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Gosairhat (Shariatpur)

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A southernmost char-and-river upazila of Shariatpur near the Meghna estuary, with char farming, fisheries and remote riverine settlements.

Wealth rank 133/452 (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. water Position among the lower river channels exposes Gosairhat to aggressive bank erosion and channel migration. So what: Char and riverside households lose farmland and homes. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
  2. climate disaster Low char and floodplain land combined with heavy monsoon rainfall intensifies seasonal flooding. So what: Remote char communities are repeatedly inundated and hard to evacuate. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  3. poverty Mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.159 (national rank 133 of 452, decile 3) marks Gosairhat as among the poorer upazilas in the district. So what: Material poverty compounds char-dweller vulnerability. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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