A Hedonic Modelling of Land Property
Value Based on the Effect of Flooding: A
Case for Peninsular Malaysia
Nur Hafizah Ismail, Mohd Zaini Abd. Karim, and Bakti Hasan Basri
Abstract The effect of flooding on land property value is a major concern of all
landowners. Numerous studies have already discussed the risk of potential decline in
the value of land property situated in flood-prone areas; however, those that focused
on the impact of flooding on land property in Malaysia are still limited. This chapter
investigates the effect of flood on the value of agricultural and industrial land
properties in Peninsular Malaysia. This chapter ’s results suggest that a metre
increase in flood depth significantly decreases land property value by 44.6%. This
result helps policymakers in designing and developing the policies of land property
development that would minimize land property devaluation due to flood depth and
help landowners in understanding the effect of flood on land property values.
Keywords Flood depth · Hedonic pricing model · Land property value
1 Introduction
IFRC (2009) reported flood as one of the natural disasters that have devastating
effects on the environment and community. It is also among the most frequent and
costly natural disasters in terms of human, livestock and asset losses. In terms of
asset loss, floods can destroy infrastructures, buildings and properties. According to
Queensland Floods Science, Engineering and Technology Panel (2012), the conse-
quences of flood on both society and properties vary depending on its attributes such
N. H. Ismail (*) · M. Z. Abd. Karim
Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok,
Malaysia
e-mail: zaini500@uum.edu.my
B. Hasan Basri
School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia
e-mail: bakti@uum.edu.my
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