Table 7.
Mapping vulnerability to climate change and its potential health repercussions in pakistan by agro-ecological zones
| Vulnerability to climate change | Health repercussions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Agro-Ecological Zone |
Degree of Exposure |
Primary Manifestations of Exposure |
Degree of Sensitivity |
Adaptive Capacity |
|
|
Other Balochistan |
High |
Drought; Increase in temperature |
High |
Low |
Food insecurity and Malnutrition; Anaemia; Night blindness; Scurvy; Heat Stroke; Malaria; Dengue; Cataract Blindness; Respiratory Diseases; Cardiovascular diseases |
|
Low-Intensity Punjab |
High |
Floods; Increase in temperature |
High |
Low |
Diarrhoea and Gastroentritis; Skin Infections; Eye Infection; Acute Respiratory Infections; Malaria; Heat Stroke; Dengue; Cataract Blindness; Respiratory Diseases; Cardiovascular diseases |
|
Cotton/Wheat Sindh |
High |
Floods; Droughts |
High |
Medium |
Diarrhoea and Gastroentritis; Skin Infections; Eye Infection; Acute Respiratory Infections; Malaria: Food insecurity and Malnutrition; Anaemia; Night blindness; Scurvy |
|
Other KPK |
Medium |
Floods |
low |
Low |
Diarrhoea and Gastroentritis; Skin Infections; Eye Infection; Acute Respiratory Infections; Malaria |
|
Cotton/Wheat Punjab |
low |
Floods; Droughts |
medium |
Medium |
Diarrhoea and Gastroentritis; Skin Infections; Eye Infection; Acute Respiratory Infections; Malaria; Food insecurity and Malnutrition; Anaemia; Night blindness; Scurvy |
|
Rice/Other Sindh |
medium |
Floods; Droughts |
medium |
High |
Diarrhoea and Gastroentritis; Skin Infections; Eye Infection; Acute Respiratory Infections; Malaria; Food insecurity and Malnutrition; Anaemia; Night blindness; Scurvy |
|
Mixed Punjab |
medium |
Increase in temperature |
medium |
Medium |
Heat Stroke; Malaria; Dengue; Cataract Blindness; Respiratory Diseases; Cardiovascular diseases |
|
Barani (Rain-Fed) Punjab |
high |
Variability in temperature and precipitation |
Low |
High |
Food insecurity and malnutrition |
| Rice/Wheat Punjab | medium | Increase in temperature | Low | High | Heat Stroke; Malaria; Dengue; Cataract Blindness; Respiratory Diseases; Cardiovascular diseases |
Note: The ranking is done on the basis of the corresponding components of the Vulnerability Index. ‘High’ indicates the rank of 1–3; ‘Medium’ indicates the rank of 4–6; and ‘Low’ indicates the rank of 7–9 in terms of the corresponding indices of exposure; sensitivity; and adaptive capacity.