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Disaster risk reduction and community resilience are the two pillars that need to be prioritized in the flood prone areas of India. Critically analyse.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Contemporary Issues

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Risk is a product, not an event. Disaster risk reduction treats risk as hazard multiplied by exposure and vulnerability; since the flood peak itself can barely be altered on an aggrading alluvial river, the tractable terms are the other two, which is precisely what the two pillars address.

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