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Assasuni (Satkhira)

Local Gov

A low-lying coastal upazila of southern Satkhira dominated by saline shrimp ghers and tidal rivers, highly exposed to cyclones and waterlogging.

Wealth rank 125/452 (1 = poorest upazila)

Indicators: Meta RWI (HDX); ERA5-Land; MODIS; Sentinel-5P; VIIRS night-lights; GHSL; Hansen v1.11; CHIRPS v2.0. Exposure: GloFAS v2.1, FABDEM, MODIS LST, ACAG PM2.5, WorldPop 2020.

Problems and issues

  1. climate disaster Assasuni's coastal location and shrimp-gher polders leave it acutely exposed to cyclone, storm-surge, and prolonged waterlogging. So what: Surge and waterlogging can submerge homes and ghers for weeks. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  2. water The upazila's saline tidal rivers and brackish ghers leave households short of freshwater for drinking and farming. So what: Salinity forces families to travel far or pay for safe water. Source: Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE)
  3. poverty Assasuni's mean Relative Wealth Index of about -0.166 sits in the 3rd national decile (rank 125/452), reflecting deep coastal deprivation worsened by salinity and disasters. So what: Repeated disasters keep poor households from recovering between shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions