Prof. Vinod K. Sharma

Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi and Vice Chairman Sikkim State Disaster Management

Authority, Gangtok

Who are Stakeholders Community

Community at Risk

Government SDMA DDMA Urban Local Bodies

Academic Institutions Science and Technology Social Sciences/Architects

Civil Society NGOs/CBOs

Private Sector

Existing Plans for the city Master Plan

City Plan

DM Plan

City Vulnerability Atlas

Preparedness Plan for specific disaster

Mitigation Plan

Response Plan

VULNERABILITY

Humanitarian

damagesEcological

damagesMaterial

damages

Human and environmental

dimensions of disastrous events

What is Risk?

Risk is generally defined as the expected impact caused by a

particular phenomenon. It combines:

The likelihood or probability of a disaster happening

The negative effects that result if the disaster happens

It is a function of Vulnerability & Capacity

Hazard x Vulnerability – Capacity = Risk

Thus, increase in capacities will directly contribute to Risk

Reduction

LowVulnerability

HighVulnerability

Very LowVulnerability

LowVulnerability

LowHigh

High

Low

Exposure to Hazard

Capacity to Cope

Vulnerability

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FRAMEWORK

Warning

Systems

Planning

Information

Systems

Response

Mechanisms

Resource

Base

Institutional

Framework

RehearsalsPublic Education

and Training

Vulnerability

Assessment

Plan for Complex Disasters

Two Disasters Scenario Covid 19 Flesh Floods

Drinking water pipe burst

Earthquake

Landslides

Fire

Chemical Disaster

Cloud Burst

Plan for a worst case scenario Disasters Resources

Trained Man-power

Financial resources

Machinery

Role Players

Government

Non-Government

Information Base

Institutional mechanism

Loss and Damage

• Assessment of future L&D due to extreme events and slow on-setting impacts needs to be carried out.

• The state may engage at national and international level to exchange knowledge, resources and institution-building experience to identify and address L&D issues in the state.

http://www.cansouthasia.net/pdf_files/State_Consultation/Brief%20Report_Sikkim%20State%20Consultation.pdf

Community Participation in Planning Prevention

Case of Migrant Workers in Covid 19

Preparedness

Volunteerism, case of Bangladesh

Mitigation

Involvement of Private sector

Response

Community is first responder