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JAFFERABAD & NASEERABAD FLOOD DISASTER VULNERABILITY AND POLICY OPTIONS FOR ADAPTATION JAFFERABAD & NASEERABAD FLOOD DISASTER VULNERABILITY AND POLICY OPTIONS FOR ADAPTATION JAFFERABAD & NASEERABAD FLOOD DISASTER VULNERABILITY AND POLICY OPTIONS FOR ADAPTATION Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface CIDA Canadian International Development Agency Pakistan is vulnerable to disasters; the country in Quetta in which high government oficials, has been experiencing repeated disasters with local administration, civil society DCO District coordination Oficer greater frequency ever since the new representatives and local NGO actively millennium has begun. These repeated participated. The analysis, especially policy DDMA District Disaster Management Authority disasters were the loods in 2010, 2011, 2012 recommendations at the end of Volume‐1 have and 2013, a large area and a huge population been put together with valuable inputs from the DFATD Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development has borne the brunt of these disasters. participants of this stakeholders' workshop. Balochistan has had a considerable share of the Volume‐2 is a carefully put together Atlas that DG Director General negative effects of these disasters. UN‐Habitat highlights vulnerability including identiication during the devastating loods of 2010 and of possible safe areas during repeated loods. DRM Disaster Risk Management afterwards was involved in establishing disaster‐resistant shelters for the effected poor We are grateful to the Canadian Department for DRR Disaster Risk Reduction part of the population in Jafferabad and Foreign Affairs Trade and Development Naseerabad Districts. Since that time and (DFATD) for providing valuable support to FC Field Coordinator during subsequent disasters UN‐Habitat has undertake this useful exercise. We are also FGD Focussed Group Discussion been exploring an opportunity to analyse the grateful to the Pakistan Disaster Management impact of the lood disasters. Authority, local administration and especially GPS Global Positioning System the communities for having participated in In 2013 the Canadian DFATD in response to the collecting ield information. UN‐Habitat staff IMMAP Information Management and Mine Action Programme request of UN‐Habitat provided support for worked very hard to ensure quality collection of conducting vulnerability assessment in these primary data, collation and inal documented PDM Pakistan Meteorological Department two districts with policy recommendations analysis. during repeated disasters. The Balochistan PDMA Provincial Disaster Management Authority Provincial Disaster Management Authority This work by no means is a inal work on lood (PDMA) provided excellent facilitation support disasters in these two districts and many new NGO Non‐governmental organization due to which the present document came into dimensions can be further explored by being. With the extended support of the local interested researchers, practitioners, and NOC No Objection Certiicate administration UN‐Habitat conducted ield readers. We would certainly hope that survey and the analysis. There are two volumes practitioners, oficials and planners would RCC Reinforced Cement Concrete to this work. Volume‐1 is the narrative report in review these two volumes with interest and use UC Union Council which the background, methodology, main policy recommendations to adapt or mitigate indings and policy recommendations are the future effects of disasters for the larger USAID United States Agency for International Development presented. A stakeholders' workshop was held beneit of the people of Balochistan. Bella Evidente Country Programme Manager, a.i. UN‐Habitat, Pakistan Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface CIDA Canadian International Development Agency Pakistan is vulnerable to disasters; the country in Quetta in which high government oficials, has been experiencing repeated disasters with local administration, civil society DCO District coordination Oficer greater frequency ever since the new representatives and local NGO actively millennium has begun. These repeated participated. The analysis, especially policy DDMA District Disaster Management Authority disasters were the loods in 2010, 2011, 2012 recommendations at the end of Volume‐1 have and 2013, a large area and a huge population been put together with valuable inputs from the DFATD Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development has borne the brunt of these disasters. participants of this stakeholders' workshop. Balochistan has had a considerable share of the Volume‐2 is a carefully put together Atlas that DG Director General negative effects of these disasters. UN‐Habitat highlights vulnerability including identiication during the devastating loods of 2010 and of possible safe areas during repeated loods. DRM Disaster Risk Management afterwards was involved in establishing disaster‐resistant shelters for the effected poor We are grateful to the Canadian Department for DRR Disaster Risk Reduction part of the population in Jafferabad and Foreign Affairs Trade and Development Naseerabad Districts. Since that time and (DFATD) for providing valuable support to FC Field Coordinator during subsequent disasters UN‐Habitat has undertake this useful exercise. We are also FGD Focussed Group Discussion been exploring an opportunity to analyse the grateful to the Pakistan Disaster Management impact of the lood disasters. Authority, local administration and especially GPS Global Positioning System the communities for having participated in In 2013 the Canadian DFATD in response to the collecting ield information. UN‐Habitat staff IMMAP Information Management and Mine Action Programme request of UN‐Habitat provided support for worked very hard to ensure quality collection of conducting vulnerability assessment in these primary data, collation and inal documented PDM Pakistan Meteorological Department two districts with policy recommendations analysis. during repeated disasters. The Balochistan PDMA Provincial Disaster Management Authority Provincial Disaster Management Authority This work by no means is a inal work on lood (PDMA) provided excellent facilitation support disasters in these two districts and many new NGO Non‐governmental organization due to which the present document came into dimensions can be further explored by being. With the extended support of the local interested researchers, practitioners, and NOC No Objection Certiicate administration UN‐Habitat conducted ield readers. We would certainly hope that survey and the analysis. There are two volumes practitioners, oficials and planners would RCC Reinforced Cement Concrete to this work. Volume‐1 is the narrative report in review these two volumes with interest and use UC Union Council which the background, methodology, main policy recommendations to adapt or mitigate indings and policy recommendations are the future effects of disasters for the larger USAID United States Agency for International Development presented. A stakeholders' workshop was held beneit of the people of Balochistan. Bella Evidente Country Programme Manager, a.i. UN‐Habitat, Pakistan Executive Summary Pakistan is vulnerable to disasters and the resulting in exposure to several water borne repeated loods of 2010, 2011 and 2012 have diseases. Lack of education and health related left lasting impact on the people. The vulnerable facilities, where available are not functional. communities of Jafferabad and Naseerabad Poor economic conditions and low living Districts in Baluchistan have also suffered standards of the household make them more adversely during these disasters. There is vulnerable. clearly an outstanding need felt to provide long‐ term solutions for adaptation and mitigation to UN‐Habitat implemented the “Geospatial recurring disasters. This requires vulnerability Mapping of Critical Government Buildings in assessments in disaster prone areas not only of Most Vulnerable Districts of Pakistan”, project currently emerging new dynamics but its whole in 19 districts across Pakistan. As part of the impact on urban growth and preparedness. UN‐ study both Jafferabad and Nasirabad districts' Habitat with funding support of DFATD and administrative buildings were also surveyed. collaborative partnership with the Provincial The surveyed buildings only a few buildings Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of were found disaster resilient while the rest of Balochistan conducted a disaster vulnerability the buildings were found either vulnerable or assessment in these two districts with the highly vulnerable to loods and earthquakes. purpose of inluencing policy for adaptation. A Stakeholders' workshop represented by the The indings of this study indicate that the most government oficials, local level at two districts, common sources of lood disasters in the area proactive community members and repres‐ were either heavy rains or lash loods. Main entatives of the local civil society that had rich indings of the vulnerability assessment for experience in managing lood relief and both districts are nearly the same ‐ keeping in rehabilitation work was held on 7th November view the seasonal and exceptional height of 2014 in Quetta. The indings of the assessment lood levels these two districts are found to be as well as the relevant indings by the Irrigation very vulnerable and need special attention such Department were discussed and adaptation as as vernacular lood resistant technical constr‐ well as mitigation measures were effectively uction. Challenges include weaker housing