Community Resilience — Prelims Strategy
Prelims Strategy
For Prelims, focus on the factual aspects of community resilience. Key areas to cover include: 1. Definitions and Core Concepts: Understand terms like social capital, adaptive capacity, CBDRR, and transformative resilience.
2. International Frameworks: Memorize the key priorities and targets of the Sendai Framework for DRR, especially those related to local action. 3. Government Schemes and Policies: Identify specific Indian government schemes (e.
g., MGNREGA, NCRMP, PMAY) that directly or indirectly contribute to community resilience. Understand the role of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, and the 73rd/74th Amendments. 4. Key Characteristics: Be able to identify the defining characteristics of resilient communities (e.
g., robustness, redundancy, resourcefulness, rapidity, adaptability). 5. Case Studies: Remember specific Indian examples of successful community resilience (e.g., Odisha's cyclone preparedness, Kerala fisherfolk, Kutch reconstruction) and what aspects they highlight.
6. Indigenous Knowledge: Understand the types of indigenous knowledge systems used in disaster management. Expect questions that test your understanding of the 'what' and 'how' of community resilience, often in the form of multiple-choice questions asking to identify correct statements, match pairs, or select the best option.
Pay attention to keywords and avoid common traps by having clear conceptual clarity.