Abstract:
One of the objedives of regional planning is to achieve a balanced groMh, In
developing countries disparity in term~ of :.en'iee facilities between regions IS
lIlereaslllg. Most of the time in developing countries like l33Jlg13desh selection of
implementation areas for developmenl pmjects is based on apparent conditions rather
lhan a ~omprehensive study of requirements too often leading to an unbalanced growlh.
No methodology or selection criteria for identifying areas with priority need j()r
particular development initiatives exist. This study follows Populalilln Threshold
method to identify areas within Kushtia dIstrict depri~ed orso~ial facilitie:. compared
to other areas witllin the region,
Pmvi,ion of 'erviee facilities is always bounded by resource constraints, especially In
the lhird world countries like Hangladesh. Therefore service facility planning requires a
well developed method for the crItIcal examination of existing facilities and their
distribution to avoid wastagc of resources. ThIs paper applies such a method to identify
disparItIes among the thanas of Kushtia districl in terms 01"edu~ational, commercial,
health and olher selecled social services and includes policy recommendations to
reJu~e the imbalance.
