Saint Lucia Risk Assessment Indicators at Admin Level 2

HeiGIT provides risk assessment indicators for Saint Lucia aggregated at the administrative level 2 (district) to support flood hazard analysis. The dataset integrates demographic, infrastructure, and accessibility metrics derived from WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth Engine as of March 2026.

Use Cases

• Flood risk modeling using access_pop_hospitals_30min to identify areas with poor emergency medical access
• Vulnerability assessment by mapping children_u5 and elderly populations against district-level flood exposure
• Infrastructure planning by analyzing education_count and primary_healthcare_count relative to total population

Strengths

• Aggregated at admin level 2
• Includes travel-time accessibility metrics (30/60/120 min)
• Integrates WorldPop and OpenStreetMap data

Limitations

• Spatial resolution limited to district level
• Potential OSM facility undercounting in rural zones
• Incomplete documentation for rural population columns

Provenance

Source

HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology)

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Saint Lucia