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

District-level risk assessment indicators for the United Arab Emirates, specifically tailored for flood hazard analysis. Produced by the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT) and updated in March 2026, it aggregates demographic, infrastructure, and accessibility data across seven thematic layers.

Use Cases

• Estimating emergency medical response needs by analyzing access_pop_hospitals_30min and access_pop_primary_healthcare_30min
• Quantifying demographic vulnerability for flood evacuation planning using children_u5 and elderly population counts
• Mapping educational infrastructure gaps by comparing education_count against access_pop_education_5km

Strengths

• Standardized ADM2_PCODE identifiers for integration with HDX COD-AB boundaries
• Multi-source data fusion from WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth Engine
• Granular travel-time metrics (30min, 1h, 2h) for healthcare accessibility analysis

Limitations

• Potential facility undercounting in districts where OpenStreetMap contributor activity is low
• Temporal discrepancies between demographic data and infrastructure data sources

Provenance

Source

HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology)

Collection Method

Aggregated from open data sources including WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth Engine via the GAIA Pipeline.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

United Arab Emirates