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Moulvibazar Sadar (Moulvibazar)

Local Gov

The district seat of Moulvibazar, the administrative and commercial hub of Bangladesh's tea-country district.

Wealth rank 342/452 (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. urbanization As the district's built-up core, the sadar town concentrates expanding settlement and the heaviest local traffic and commercial activity. So what: Unplanned growth strains drainage and services and encroaches on surrounding land. Source: Local Government Engineering Department
  2. climate disaster Set in a warming, high-rainfall basin, the sadar's lowlands face haor-fed flash flooding while heat and rainfall stress nearby tea cultivation. So what: Flash floods and heat episodes disrupt both town life and the surrounding tea economy. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  3. social Tea estates ringing the sadar concentrate a historically marginalized plantation workforce whose deprivation is masked by the town's relatively higher average wealth (RWI 0.073, national rank 342 of 452). So what: Estate workers remain excluded from the gains visible in the urban core. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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