Table 11 Percentage of socioeconomic drought-vulnerable zones.
From: Delineating the drought vulnerability zones in Bangladesh
Vulnerable zones | Hydrological region | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastern Hills | North Central | North East | North West | River and Estuary | South Central | South East | South West | |
Very Low | 0.00% | 0.07% | 18.35% | 39.05% | 3.66% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 21.96% |
Low | 0.00% | 38.51% | 23.66% | 49.12% | 40.72% | 41.26% | 0.16% | 9.63% |
Moderate | 0.00% | 26.60% | 15.63% | 11.83% | 7.99% | 14.55% | 12.46% | 34.64% |
High | 14.55% | 10.45% | 25.41% | 0.00% | 26.73% | 33.44% | 21.43% | 31.80% |
Very High | 85.45% | 24.37% | 16.94% | 0.00% | 20.90% | 10.74% | 65.95% | 1.97% |