Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(23), P. 10578 - 10578

Published: Dec. 3, 2024

This study maps the rural household vulnerability to flood-induced health risks in flood-affected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan, focusing on devastating 2022 flood. Using data from 600 households severely impacted districts of province (including Charsadda and Nowshera), this research examines influence demographic, socioeconomic, infrastructural factors vulnerability. assesses flooding issues using logistic regression. The current findings revealed that female-headed households, those with younger heads, families lower educational levels are particularly vulnerable. Income disparities significantly shape coping capacity, wealthier more likely adopt effective risk-mitigation strategies. Proximity functioning healthcare facilities emerged as a crucial factor reducing vulnerability, these faced fewer hazards. Conversely, areas where water infrastructure were damaged experienced higher disease outbreaks, including cholera malaria, due contamination inadequate sanitation. highlights urgent need for resilient infrastructure, strengthened public systems, improved education, enhanced sanitation services mitigate risks. Policymakers urged sustainable development practices by adopting gender-sensitive disaster management strategies, prioritizing initiatives, fostering community support networks enhance resilience future flood events KPK.

Language: Английский