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Fatikchhari (Chattogram)

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A large northern hill upazila of Chattogram with extensive tea estates and forest, bordering the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Halda river system.

Wealth rank 148/452 (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. environment Tea-frontier clearing and hill-cutting across Fatikchhari's uplands contribute heavily to the district's forest loss and slope degradation. So what: Loss of tree cover raises landslide and sedimentation risk on the hill estates. Source: Department of Environment
  2. climate disaster High monsoon rainfall over the upazila's deforested hill terrain generates flash floods and erosion in the Halda and feeder streams. So what: Flashy runoff threatens estate labour settlements and downstream water quality. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board / Department of Disaster Management
  3. poverty Fatikchhari's mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.144 (national rank 148/452) marks it among the poorer upazilas of this generally wealthier district. So what: Estate and hill households have thin buffers against monsoon hazards. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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