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Chakaria (Cox's Bazar)

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A large coastal upazila on the Matamuhuri river mouth combining mangrove tracts, shrimp and salt farming, and the gateway road link to the Cox's Bazar beach corridor.

Wealth rank 331/452 (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 Low-lying settlements along the Matamuhuri estuary and the open Bay of Bengal coast face cyclone, storm-surge, and flash-flood exposure each monsoon. So what: Repeated inundation damages homes, salt pans, and shrimp ghers and displaces coastal households. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  2. environment Clearance of coastal mangrove and hill vegetation for shrimp ponds, settlement, and fuelwood continues to thin the protective tree cover. So what: Loss of natural buffers leaves the coast more exposed to surge and erosion. Source: Bangladesh Forest Department
  3. poverty Despite an upazila mean Relative Wealth Index of 0.051, host-community livelihoods remain narrow and exposed to coastal hazard shocks. So what: Households have thin buffers to absorb crop, salt, and fishery losses. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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