Formulation of planning guide line for location of vegetable markets in the city of Dhaka

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.