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Nasirnagar (Brahmanbaria)

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A low-lying, haor-fringe rural upazila in the northwest of the district where seasonal floodwaters dominate an agrarian, paddy-based economy.

Wealth rank 67/452 (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. poverty Household wealth is low, with a Relative Wealth Index mean of -0.249 (national rank 67 of 452, second-poorest decile), the poorest of the district's upazilas. So what: Thin household resources limit resilience to flood shocks and crop loss. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
  2. climate disaster Sitting on flat, low-lying floodplain land near the haor basin, the upazila is exposed to seasonal flooding and waterlogging that inundates paddy. So what: Recurrent inundation damages the single most important crop and depresses incomes. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
  3. water Flat low-lying terrain with poor drainage leaves standing water across fields and settlements after monsoon rains. So what: Prolonged waterlogging disrupts cropping and rural mobility. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board

Probable solutions