Abstract:
The greater demand for and the higher production of
vegetable in Bangladesh today bas rendered vegetable marketing
more compli,'cated than in the earlier days ""hen Iislllallquantity
of produce was sold. As increased development occured. there
has been greater need for more and better marketing facilities.
The distribution pattern of the market centres are distinctive
from one another from the point of view of the standafd of
goods and services. physical location etc. The';,jemandfor
goods and services increas~s with the increase of/population.
income etc.
The present study on the location of JIlarketswithin
the city are relevant for.tbe solution of nUlllberof pra-etical
planning problems of market centres, such as planning new
market centres which are to be integrated in tbe pattern of
e.xpanding sub-urban settlements. establishing integrated and
semi integrated market centres in areaB where urban sprawl
has already gone beyond a manageable limit. intelligent
planning of major roads leading batter access to core of
the market from peripheral areas, and laying down of
principles from the plpnning of new markets is essential.
New vegetable market centres may bring with it
selected commercialization of landscape with a view to
achieve the objective of full spatial co~ercialization
in the near future. This theais tried to laydownthe
principles of selection of a vegetable market within
the Dhakacity with the aim of enabling the provision
of someguidelines for future lllarketcentre establish_
ment in the cities of Bangladesh.
