Poland Risk Assessment Indicators: Admin Level 2 Flood and Demographic Data

Risk assessment indicators for Poland's administrative level 2 districts (powiaty) facilitate flood hazard and resilience analysis. Produced by the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT) in March 2026, the data integrates demographic, infrastructure, and accessibility metrics derived from WorldPop and OpenStreetMap.

Use Cases

• Identifying healthcare deserts by filtering for districts with low access_pop_hospitals_30min values
• Quantifying vulnerable populations in flood zones using children_u5 and elderly demographic counts
• Benchmarking regional infrastructure by comparing education_count and primary_healthcare_count per district

Strengths

• Includes specific travel-time accessibility metrics like access_pop_hospitals_2h
• Provides granular demographic segments including female_u5 and pop_u15
• Uses standardized ADM2_PCODE identifiers for compatibility with HDX COD-AB boundaries

Limitations

• Potential under-representation of facilities in education_count due to OpenStreetMap's crowdsourced nature
• The coping capacity layer is a derivative of other layers rather than a primary observation

Provenance

Source

HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology)

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Poland (Admin Level 2)