Exploring impacts and livelihood vulnerability of riverbank erosion hazard among rural household along the river Padma of Bangladesh

Environmental Systems Research

Table 2 Erosion and accretion areas along banks of the Padma River during 1973–2011.

Time period	Bank	Erosion		Accretion
Time period	Bank	Total area (km²)	Rate (km²/year)	Total area (km²)	Rate (km²/year)
1973–1977	RB	44.31	11.08	91.66	22.91
1973–1977	LB	36.82	9.20	25.87	6.47
1977–1980	RB	76.96	25.65	34.73	11.58
1977–1980	LB	15.74	5.25	41.67	13.89
1980–1984	RB	58.25	14.56	19.39	4.85
1980–1984	LB	30.33	7.58	16.21	4.05
1984–1989	RB	50.57	10.11	39.13	7.83
1984–1989	LB	41.92	8.38	6.96	1.39
1989–1995	RB	86.39	14.40	49.99	8.33
1989–1995	LB	50.67	8.45	8.95	1.49
1995–2000	RB	98.00	19.60	45.60	9.12
1995–2000	LB	58.82	11.76	51.78	10.36
2000–2005	RB	74.81	12.47	20.81	3.47
2000–2005	LB	33.48	5.58	41.07	6.84
2005–2011	RB	34.50	5.75	105.71	17.62
2005–2011	LB	56.90	9.48	18.55	3.09
1973–2011	RB	166.53	4.38	134.45	3.54
1973–2011	LB	189.40	4.98	23.66	0.62