Abstract

Bank erosion is a common problem for city dwellers and land owners due to unsupported bank. The purpose of this research was to identify socio-economic impacts of riverbank erosion on people of Mugholgaon union includes Lalargaon, Talukpara, Fatehpur & Khalpar villages. It was hypothesized that the socio-economic impacts of riverbank erosion on affected people are quite significant and enormous. Satellite Images for the year of 1990 to 2018 were used to delineate the changes of the river. A comprehensive analysis was carried out in this study using the state of the ARC-GIS (Geographical Information System) technology to assess the river bank shifting of the Surma River in respect of bank erosion and accretion at Lamakazi union. The study revealed that for long time this area has been suffering with the erosion problem & shifting characteristics of Surma River.