Trend of development of formal private residential areas and its impact on the growth pattern of Khulna

Abstract

Housing is the one of the basic needs for human being. Land is scarce in Bangladesh. a ... country with a large population and limited land resource. The housing problems primarily arise from the huge migration of rural people to the cities. In order to mitigate the housing problems private land developers are developing private housing projects in Khulna. These private housing projects are being developed out side the Khulna City Corporation area. There are 19 private housing projects under 12 private Real Estate Development Agencies in Khulna. Majority of these projects is located on the south-western fringe of Khulna. The studied 19 projects provided 2481 residential plots, where Khulna Development Authority (KDA) and Housing and Settlement Directorate (HSD) provided 3679 plots in planned residential areas of Khulna. The developers supplied these plots to the house buyers through an easy process. Buyers can get theses plots without any. bureaucratic complexity lind lengthy formalities. The developers hand over the deed of plots to the buyers after full payment of the price ofland. It has been seen that all developers converted agricultural land to residential areas. As a result agricultural land is also gradually being reduced in Khull1l1 The local development authority, KDA has no control over these private housing development schemes. As a result, the developers can start a housing project anywhere they like. As real estate is a profitable business. mainly the land brokers are coming into this business with little or no knowledge regarding planning and requirements of housing, such private developers are developing housing projects possessing low quality service lilcllilies and the rate of conversion of agricultural land for housing is also significant. This research attempted to analyze the trend of formal private residential development and investigate its impact on the growth pattern of Khulna.