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Cox's Bazar Sadar (Cox's Bazar)

Local Gov

The district seat and tourism hub on the world's longest natural sea beach, where hotels, the airport, and administrative offices concentrate alongside dense, fast-growing settlement.

Wealth rank 440/452 (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 tourism and administrative core, the sadar absorbs unplanned hotel, settlement, and road growth onto flood-prone and ecologically sensitive coastal land. So what: Sprawl outpaces drainage and zoning, worsening waterlogging and beach-front degradation. Source: Cox's Bazar Development Authority
  2. climate disaster The low-lying beachfront town sits directly on an exposed Bay of Bengal coastline subject to cyclone and storm-surge risk. So what: A major surge event would threaten dense tourist and resident populations and key infrastructure. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  3. poverty An upazila mean Relative Wealth Index of 0.349, the highest in the district, marks the sadar as relatively well-off but reliant on tourism income. So what: Tourism-dependent earnings are vulnerable to climate shocks and seasonal swings. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions