Geospatial flood impact assessment in Pakistan, 2025
| dc.coverage | Pakistan | |
| dc.creator | Baldassarre, G.; UlHaq, N.; Shafiq, S.; Vata, F.; Ghosh, A.; Mushtaq, F.; Dadhich, G.; Peiser, L.; Bajwa, A.; Henry, M.; | |
| dc.date | 2026-03-18T14:05:15Z | |
| dc.date | 2026-03-18T14:05:15Z | |
| dc.date | 2026 | |
| dc.date | 2026-03-18T14:00:02Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T23:42:58Z | |
| dc.description | During August–September 2025, intense monsoon rainfall triggered widespread flooding across key agricultural regions of Pakistan, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh. This report presents a rapid, reproducible geospatial flood impact assessment designed to support emergency response and early recovery planning. Flood extent was mapped from Sentinel-1 SAR imagery at 10 m resolution and combined with FAO National Land Cover 2021 agricultural classes, newly developed province-wide crop-type maps for 2023, and WorldPop population data to quantify inundation over cropland and estimate population exposure at provincial and district levels. Results indicate that about 17 304 km² were inundated across the three provinces, including 14 498 km² of agricultural land, with Punjab most affected. An estimated 11.3 million people were living within flooded areas, and post-event observations in October 2025 show partial recession of floodwaters, indicating the start of recovery. | |
| dc.format | 80 p. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | 978-92-5-140526-0 | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd8566en | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/289364 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | |
| dc.title | Geospatial flood impact assessment in Pakistan, 2025 | |
| dc.type | Book (stand-alone) |