Pakistan floods 2022

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Introduction

From mid-June to August 2022, record-breaking rainfall fell over Pakistan culminating in intense flooding in late August that affected at least 33 million people. The floods submerged a third of the country causing widespread damage to its economy and food production sector.

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Pakistan floods 2010-2011
India-Pakistan floods 2014
Hazards
Flood
Themes
Climate change
Disaster risk management
Country and region
Pakistan

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Poverty impacts of the Pakistan flood 2022

This paper demonstrates how real-time satellite data, in combination with administrative data and historical household survey data, can be used to model the impact of floods on household welfare.
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Research study on climate change, WASH challenges and localised solutions in flood affected regions in Pakistan

This report summarises the key insights from participants’ experiences of the 2022 Pakistan floods and highlights the need to design intersectional initiatives.
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Poverty impacts of the Pakistan flood 2022

This paper demonstrates how real-time satellite data, in combination with administrative data and historical household survey data, can be used to model the impact of 2022 floods on Pakistani households.
A group of five children from a village in Pakistan playing in the green field.
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Still standing: How USAID’s disaster-resilient construction in Pakistan is keeping children in school amidst devastating floods

These USAID-constructed schools served as epicenters of the recovery from the disaster. For the 17,000 people whose homes were destroyed during the floods, 59 of the schools were able to be used as temporary shelters.
Climatelinks
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Flood susceptibility mapping contributes to disaster risk reduction: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan

This study assessed the damage caused by the 2022 flash flood in Sindh and identified flood-susceptible zones based on the frequency ratio (FR) and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) models.
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Digital inequality – A challenge to climate risk responses in Pakistan?

Displacement is a major impact of the climate crisis in Pakistan. In a flood emergency access to the ‘digital ecosystem’ provided by mobile devices can be critical for individual safety, but not everyone has equal access.
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
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Sutlej River floods in Pakistan worsened by catalogue of issues

From where Akhtar sits, the border fence between India and Pakistan is visible in the distance. It is an unwavering reminder not only of the divide between the two countries, but also the division of the rivers that form the Indus Basin.
The Third Pole
Flooding in Pakistan
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Pakistan: Devastating floods have widened spatial disparities

On the request of the Government of Pakistan, the World Bank reconstructed key transport infrastructure through a developed model that estimates accessibility to services at small scales using geospatial and remote sensing data.
World Bank, the
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After successive floods, Pakistan is forced to consider resilient housing

As millions rebuild their homes in the wake of the devastating 2022 floods, an architect’s innovative model for flood-resilient homes shows the way.
The Third Pole
Women weavers sew traditional handicrafts in Sindh, Pakistan
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A year after Pakistan’s Deluge: How community-centric public works support the most vulnerable

As Pakistan recovers from the floods, it’s important that programs continue to target the poorest people who were affected. This means conducting an impact evaluation to provide learning for future programs and providing for the most vulnerable.
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