The 2015 Chennai floods revealed the severe urban planning vulnerabilities of coastal metropolitan cities. Discuss the anthropogenic causes of the disaster.

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: Chennai Floods 2015, Encroachment of Pallikaranai Marshland, Stormwater Drain Clogging

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