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Acknowledgements Project Partners Team Members Conclusions Results Earth Observations Study Area Methodology Objectives Abstract Sebastian Wesselman, ICIMOD Faisal Mueen Qamer, ICIMOD Syed Najam Hassan (KIU) Kel Markert, MSFC-NASA Kenton Ross, NASA DEVELOP NASA datasets offers resourceful Remotely Sensed Images for land- cover and change mapping The research supplements the risk and disaster management endeavor at the government level to address the concerns regarding agricultural land rehabilitation, food insecurity, transportation, health facilities and compensation for the losses. The research provides better understanding and evaluation of the changed pattern of food security situation after the disaster Assess the impacts of Attabad Lake Disaster on agricultural land cover patterns and associated food security in Gilgit Baltistan. Comparison of pre- and post- disaster agricultural land cover maps. Assist the concerned risk management authority of the Government of Pakistan. The project assessed the impact of the Attabad lake landslide disaster on agricultural land cover patterns and associated food security in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. Essentially, this involved agricultural land cover maps, change detection maps, GIS based analysis of Landsat Imagery and statistical analysis of Questionnaires survey to depict the impact of the disaster on livelihood of people. This research also aimed to describe and analyze the changed food security situation that affected the local population due to the landslide. NASA Earth observation platforms like Landsat TM Imagery, GDEM from ASTER and Google Earth Imagery are resourceful for preparing land cover, change and slope maps. The project would supplement the concerned government authority, the risk & hazard management endeavor as well as private NGOs, INGOs and researchers to understand the geology and environment of the region to cope with the situation of natural disaster & agricultural issues in the future. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal David Nhemaphuki, Ruby Adhikari, Raja Akhtar, Shuja Hassan, Gul Sanam, Naseem Bibi Impact Assessment of Attabad Lake Disaster on Agriculture and associated Food Security in Gilgit Baltistan PAKISTAN DISASTER Landsat 5 SERVIR Aster David Nhemaphuki Ruby Adhikari Raja Akhtar Shuja Hassan Gul Sanam Naseem Bibi Landsat 5 TM Image Digital Elevation Model Slope Map Downloaded Landsat Images Radiometric Calibration Dark pixel subtractions Image Pre- processing NDVI Image Enhancement Object Based Classification Agricultural and Non- Agricultural Map Classification Maximum NDVI for the year 2009 & 2010 NDVI>0. 4 Slope<50% Change Detection Landsat 5 TM Images Image Differencing 2009-2010 Change Map 2009 2010 Questionnaires Interviews Videos Images Field Survey Impact caused by Attabad disaster Mode of Access to the Market 0 20 40 60 35 10 26 50 Percentage Series1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Loss of Life Decrease in Living Standard Food security Agricultural land cover changed pattern Property Loss Livestock Percentage Infra-Structural Damage Attabad Gulmit Ghulkin Total shops = 11 Water Floor industry = 1 Small Floor industry = 4 Small Wood industry = 3 Shops = 118 RCC = 5 Wood small shop = 8 Hotel and Restaurant(25 rooms) = 1 Marble small industry = 1 Industries loss = 1 Shops = 8 Hotel(13 rooms) = 1 Impact on Agriculture 30% reduced production after disaster in Gulmit where as 100% in Shishkat and Ainabad 50 % cultivated land has been affected in the five worst affected villages. Around 300 animals sheds and fodder were destroyed 30% reduced production after disaster in Gulmit where as 100% in Shishkat and Ainabad 12000 kanals of crop was submerged or destroyed because of dam
