UN-HABITAT constituted 12 teams, comprising engineers and social staff to conduct a qualitative technical assessment on housing and settlements in the flood affected areas of Pakistan. On 20th August 2010 teams started this assessment in different areas of all provinces and completed the task in two weeks time.
Objective of qualitative assessment are to collect information on settlements and housing, collect and document local traditional construction and practices, provide inputs for early recovery. .
The main report of this assessment needs alote of information yet to incorporate in it. find below links to some of the anex of this report.
Latest government estimates indicate that over 14 million people have been affected by the floods (National
and Provincial Disaster Management Authorities). Assessments are ongoing to establish the degree to which
affected populations are in need of immediate humanitarian assistance. The official death toll has risen to
1,343, with 1,588 people now reported as injured. The latest NDMA report indicates that over 722,000
houses have been either damaged or destroyed