1 National disaster National disaster risk situations in Pakistan Hazard Profile of Pakistan Diverse topographical features Varied Climate in different regions Uneven population density Uneven population density Unplanned development in disaster prone areas Vulnerability of population segments Poverty Pressure on natural resources Lack of awareness on Disaster Risk Management
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National disasterNational disaster risk situations in
Pakistan
Hazard Profile of PakistanDiverse topographical featuresVaried Climate in different regionsUneven population densityUneven population densityUnplanned development in disaster prone areasVulnerability of population segmentsPovertyPressure on natural resourcesLack of awareness on Disaster Risk Management
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33--Day course on Day course on “Mainstreaming DRR in Development”“Mainstreaming DRR in Development”(19(19--2121stst Nov, 2009 Islamabad)Nov, 2009 Islamabad)
Geographical Distribution
33--Day course on Day course on “Mainstreaming DRR in Development”“Mainstreaming DRR in Development”(19(19--2121stst Nov, 2009 Islamabad)Nov, 2009 Islamabad)
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Natural Hazards
Earthquakes
Human Induced Hazards
Transport accidentsTerrorism
Hazards in Pakistan
Floods TsunamiAvalanchesLandslides Cyclones/StormsGlacial Lake Outburst Flood Droughts
There are 5218 glaciers in Pakistan with a total of 2420 lakesOut of which 52 lakes are considered dangerousAn agreement for GLOF monitoring was arrived at with ICIMOD in 2003Since 2003, starting from the Astor Basin, all glacial basins have been inventoried for geo coordinates, numbered, named and their physical configuration have been recorded
The following districts are l bl t Gl i l L k O tb tvulnerable to Glacial Lake Outburst
Floods (GLOF)
District/ Province/RegionAstore Gilgit Ghanche in NorthernAstore, Gilgit, Ghanche in Northern areas
Tropical CycloneCyclone of 1999 seriously impacted Thatta and Badin Districts (affected 0.6
Hazard Context
million people and caused loss of 202 lives)Cyclone Yemyn in 2007 affected 26 districts of Balochistan and Sindh (affected 2.5 million people and p pcaused loss of 400 lives)
The following districts are vulnerable to tropical cyclone:
Gwadar, Kech, Lasbella & Washuk in BalochistanBadin Karachi and Thatta inBadin,Karachi and Thatta in Sindh
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DROUGHT
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TSUNAMI
How Tsunami OccurHow Tsunami Occur
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Waves are triggered by: Seismic activity / displacement of the sea floor
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Source: Lausch, E. - Tsunami-GEO 4/April, 1997
Districts prone to Tsunami
District GwadarDistrict GwadarDistrict LasbelaDistrict KarachiDistrict BadinDistrict Thahtta
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Internal Displacement
Regions Vulnerable to IDPsFATANorthern AreasSouth PunjabBalochistanAzad Jammu & Kashmir
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Urban Fire
Urban Fires
For the last two decades, there has been a significant migration from rural to urban whichsignificant migration from rural to urban which has put a lot of pressure on the urban areas of Pakistan thereby creating more slum areas in the cities. Over and above, mushrooming of unplanned CNG gas filling stations in urban areas and unauthorized LPG gas stores are quite common. g qThe sale of petroleum products in the residential areas is also widespread in the cities.
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Forest FiresPakistan has different types of forests, ranging from Mangroves in the south to Alpine vegetation in the north. Out of all these types, sub tropical broad leave evergreen scrub forest and sub tropical Pine is the mostevergreen scrub forest and sub tropical Pine is the most fire prone forest in Pakistan.
The Following districts are prone to forest fire. Swat, Chitral, Buner, Kohat, Hangu, Haripur in NWFP Chakwal, Attock, Jehlum, Kushab, Bhakkar in Punjab. Chillas in G-B provinceChillas in G-B provinceNeelum Valley, Jehlum valley and Bagh in AJK
LAND SLIDES
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LAND SLIDES
The following districts are vulnerable to landslides.
District/Province/State/RegionDistrict/Province/State/Region.Bagh, Bhimber, Neelum and Muzaffarabad in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Astore, Diamer, Gilgit & Ghanche in Northern Areas. Kaghan, Naran & Chitral in NWFP
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Avalanches8 deaths reported in winter of 2008 due to avalanches in Chitral district
District Province/RegionAstore, Gilgit ,Ghanche ,Ghizer, Skardu in Northern Areas as well as Chitral in NWFP