FIELD BRIEF · LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI · HEAT SUPPORT
Sharafi Goth Landhi
None of the 7 areas within 500 m of Sharafi Goth Landhi is in Landhi's highest-priority fifth. The highest ranks 50 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 Sharafi Goth Landhi. Grey: the rest of Landhi. Lines: main roads.
What pushes these areas' scores up
- Further from the nearest clinic or hospital (7 of 7 areas)
- The ground here gets hotter on summer afternoons (4 of 7 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Middle of the range | uncertain | 44.3 | 260 | 41 | 48% | 1,918 |
| 63 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 44.8 | 320 | 49 | 59% | 1,524 |
| 126 | Middle of the range | confidently out | 43.8 | 350 | 54 | 69% | 1,610 |
| 192 | Lower priority for support | confidently out | 43.3 | 140 | 21 | 91% | 1,908 |
| 222 | Lower priority for support | confidently out | 42.3 | 30 | 4 | 100% | 2,035 |
| 237 | Lower priority for support | confidently out | 40.5 | 160 | 25 | 88% | 2,275 |
| 240 | Lower priority for support | confidently out | 39.8 | 50 | 7 | 98% | 2,325 |
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