ICTs for Climate Resilience and Rural Development in Pakistan: Bridging Digital Divides for Inclusive Innovation

Shahla Riaz, Farrukh Shahzad · 2025 · Media and Communication Review

Summary. ICTs like satellite telemetry and flood early warning systems can help rural communities in Pakistan's glacier regions adapt to climate risks, but their success depends on local trust, gender-sensitive design, and community-based training. Top-down technology deployment fails; instead, ICTs must be co-designed with local actors, translated into local languages, and supported through inclusive capacity-building to bridge digital divides rather than widen them.

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  title   = {ICTs for Climate Resilience and Rural Development in Pakistan: Bridging Digital Divides for Inclusive Innovation},
  author  = {Shahla Riaz and Farrukh Shahzad},
  journal = {Media and Communication Review},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.32350/mcr.52.10},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.32350/mcr.52.10}
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DOI

10.32350/mcr.52.10

Countries

Pakistan

Regions

Asia

Categories

broadband-and-digital, climate-and-environment, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28