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Questionnaire
1. Selected Characteristics of the study Communities: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) m) Resident(locality): Permanent Resident Rented House Occupation: Employed Full Time Part Time Retire Income: <Rs.10,000 , Rs.10,000-25,000 , Rs.25,000-50,000 > Rs.50,000 Education: Illiterate Under HSLC under HS under Graduate Graduate Post Graduate Age: <25 Yrs 25-44Yrs , 45-64 Yrs , >64 yrs Gender: Male , Female Marital status: Single Married Divorced , Widowed Flood Experienced: Yes , No Earth quake Experience: Yes , No Landslide Experienced: Yes , No If rented, purpose of living in Guwahati: business , Service , Transfer Education , Others (specify) Years of living in the same place

2. Damage Report: a) Are you affected by water logging in your locality: Very Badly , To a some extent , Not affected b) Amount of damage lost due to flood c) Frequency of water logging in a year: Once Twice Thrice More than thrice d) Duration of water logging: a few Hours 1day 2 days a week More than one week e) Affected by earthquake: Very Badly , To a some extent , Not affected f) Frequency of earthquake in a year: Once Twice Thrice More than thrice g) Affected by landslide: Very Badly , To a some extent , Not affected h) Frequency of landslides in a year: Once Twice Thrice More than thrice 3. Disaster mitigation: a) Do you know about disaster alert? Yes No b) You are satisfied with the response system of disaster watch alert: Highly Satisfied Satisfied ,Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied , Dissatisfied , Highly dissatisfied c) You are satisfied with the disaster warnings by govt: Highly Satisfied Satisfied ,Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied Dissatisfied ,Highly Dissatisfied d) You are satisfied with the disaster evacuation: Highly Satisfied Satisfied ,Neither Satisfied Nor Dissatisfied Dissatisfied ,Highly dissatisfied

e) You are satisfied with the other emergency measures by the Govt.: Highly Satisfied Satisfied ,Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied , dissatisfied Highly dissatisfied f) How effective is the state/district disaster response team in your locality? Highly effective , Effective , Not at all effective

g) Do you think that state/district Disaster Response team has performed any significant role in mitigating any disaster in your locality? Yes No h) External Support you have received during any natural disaster Govt. disaster programs Volunteer organization Insurance Business Friends & Relatives Disaster response team Highly Satisfied Satisfied dissatisfied , Highly dissatisfied Others. ,Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied ,

i) You are satisfied with the external support.: Highly Satisfied Satisfied ,Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied , dissatisfied , Highly dissatisfied

4. Reason for natural disasters in your ward: Reason Ignorance of Govt. Lack of Govt. Fund Lack of Technology (well dev. drainage system) Topography Urbanization impact Corruption of Govt. officials Lack of Public initiation Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree

3 Poor urban planning High Rainfall

5. Answer the following questions: (Use mark)

Statement

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neither Strongly Agree Disagree Disagree nor Disagree

1. Do you think that Govt. is interested enough to tackle natural disasters. 2. Govt depts like Urban planning, GMDA, GMC are playing an important role in solving this problem. 3. We should opt for scientific technology to get initimation about a natural disaster. 4. If we use govt. capital properly, disasters can be well averted 5. Natural disasters are the reason of accumulating and disbursement of govt. capital 6. State disaster response team is well equipped with instrument, personnels for performing an effective role 7.Earthquake is a major concern in this ward 8.Landslides occur very frequently. 6. Post disaster Analysis: a) Have you or any member of your family had suffered from any kind of diseases just after the any natural disaster? If yes :disaster.. (Name) what.. (Name) Period of suffering No. of people suffered. b) Have you observed any kind of damages in your locality due to natural disaster: Approaching road. Community House Drinking water source... Electricity connections

7. Whom do you think are most venerable to natural disasters in your ward? (Give score out of 5) 1 All dwellers. Ministers. Poor peoples Businessmen... Students.. Contractors. Children.. Women Senior citizen.. Kirana Shopkeepers Others (specify).. 2 3 4 5

8. How many times you have been confronted with any natural disaster in your ward? Name(disaster).. (no.of times) 9. Do you think that natural disasters in your ward can also be a source of earning for some people? Yes No 10. If yes, who may be the probable beneficiaries 11. Give your suggestions how can we mitigate this problem 12. Share your experience regarding natural disasters in your ward 13. Here the researcher write his/her experiences regarding the response of respondents and some new inputs other than the questions in questionnaire Thank you for your kind support