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QUESTION 21
GS3
10 marks

How important are vulnerability and risk assessment for pre-disaster management? As an administrator, what key areas would you focus on in a Disaster Management System?

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What the examiner wants

Explain why vulnerability and risk assessment matter before disasters and list key focus areas for an administrator.

How important; Key areasAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Risk = hazard × vulnerability ÷ capacity; assessment guides planning, land use, budgets≈35 words
  2. 2Importance: identifies who and what is exposed, prioritises mitigation, shapes early warning and evacuation≈35 words
  3. 3Key areas: hazard and vulnerability mapping, building codes, early warning and communication, evacuation and shelters, community drills, Incident Response System, inter-agency coordination≈35 words
  4. 4Contrast: Phailin (2013) evacuation saved lives; Uttarakhand (2013) showed lack of risk mapping≈35 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

ConceptImportanceAdministrator's focus areas2013 contrastConclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Writing only post-disaster relief
  • Not answering the 'as an administrator' part with concrete areas

Draw this

  • Disaster management cycle with pre-disaster stages highlighted

Value addition

  • FrameworkSendai Framework (2015-30): Priority 1 is understanding disaster risk.UNDRR, 2015
  • ExampleOdisha evacuated close to a million people before Phailin; deaths stayed below 50, against about 10,000 in 1999.Odisha SDMA

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