Discuss how the contradiction between 'rapid infrastructure development' and 'disaster-risk reduction' in ecologically-sensitive areas of India can be managed, with suitable examples.

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: Infrastructure vs Disaster Risk Reduction, Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZ), Himalayan Slope Instability

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