Coastal management in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

What is Chittagong?

A coastal city in Bangladesh, it was at risk from flooding because of rising sea levels and tropical cyclones.

What is the Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure project?

A project started in 2012 to try and make coastal areas of the city more resillient to climate change.

What did the majort schemes include?

Building up coastal embankments.

Raising the levels of roads.

Upgrading 25 cyclone shelters.

Upgrading 37 boat landing stages.

Education programmes.

Improving water supply pipelines.

What benefits did it have unrelated to flood defence?

Planting of new vegetation improved the look of area.

Increased employment fo