BharatNotes Risk Assessment
noun phraseUsage in a UPSC answer
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) mandates district-level risk assessments that map exposure to floods, earthquakes, and cyclones, forming the basis for district disaster management plans under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
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Word Family
risk assessment (n phrase), assess (v), assessment (n), assessor (n), risk (n/v)
Root
Old Norse riskr / Italian risco = danger/reef + Latin assidere = to sit beside (ad- = near + sedere = to sit); assess originally meant 'to sit beside a judge to assist in estimation'
Etymology
Risk entered English from French/Italian maritime trade vocabulary in the 17th century; assessment from Medieval Latin assessmentum; the compound 'risk assessment' became institutionalised in disaster management through the UN-ISDR Terminology (2009) and Sendai Framework (2015)
Memory Hook
RISK + ASSESS: you ASSESS (sit beside and judge) the RISK — a careful examination of what could go wrong before disaster strikes
Seen in UPSC Question Papers
- Mains 2013 · GS3 · 10 marks — Disaster Management
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