GS3 · 15 marks · 250 words

Disaster management is not just about responding to emergencies but also about building resilient communities. Discuss the key strategies that can be used to build community resilience and reduce the impact of disasters.

Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2023–2024

Disaster Risk ReductionDisaster Management

Syllabus: Disaster and disaster management.

How toppers approached it

From all 5 answers · about 190 words · 100% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • No separate opening60%
  • A definition40%

Body

  • Points and prose60%
  • Points40%

Close

  • A summary40%
  • A way forward40%
  • No separate close20%

The toppers’ answers

NausheenAIR 9 · CSE 2023 · 124 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a definition

Disaster Management, is defined as strategies to prepare, mitigate, respond and learn from any disaster that takes place in the world.

Body · points and prose

Diagram
Hazard * Vulnerability / Capacity = Disaster
Diagram
Building Resilience in Communities - (1) they are the first line of people to face and respond to any disaster. - (2) many examples have shown that they are largely unaware of strategies to respond. - (4) Tsunami in Indian Ocean in 2004 - Islanders of A&N Island could not respond.
  • (1) Local solutions and experiences must also be trained for enhancing preparedness.
  • (2) for post-disaster resettlement, rehabilitation and dealing with traumatic stress.

Key strategies in building community resilience and reduce impact of disasters

Diagram
Building community resilience → (1) Regular mock practise of the ways to of dealing with disasters. (Eg moving towards cyclone shelters ahead of it). → (2) Including Disaster management strategies in school curriculum. → (3) Motivating them to adopt their local structures for disasters. (Eg Khasi roofs in Meghalaya for floods).

Other strategies

(1) Response to weather advisories. (Eg) Fisheries farmers in coastal regions.

(2) Dealing with the panic and emotional stress.

(3) Preparing emergency-boxes that can be carried during disasters.

(4) Mock drills by NDRF in disaster prone regions for building cooperation with the community.

Close · a framework

Sendai framework on disaster management has explicitly mentioned that local communities must be made partners in disaster responses for reducing loss to lives.

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