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. The research paper is produced as joint research project including Shuja ul Hassan, Raja Akhtar , Gul Sanam, Naseem Bibi, David Nhemaphuki and Ruby Adhikari.

1. AcknowledgementsProject PartnersTeam Members
ConclusionsResults
Earth Observations
Study AreaMethodology
ObjectivesAbstract
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>0.4Slope<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
35
10
26
50
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Public
Transport
Personal
Transport
Boat On foot
Percentage
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percentage
Loss of Life
Decrease in Living
Standard
Food security
Agricultural land cover
changed pattern
Property Loss
Livestock
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