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Satkania (Chattogram)

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A southern Chattogram upazila on the Sangu river between hill forest and floodplain, on the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar corridor and prone to riverine flooding.

Wealth rank 361/452 (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 Heavy district rainfall and hill runoff swell the Sangu river through Satkania, producing recurrent riverine flooding and bank erosion. So what: Floods inundate cropland and riverside settlements each monsoon. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board / Department of Disaster Management
  2. environment Hill-cutting and forest clearing on the upazila's eastern uplands add to the district's tree-cover loss and slope instability. So what: Denuded slopes increase erosion and downstream sedimentation. Source: Department of Environment
  3. poverty Satkania's mean Relative Wealth Index of 0.107 (national rank 361/452) is comparatively high yet still reflects standing within a nationally poor distribution. So what: Modest local wealth limits flood adaptation along the Sangu. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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