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Bera (Pabna)

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A low-lying upazila on the Jamuna-Hurasagar confluence in southeastern Pabna, shaped by river flooding and char land.

Wealth rank 252/452 (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. water Sitting at a river confluence, Bera is exposed to seasonal flooding and bank erosion along the Jamuna and its distributaries, with shifting char land. So what: Erosion repeatedly displaces riverside households and swallows cropland and homesteads. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB)
  2. poverty Below-average household wealth (RWI -0.057, national rank 252/452, poverty decile 6 of 10) on a farming and weaving base. So what: Limited savings leave erosion-affected families with little cushion to rebuild. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
  3. agriculture Riverine cropping and char agriculture are repeatedly disrupted when floods inundate or wash away fields. So what: Yield and land loss undercut the upazila's main livelihood. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)

Probable solutions