Discuss the disaster risk mitigation measures in the context of recent urban floods in metropolitan cities of India.

Exact Syllabus Pointer

Disaster preparedness, NDMA guidelines, disaster risk reduction (DRR), Sendai framework, floods, urban heat islands, earthquakes, landslides.

Connected Questions Across All Papers

Discovered through overlapping concepts: Urban Floods Mitigation, Drainage Master Plans, Encroachment of Water Bodies

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