obtained her Ph.D. in social work from the National University of Malaysia (UKM). She is working as an Associate Researcher in the Centre for Asian Climate and Environmental Policy Studies (CACEPS), based in Canada . Her major research areas include social capital, disaster preparedness, community resilience, ethnic studies, disaster and climate change.

Mohd Suhaimi Mohamad obtained his Ph.D. in social work from University of Bristol, United Kingdom. He is Associate Professor in the research center for Psychology and Human Well-being at Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He is Director for Professional Development and Leadership Centre in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and former President of the Malaysian Association of Social Workers. He is also Research Fellow at the Tasik Chini Research Centre, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His research and teaching interests include social work, mental health, and marginalized community development which include Orang Asli and Indigenous People in Malaysia.

Md. Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar received his Ph.D. in climatic hazards from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia. He is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Economics and Sociology at Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh. Dr. Sarkar worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia and JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at United Nations University, Tokyo, and KEIO university, Japan. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Centre for Asian Climate and Environmental Policy Studies (CACEPS), Canada. Dr. Sarkar has received a number of fellowships including Zamalah Research University scholarship from UKM, post-doctoral fellowship from Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia, and JSPS post-doctoral fellowship from Japan. His research interests are environmental economics, development economics, energy economics, and climate change and disaster management.

Abul Quasem Al-Amin, Ph.D is currently working as a Senior Fellow, Centre For Asian Climate and Environmental Policy Studies as well as Professor (Ad-j) at the University of Waterloo, Canada. As an accomplished researcher with over decades of experience in 'Climate Adaptation and Climate Risk Assessment' modelling and analysis, and over 30 reports (publications) on the Adaptation Risk Assessment (including working experiences with MIT and Harvard Universities), particularly in the fields of Climate Adaptation, Climate Risk Assessment, Carbon Tax estimation and Climate Mitigation (e.g., by using Integrated Assessment Modeling (IAM), Dynamic Regional Integrated Climate Change Modeling (RICE), and Climate Change and Environmental Policy Modeling), he is associated with several research works currently at UNDP, HEKS, HAW-Germany, FORUM FOR FUTURE Singapore and many more. His recent work with INDC-related assignments in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, South Korea, and Africa, as well as his work on the development of adaptive livelihoods planning, a Green Climate Fund (GCF) feasibility study in northwestern Bangladesh, and a comparative analysis of emission reduction by using carbon tax toward INDC implementation in South-East Asia (including African countries) from 2030 to 2100, would aid in understanding the works in which he is involved. In collaboration with MIT and University of Waterloo, he is currently assisting countries, particularly ASEAN, in accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy by enhancing policymakers' ability to promote green technologies, such as renewable energy development, affordable access to clean energy, and assistance to industries and other economic sectors in adopting low carbon technologies.

Sumaiya Sadeka 於馬來西亞國立大學 (UKM) 獲得社會工作博士學位。她目前在位於加拿大的亞洲氣候與環境政策研究中心 (CACEPS) 擔任副研究員。她的主要研究領域包括社會資本、災害準備、社區韌性、族群研究、災害與氣候變遷。

Mohd Suhaimi Mohamad 於英國布里斯托大學獲得社會工作博士學位。他是馬來西亞國立大學社會科學與人文學院心理學與人類福祉研究中心的副教授。他同時擔任馬來西亞國立大學專業發展與領導中心的主任，並曾任馬來西亞社會工作者協會會長。他也是馬來西亞國立大學科學與技術學院 Tasik Chini 研究中心的研究員。他的研究與教學興趣包括社會工作、心理健康以及邊緣社區發展，特別是馬來西亞的原住民和土著人民。

Md. Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar 於馬來西亞國立大學 (UKM) 獲得氣候災害博士學位。他目前在孟加拉的 Patuakhali 科學與技術大學經濟學與社會學系擔任教授。Sarkar 博士曾在馬來西亞國立能源大學擔任博士後研究員，並在東京的聯合國大學及日本慶應義塾大學擔任 JSPS 博士後研究員。他也是位於加拿大的亞洲氣候與環境政策研究中心 (CACEPS) 的副研究員。Sarkar 博士獲得多項獎學金，包括來自 UKM 的 Zamalah 研究大學獎學金、來自馬來西亞國立能源大學的博士後獎學金，以及來自日本的 JSPS 博士後獎學金。他的研究興趣包括環境經濟學、發展經濟學、能源經濟學以及氣候變遷與災害管理。

Abul Quasem Al-Amin 博士目前在加拿大滑鐵盧大學擔任高級研究員及兼任教授，並在亞洲氣候與環境政策研究中心工作。作為一位在「氣候適應與氣候風險評估」建模與分析方面擁有十多年經驗的優秀研究者，他發表了超過 30 份有關適應風險評估的報告（出版物），並曾與麻省理工學院和哈佛大學合作，特別是在氣候適應、氣候風險評估、碳稅估算和氣候緩解（例如，使用綜合評估建模 (IAM)、動態區域綜合氣候變遷建模 (RICE) 和氣候變遷與環境政策建模）等領域。他目前參與多個研究項目，包括聯合國開發計劃署 (UNDP)、HEKS、德國 HAW、未來論壇新加坡等。他最近在馬來西亞、泰國、印尼、孟加拉、南韓和非洲的 INDC 相關任務，以及在孟加拉西北部進行的綠色氣候基金 (GCF) 可行性研究和使用碳稅進行的減排比較分析，將有助於理解他所參與的工作。與麻省理工學院和滑鐵盧大學合作，他目前正在協助各國，特別是東南亞國家，加速向低碳經濟的轉型，增強政策制定者推廣綠色技術的能力，例如可再生能源開發、可負擔的清潔能源獲取，以及協助產業和其他經濟部門採用低碳技術。