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100			_aGupta, Bhawna and Hazarika, Dikumoni _945194
245			_aDisaster risk reduction governance in Assam: A study
260			_aBihar Journal of Public Administration
300			_a20(1), Jan-Jun, 2023: p.66-76
520			_aDisaster Risk Governance and Crisis Management play a crucial role in strengthening the resilience of the citizens. Assam is prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, cyclones, and droughts that are common in Assam, of which floods alone affect 92.6 per cent of cultivated land. Covid-19 pandemic added to the miseries of the state. This attracts our attention towards understanding the governance mechanism of effective disaster management and risk reduction in the state. As such the present paper examines the disaster risk governance in Assam. For which the role of Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has been examined in terms of its structure and functioning. The present study, based on secondary data, highlights the importance of community readiness and community participation in disaster preparedness as an effective component of Disaster Risk Governance. It finds that there is need of adopting new techniques for both national and local strategies for disaster risk reduction. – Reproduced http://www.iipabiharbranch.org/upload/Journal%20Volume%20XX.pdf
650			_aNatural disasters, DRR (Disaster risk reduction), Governance, ASDMA, District administration, Community participation, Assam. _941338
773			_aBihar Journal of Public Administration
906			_aDISASTER MANAGEMENT
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