Bangladesh is one of the most populous countries in the world, facing challenges in its every aspect. Like other developing countries, Bangladesh is also experiencing industrialization and the trend of industrialization ...

Pedestrian walkway is considered as an important ingredient of environment-human system in an urban setting [1], [2]. A pleasant environment, with greenery, can make the pedestrian way more effective. Dhaka, the capital ...

With the rapid growth of cities, an increasing number of trips are being generated from the suburban areas. Unlike the developed countries with high auto-ownership, commuters of the developing countries have to rely ...

Urban environment must constitutes viable, accessible and adequate open space which needs to proportional to its area and population. It is also necessary to understand what includes in a quality open space and the impediments ...

Fire, with its sudden appearance and destructive character, causes property losses and sometimes death and injury within a short time. High density of population and structures make the urban areas more vulnerable to ...

The origin of traditional shrimp cultivation started from 1930s, where commercial shrimp cultivation began globally in the 1970s. During 1980’s the profit of the shrimp industry began to attract the interests of dominant ...

The urban life has become so involved that people have much less time to accomplish regular tasks. So to save time, they try to chain several trips with their work trips which increase their convenience. Trip chains might ...

Although Bangladesh government claims that sanitation coverage in the country in 2007 was about 87% in rural areas and 84-97% in urban areas, however, the effective sustainable sanitation coverage is far below than the ...

The char lands of Bangladesh have one of the highest propensities of natural disaster. Char land is settled by the poorest and the most vulnerable community. The land less marginalized displaced settle here is search of ...

Holding tax has been the focus of revenue reforms in most urban local bodies as it is one of the significant sources of revenue. But the potential of this source is seriously under utilized due to weakness in both ...