Nepal Risk Assessment Indicators: District-Level Flood and Infrastructure Data

Nepal risk assessment indicators aggregated at admin level 2 (districts), produced by HeiGIT and last updated in March 2026. The data integrates demographic, infrastructure, and flood exposure metrics from WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth Engine to support disaster resilience analysis.

Use Cases

• Evaluating disaster resilience by comparing flood_exposure against coping_capacity metrics
• Planning emergency medical response using access_pop_hospitals_30min to identify underserved populations
• Targeting social protection programs based on the elderly and children_u5 demographic counts per district

Strengths

• Admin level 2 (district) spatial resolution for all indicators
• Includes specific travel-time accessibility metrics (30/60/120 mins) for healthcare
• Integrates multi-source data from WorldPop, OSM, and Google Earth Engine

Limitations

• Facility counts are dependent on OpenStreetMap contributor density which may vary by region
• Aggregated district-level data may mask sub-district variations in risk or accessibility

Provenance

Source

HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology)

Collection Method

Aggregated from secondary sources including WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth Engine via the GAIA Pipeline

Freshness

Last updated March 2026; frequency of updates is not specified.

Geography

Nepal