Preface

Abstract

The 7th AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Natural Disaster (RCND) 2019 is a continuing series of regional conferences on natural disaster. RCND2019 was held on November 25-26, 2019 at Zenith Hotel, Putrajaya, Malaysia. It aims to bring policymakers, scientist, engineers, researchers and students to the areas of Geo-Spatial Knowledge and Intelligence.Through RCND2019 theme “Disaster Management for Resilience and Sustainability” this international conference is part of the continuing series of regional conference to provide a forum to collect and disseminate the most updated technology and research of regional issues and public interests in the field of Natural Disaster in order to contribute to the community and to draw support from the industry and government sectors.RCND2019 features broad issues on natural disaster, including but not limited to the following topics - Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Disaster Resilience Community, Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery, Information Management for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Internet of Things (IoT) in Disaster Risk Management, Electronic Sensor for Disaster, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Disaster Management, Fluvial and Coastal Disaster, Water-Related Disaster, Watershed Management, Flood Management, Water Supply and Sanitation, Tsunami Hazard Earthquake Disaster, Geological Hazard, Volcanic Hazard, Early Warning System and Environmental Science. The conference provides a seminar and special session for sharing experiences and original research contributions on those topics.We received many paper submissions from various parts of the world. The International Program Committee worked very hard to have all papers peer-peer reviewed before the review deadline. There are two (2) keynote speeches. Both keynote speakers are Japanese expert, internationally recognized leading experts in disaster research fields, who have demonstrated outstanding proficiency and have achieved distinction in their profession. Japan also is the most well-known efficient country in this world in disaster risk management towards resilient society.We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the members of the International Program Committee and organizers for their enthusiasm, time, and expertise. Our deepest gratitude also go to all volunteers and staffs for the long hours and hard work they have generously given to RCND2019. We are very grateful to Prof. Dr. Kaoru Takara and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ali Muhamad Yuzir for their support in making RCND2019 possible. Finally, we would like to thank all the authors, speakers, and participants of this conference for their contributions to RCND2019. Editors The 7th AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference On Natural Disaster 2019 (RCND 2019) Dr. Mohd Hakim Ab Halim, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aznah Nor Anuar and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Yuzir