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Technology and Engineering
- ISSN: 2333-2581
- Modern Environmental Science and Engineering
Hazard Vulnerability Risk Assessment of District Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Farasat Ali1, Babar Khan1, Garee Khan1, Yawar Abbas2, Ejaz Hussain1, Ambar Masud3, Karim Akber1 and
Rizwan Karim4
1. World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan, Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan
3. United Nation Development Programme, Pakistan
4. Department of Forestry & Range Management, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Abstract: Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan in general and district Gilgit in specific vulnerable for climate induce hydro-metrological hazards and its impacts. The community based hazard vulnerability risk assessment study recorded key climate change induced hydro-metrological hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities in district Gilgit. The study documented major hazards included floods (flash floods), prolong droughts, heavy rainfalls/ snowfalls, clouds bursts, avalanches, landslides, river bank erosion and epidemics. Prioritization or ranking wise floods are more frequent in the study area. The total settlement area of the district is 136.436 Sq.Km out of which 15.67354 Sq.Km is considered to high vulnerable for floods and other hazards. They are vulnerable in terms of critical facilities, livelihoods options, ecological resources, motivationally and organizationally extreme events. Capacity of the local community and district Government is weak like lack of knowledge, resources and skills and this study provide local viable options to reduced risks from natural events.
Key words: hazard vulnerability risk assessment, hydro-metrological hazards, critical facilities, vulnerability, high frequent, motivational vulnerability
