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Bandarban Sadar (Bandarban)

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The district seat and main town of Bandarban, the administrative and tourism node of Bangladesh's most mountainous district, home to Marma, Bawm and other indigenous communities.

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. economy As the district seat, Bandarban Sadar concentrates the district's tourism and administrative activity, leaving prosperity confined to a few town and tourism pockets while the roadless interior remains marginal. So what: Growth clustered in the town bypasses remote hill communities. Source: Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board / Ministry of CHT Affairs
2. climate disaster Steep slopes around the town, under the district's high rainfall and warming, produce destructive landslides and flash floods, with hillside settlements especially exposed. So what: Landslides and flash floods endanger lives and homes on the town's hill slopes. Source: Department of Disaster Management
3. poverty Bandarban Sadar's RWI mean of -0.275 places it in a low wealth decile among upazilas, the least poor within Bandarban but still well below the national norm. So what: Even the district's wealthiest upazila remains deeply poor by national standards. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions

• Landslide and flash-flood early-warning with hazard mapping and pre-monsoon evacuation planning for exposed hillside settlements Responsible: Department of Disaster Management · policy proposal
• Hill-adapted livelihood and connectivity package prioritizing the roadless interior over tourism pockets Responsible: Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board / Ministry of CHT Affairs · policy proposal