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Mirsharai (Chattogram)

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A northern Chattogram upazila stretching from the Bay of Bengal coast across the highway to the Tripura-bordering hills, site of the country's largest planned industrial economic zone.

Wealth rank 276/452 (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 Large-scale industrial economic-zone development on Mirsharai's coastal flats is rapidly converting land and adding to the district's built-up footprint. So what: Massive land conversion pressures drainage, farmland, and coastal habitat. Source: Department of Environment
  2. climate disaster As a coast-to-hill upazila with thin mangrove buffer, Mirsharai faces both Bay of Bengal surge on its shoreline and flash runoff off its eastern hills. So what: Dual coastal-and-hill hazards threaten the new industrial belt and settlements. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
  3. poverty Mirsharai's mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.036 (national rank 276/452) sits near the national midpoint despite the district's overall wealth. So what: Existing residents may capture little of the zone's growth without local linkages. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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