Decentralized Distribution of Humanitarian Aid for Natural Disaster Relief

Irni Eliana Khairuddin, Nora'ayu Ahmad Uzir, Muhamad Khairulnizam Zaini, Anis Kausar Ghazali
2022 Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal (E-BPJ)  
Natural disaster is an inevitable phenomenon that results from a significant impact on the entire affected locality. Thus, an effective and efficient humanitarian aid mission is necessary to ensure assistance can be delivered at the right time. The logistics play a central role as the connecting point between preparedness and response with cost-effective flow and storage of relief items and managing related information, including funds from the donors to the beneficiaries. However, lack of
more » ... nication among humanitarian actors engaged in disaster-relief operations hindered effective and efficient coordination. This paper aims to explore decentralized blockchain technology to cater to the issue. Keywords: Natural Disaster; Humanitarian Aid, Blockchain eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by E-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behavior Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioral Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behavior Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
doi:10.21834/ebpj.v7isi10.4127 fatcat:aeepgp5uyfh33j3tcbpchygmzu