Universal Journal of Geoscience Vol. 4(5), pp. 102 - 111
DOI: 10.13189/ujg.2016.040502
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Planning for NGOs at District-level along the River Side of Jamuna, Bangladesh: Using GIS and Remote Sensing Technology

Tanjinul Hoque Mollah ^*, Takaaki Nihei
Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University, Japan

ABSTRACT

This paper emphasizes on planning and spatial distribution of NGO's provided services as education, agricultural sector, micro credit, health and sanitation to the rural poor people at districts level along the river side of Jamuna, Bangladesh. This study used satellite images from 1975 to 2015 years to identify the spatial and temporal dynamics of alluvial char as well as making the plan for the NGOs distribution to ensure the proper services for the rural poor. Every year the char land shifts due to multi-channel river flow, local topography, flood, erosion and sedimentation into the river bed as well as braided characteristics of the Jamuna River as a consequences severe damage to the agriculture, infrastructure, vegetation cover and so on. The rural poor along the river side of Jamuna suffers a lot as because they are not stable in a char land and consequently shifting one char land to another so that it requires a long term policy for the betterment of the char lands people's livelihood. The rural poor people live in remote areas that are often huge distances from centers of commerce and social services areas as a result difficulties in accessing market opportunities rural people don't get proper health facilities as well as increase high levels of illiteracy. The poor suffer from hunger, ill health, a lack of education and other environmental vulnerabilities. For all of these reasons, this paper makes a plan for sustainable development and for the optimal distance from the centers of commerce and social services areas along the river side of Jamuna, Bangladesh.

KEYWORDS
The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics, Accessing Market Opportunities, Sustainable Development and Optimal Distance

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Tanjinul Hoque Mollah , Takaaki Nihei , "Planning for NGOs at District-level along the River Side of Jamuna, Bangladesh: Using GIS and Remote Sensing Technology," Universal Journal of Geoscience, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 102 - 111, 2016. DOI: 10.13189/ujg.2016.040502.

(b). APA Format:
Tanjinul Hoque Mollah , Takaaki Nihei (2016). Planning for NGOs at District-level along the River Side of Jamuna, Bangladesh: Using GIS and Remote Sensing Technology. Universal Journal of Geoscience, 4(5), 102 - 111. DOI: 10.13189/ujg.2016.040502.