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Read Bangladesh from orbit.

Satellite observations and household surveys reveal changes in water, light, vegetation, land, and spatial inequality that no single ground survey can show alone.

Satellite Bangladesh

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5 verified chapters are available.

1Bangladesh is Drowning40 Years of Satellite Evidence on Floods, Rivers, and Vanishing WetlandsclimatefloodingrivershaorssatelliteGIS2026-03-152026-03-15
2Bangladesh is GlowingSatellite Tracking of Nightlights, Urban Sprawl, and Air That Killsnightlightsurbanizationair-qualityUHIsatelliteGIS2026-03-202026-03-20
3Bangladesh is Greening (and Browning)Forest Loss, Vegetation Health, and the Battle for LandvegetationforestNDVIland-coversatelliteGIS2026-03-212026-03-21
4Bangladesh is ErodingRising Seas, Shifting Rains, and a Coast Under Siegecoastalclimatesea-levelrainfallsatelliteGIS2026-03-222026-03-22
5Bangladesh is DividingSatellite Evidence of Spatial Inequality, Poverty Persistence, and Urban-Rural FracturepovertyinequalityMPInutritioninfrastructuresatelliteGIS2026-03-232026-03-23

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Earth-observation sources

The series combines named open satellite products with official household-survey evidence. Satellite processing is performed through Google Earth Engine.

Landsat 5/7/8/9 (USGS/NASA)
Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus)
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI (ESA)
VIIRS DNB (NASA)
DMSP-OLS (NOAA)
MODIS (NASA)
CHIRPS (UCSB/USGS)
Hansen Global Forest Change (UMD/Google)
GHSL (EC JRC)
Dynamic World (Google/WRI)
geoBoundaries (W&M)
HIES (BBS)
DHS (ICF)
IPUMS (UMN)

Source: The named satellite providers and BBS/ICF/IPUMS survey programsVerified

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