A GEO-SENSOR NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION DESIGN FOR DISASTER PREVENTION USING HISTORICAL FLOOD HAZARD ANALYSIS FOR THE INDUS RIVER BASIN

Abstract

Flood is the most prominent natural hazard that has had a devastating impact on Pakistan in the recent past. These events have inflicted huge loss of human life, livestock, agriculture and infrastructure. Most the historical floods in Pakistan have occurred in the Indus River Basin which spans to an area of 1.12 million Km², out of which, only 47% is present in Pakistan. It covers the provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and most of the parts of Sindh while some of the eastern areas of Balochistan is also included in it. The climate over this basin is not uniform throughout and varies from semiarid to subtropical arid.