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Pekua (Cox's Bazar)

Local Gov

A coastal upazila of salt pans, shrimp ghers, and embankment-protected polders on the northern Cox's Bazar shore, increasingly tied to coastal energy and infrastructure projects.

Wealth rank 437/452 (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 polder land behind coastal embankments is exposed to cyclone, storm-surge, and tidal flooding on the Bay of Bengal. So what: Embankment breaches inundate salt pans, ghers, and homes. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
  2. water Tidal flooding and saline intrusion threaten freshwater supply and dry-season cropping on the coastal flats. So what: Salinity constrains drinking water and farming for coastal households. Source: Department of Public Health Engineering
  3. poverty An upazila mean Relative Wealth Index of 0.329, among the higher in the district, sits over an economy narrowly tied to salt and shrimp. So what: Concentrated coastal livelihoods are vulnerable to surge and salinity shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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