FIELD BRIEF · LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI · HEAT SUPPORT
Ilyas Goth
6 of the 8 areas within 500 m of Ilyas Goth are in Landhi's highest-priority fifth for heat support. The highest ranks 1 of 245. The model is confident that 4 are in the top fifth; 2 move a lot when the assumptions change (dashed outline).
Provisional. The weights are placeholders until they are set by the project, and distance to a relief centre has no data yet because no centre has been verified in person. Rankings may change.
Lower priority → highest priority, within Landhi. Circle: where OpenStreetMap marks Ilyas Goth. Grey: the rest of Landhi. Lines: main roads.
What pushes these areas' scores up
- Further from the nearest clinic or hospital (8 of 8 areas)
- Little greenery or shade (5 of 8 areas)
- The ground here gets hotter on summer afternoons (4 of 8 areas)
- More people live in this area (4 of 8 areas)
Worth checking on the ground
- Where do people go to cool down, and is there drinking water there?
- How long are the power cuts here in the hot months?
- Where do older people or young children live who may struggle in the heat?
- Is the map wrong about anywhere here? That is the most useful thing to know.
| Rank | Priority | Confidence | Ground °C | People* | 60+ / under 5* | Green | Clinic (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higher priority for support | confidently in | 44.7 | 2,378 | 363 | 15% | 1,540 |
| 8 | Higher priority for support | uncertain | 44.5 | 190 | 29 | 6% | 2,335 |
| 14 | Higher priority for support | uncertain | 44.1 | 450 | 69 | 18% | 1,997 |
| 20 | Higher priority for support | confidently in | 43.1 | 2,352 | 360 | 0% | 1,751 |
| 29 | Higher priority for support | confidently in | 43.0 | 3,410 | 521 | 0% | 1,599 |
| 47 | Higher priority for support | confidently in | 42.9 | 4,127 | 631 | 0% | 1,296 |
| 61 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 43.1 | 300 | 46 | 4% | 2,114 |
| 133 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 45.4 | 78 | 12 | 97% | 1,864 |
What this cannot tell you.
*People are modelled, and the model counts about half the people the 2023 census found
in Landhi: compare areas, never read them as headcounts. Ground temperature is the
surface, not the air, and says nothing about humidity. Power cuts are not included,
although they are a large part of why heat harms people here. This describes areas, not
the people in them, and is never a verdict on a neighbourhood.
Notes from the visit