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Improving Coastal Resource Management for Socio-Economic Development of Rural Communities in Cox's Bazar: A Participatory Appraisal

Coastal ecosystems are complex, sensitive and subject to influences of nature as well as human interference. The Cox's Bazar coastal zone of Bangladesh has had great importance since long for the abundance of its natural resources. However, in terms of recent development efforts, the coastal zone has been neglected. It is essential to diagnose the coastal issues and appraise the needs of the coastal communities through the bottom-up approach for more rigorous research and facilitate the formulation of the sustainable management plan. The use of space-borne remote sensing for land use applications has widely demonstrated as an important tool, particularly for land cover identification. Satellite image of Landsat TM, covering the Cox's Bazar coast were processed to extract information about the coastal natural resources. The integrated use of remote sensing and GIS technology does not only improve the quality of geographic information but also enables information previously unavailable to be economically produced. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) was conducted to focus local community opinion to analyze their situation as well as to assess the coastal natural resources, land use patterns, problems, and potentials. Proper resource utilization and integration among stakeholder's activities can increase environment-friendly production efficiency, which have a positive role in successful poverty alleviation program and socio-economic development of coastal rural communities.