Sea Level Rise and Water (water logging, drinking water, urban) • Salinity Intrusion Human settlement • Energy • Health • Floods Central Region, East Agriculture (crop, fisheries, livestock) • Region, Char land Water (urban, industry) • Infrastructure • settlement • Health • Disaster • Energy • Cyclone and Storm Coastal and Marine Zone Marine Fishing • Surge1 Infrastructure • Human settlement • Life and property • Drainage congestion Coastal Area, Urban, (Navigation) • South West Agriculture (crop) • Figure 2: Likely impact of climate change in Bangladesh and required investments (Source: Ministry of Environment and Forest ; MoEF, 2009) Apart from this, local people's perception has also been explored to have a clear understanding on the likely impact of climate change on water sector. In pertinent to this, some literatures have been found which were carried out in the coastal areas of Noakhali District on behalf of IUCN Bangladesh Country Office in order to assess the concept of people in these areas. Local people’s experiences in this regard are: Excessive rainfall at present, untimely and irregular distribution The annual rainfall over the coastal zone is increasing. Bhola and Chittagong show the decreasing trend. The rainfall of the winter and pre-monsoon seasons were found to have increasing trend except Bhola. Increase in tidal bore, no of cyclonic events, variation in tidal flow: the five deadliest tropical cyclones (super cyclones) of the Bay of Bengal were recorded in a study. Among these cyclones four of those hit Noakhali, Chittagong coast.
Sea Level Rise and Salinity Intrusion • Water (water logging, drinking water, urban) • Human settlement • Energy • Health Floods Central Region, East Region, Char land • Agriculture (crop, fisheries, livestock) • Water (urban, industry) • Infrastructure • settlement • Health • Disaster • Energy Cyclone and Storm Surge1 Coastal and Marine Zone • Marine Fishing • Infrastructure • Human settlement • Life and property Drainage congestion Coastal Area, Urban, South West • (Navigation) • Agriculture (crop) Figure 2: Likely impact of climate change in Bangladesh and required investments (Source: Ministry of Environment and Forest ; MoEF, 2009) Apart from this, local people's perception has also been explored to have a clear understanding on the likely impact of climate change on water sector. In pertinent to this, some literatures have been found which were carried out in the coastal areas of Noakhali District on behalf of IUCN Bangladesh Country Office in order to assess the concept of people in these areas. Local people’s experiences in this regard are: Excessive rainfall at present, untimely and irregular distribution The annual rainfall over the coastal zone is increasing. Bhola and Chittagong show the decreasing trend. The rainfall of the winter and pre-monsoon seasons were found to have increasing trend except Bhola. Increase in tidal bore, no of cyclonic events, variation in tidal flow: the five deadliest tropical cyclones (super cyclones) of the Bay of Bengal were recorded in a study. Among these cyclones four of those hit Noakhali, Chittagong coast.
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