Table 7 Mapping vulnerability to climate change and its potential health repercussions in pakistan by agro-ecological zones
From: Mapping vulnerability to climate change and its repercussions on human health in Pakistan
| Â | Â | Vulnerability to climate change | Health repercussions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agro-Ecological Zone | Degree of Exposure | Primary Manifestations of Exposure | Degree of Sensitivity | Adaptive Capacity | Â |
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 |