Dhaka, the capital and the largest city of Bangladeshis straining under the pressure of its rapidly increasing slum residents.The dwellers are facing difficulties in water and sanitationfacilities in terms of sharing status, ...

The public transportation system greatly influences the total effectiveness of any city's transportation system. A well-developed public transportation infrastructure can aid the economic growth of a city. Public buses ...

Disasters like earthquake, tropical storm, flood or drought, etc. are increasing both in number and severity. Like other disasters, waterlogging-induced human losses are not common. But financial and infrastructural damage ...

Open space provides an array of social, health, economic and environmental benefits to individuals and the community as a whole.Open space is an essential ingredient for enhancing the livability of an area and improving ...

Often central to a district or an Upazila (subunit of a district), the Paurashavas (municipalities) are regarded as the small urban areas in Bangladesh. Rapid and uncontrolled urbanization in these areas has resulted in ...

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is an urban transport solution for many of countries around the world. But up to now, there is no BRT operating in Bangladesh – construction of one is ongoing in Dhaka - nor there is any appropriate ...

Development projects usually involve displacement of people from their inherent settlements. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated country in the world, this is often resulted by acquisition of land by government. ...

To make development sustainable and inclusive, it must consider the rights of persons with disability. Same is true for build environment and transportation system. They must ensure the mobility rights of people with ...

For the rapidly increasing population in Dhaka demand for new housing is increasing. But buildable land, a precondition for housing, is gradually decreasing in Dhaka leading to sky rocketing price comparable to that in ...

Densification is a widely practised strategy of the recent years to achieve sustainable compact city by restraining urban sprawl. As one of the fastest growing Megacities with a population of about 14.3 million, the ...