FIELD BRIEF · LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI · HEAT SUPPORT
Landhi 89 Chowk
None of the 8 areas within 500 m of Landhi 89 Chowk is in Landhi's highest-priority fifth. The highest ranks 70 of 245. The model is not confident that any of them is in the top fifth; 1 moves 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 Landhi 89 Chowk. Grey: the rest of Landhi. Lines: main roads.
What pushes these areas' scores up
- The ground here gets hotter on summer afternoons (7 of 8 areas)
- More people live in this area (4 of 8 areas)
- Little greenery or shade (4 of 8 areas)
- Further from the nearest clinic or hospital (2 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 44.0 | 670 | 104 | 20% | 881 |
| 79 | Middle of the range | uncertain | 43.6 | 851 | 131 | 9% | 788 |
| 87 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 44.1 | 650 | 100 | 30% | 692 |
| 88 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 43.1 | 741 | 114 | 1% | 863 |
| 119 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 44.6 | 470 | 73 | 28% | 331 |
| 130 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 43.4 | 450 | 69 | 9% | 544 |
| 138 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 43.4 | 370 | 58 | 3% | 468 |
| 142 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 44.1 | 470 | 73 | 19% | 194 |
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