FIELD BRIEF · LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI · HEAT SUPPORT
Muhammad Nagar
None of the 8 areas within 500 m of Muhammad Nagar is in Landhi's highest-priority fifth. The highest ranks 65 of 245. The model is not confident that any of them is 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 Muhammad Nagar. Grey: the rest of Landhi. Lines: main roads.
What pushes these areas' scores up
- Little greenery or shade (7 of 8 areas)
- The ground here gets hotter on summer afternoons (5 of 8 areas)
- More people live in this area (3 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 43.7 | 580 | 90 | 13% | 1,078 |
| 74 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 43.8 | 240 | 37 | 6% | 1,185 |
| 79 | Middle of the range | uncertain | 43.6 | 851 | 131 | 9% | 788 |
| 98 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 43.3 | 550 | 85 | 11% | 844 |
| 100 | Middle of the range | uncertain | 43.5 | 781 | 121 | 1% | 409 |
| 145 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 42.8 | 771 | 118 | 9% | 839 |
| 159 | Lower priority for support | confidently out | 42.7 | 640 | 99 | 4% | 672 |
| 169 | Lower priority for support | confidently out | 42.8 | 620 | 96 | 4% | 480 |
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