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Volume 4, Issue 3, 2025

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Rapid urbanization in Bangladesh has exponentially exacerbated environmental stressors, most notably in Dhaka and Rajshahi, where climate-related concerns are becoming more prevalent. This study adopted geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing techniques to delineate and assess climate risk zones in Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) in 2020 and 2024. The evaluation involved the incorporation of land use/land cover (LULC), land surface temperature (LST), and air pollution indicators. Sentinel-2A multispectral imager (MSI) was used to calculate LULC, Landsat-8 optical land imager (OLI) for LST, and Sentinel-5P for atmospheric pollutants, such as NO2, SO2, CO, and PM2.5. The analysis revealed that the built-up land in Dhaka was expanded by 4.38% whereas in Rajshahi, it was 8.91%. Rajshahi recorded a maximum LST of 46.7°C in 2024, when compared to 37.6°C in Dhaka. The level of air pollution was consistently high in Dhaka, with an average concentration of NO2 reaching 36.4 µmol/m2, almost quadrupled the 9.81 µmol/m2 in Rajshahi. Weighted overlay analysis demonstrated that 5.38% and 1.63% of the areas in Dhaka and Rajshahi, respectively, were categorized as very high-risk zones in 2024. The very low-risk zones accounted for less than 1.5% in both cities. These findings suggested significant regional differences in urban climate risk as Dhaka was experiencing more severe circumstances, due to dense urbanization and rising pollution levels. The study unraveled the potential of GIS and remote sensing-based multi-parameter integration for urban climate risk zoning, as well as the establishment of city-specific adaptation and mitigation measures in Bangladesh.

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