URP http://103.99.128.19:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/84 2026-04-19T02:47:26Z 2026-04-19T02:47:26Z Hasan, Muhammad Rashidul http://103.99.128.19:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/449 2025-09-07T05:27:25Z 2019-11-30T00:00:00Z

Title: Improving the Urban Development Control Mechanism in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Dhaka City Authors: Hasan, Muhammad Rashidul Abstract: The consequences of urbanization for a country are not given. Urbanization holds both promises and problems for a country and features that come to dominate depend on the nature and efficiency of policy engagement with the urban agenda. Development control can be defined as a strategy, adapted by each community, to guide growth within that community. It entails a collection of policies, regulations and incentives that support objectives of growth of a community. There are a number of planning and development control initiatives, which are used as tools or instruments for urban growth management, such as comprehensive planning, zoning, subdivision regulations, property taxes, development fees, infrastructure investments and other policy instruments that significantly influence the development of an urban area. Development control mechanism is vital for an urban area for achieving quality living of the urban community. Development control forms a major part of urban land use policy and contributes for promoting public interests, eliminating negative externalities, improving information base for decision making and redistributing public costs and benefits. Development control is mainly a public sector strive to control market forces in order to achieve varied social objectives and to shape transformation of the urban built environment. Bangladesh is one of the countries of south Asia that is experiencing rapid urbanization. Its cities are growing more than twice the rate of rural areas, and this rapid growth of urbanization is expected to continue till Bangladesh transitions from a low income to a middle income country. About 30 percent of the total population living in urban areas is contributing approximately 60 percent to the national GDP. Consequently, urbanization has become synonymous with development. This has been manifested by corresponding increase in the number of urban centers in the country. In the distribution of urban population, the large cities have absorbed the major share, the capital Dhaka being one of the densely populated cities in the world. Secondary towns or municipalities of the country are also growing at a rapid pace as well.A number of planning and development control tools are being applied in Bangladesh for managing the growth of Dhaka and other urban areas of the country. These tools include Master Plan, Development Plan, Municipal Acts, Building Construction Act and Rules, Building Code and so on. Although these are aimed at directing the growth of the city in a deliberate and well-managed way, the city has been sprawling outwards in an unrestricted fashion. These measures are proved to be not enough to guide the land development and management process in the urban areas. The main purpose of this research is to explore and examine current practices of urban development control mechanism in Bangladesh in general and Dhaka City in particular. The research seeks to find answer on “how the existing laws, rules and regulationsfollowed for urban development control in respect of urban planning exercises are appropriate for urban development in Bangladesh”? The research question is further diagnosed with a number of arguments that this research would come across within its scope for investigations. Further investigations were made to substantiate such arguments, which are as follows: i) the concepts that might be considered for urban development control mechanism in the urban planning context of Bangladesh; ii) How effective are the existing laws, rules and regulations for urban development control mechanism in Bangladesh? Iii) Are there any variations in the practices of urban development control mechanism for different urban areas (such as metropolitan area, cities and municipalities) in Bangladesh or elsewhere? iv) What are the roles of different government agencies regarding development control of Dhaka city? And v) What are the pros and cons of Dhaka city in applying and improving urban development control mechanism for planned development? Based on literature review and collection of data and information, the research sought for finding out the current practices of urban development control mechanism in Bangladesh in general and RAJUK area in particular. A mixed method is used to collect data as it is considered suitable for gathering information from different groups of participants including households, government officials, researchers and community leaders. This research is has adopted a qualitative approach for data collection and analysis to investigate the development control mechanism in practice in different urban areas of Bangladesh, namely metropolitan cities and municipalities (Paurashavas). The data has been mainly presented in the forms of Tables and Figures. The qualitative approach of data collection and analysis was also used, mainly in understanding the existing problems, constraints and future scope and potentialities of improvement in urban development control mechanism for the urban areas of Bangladesh. The secondary data for this research were collected through reviewing literature and various documents, laws and rules. The primary data were collected through questionnaire survey and interviews.The research finds that there are differences between development control mechanisms among all the urban areas of Bangladesh. Development control mechanisms followed in various international cities and countries are also analyzed in this study to know about global practices and trends of changes. In the case of Bangladesh, land owners in Dhaka city have to follow Detailed Area Plan (DAP) and Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of RAJUK for land use clearance and building permission, while for Paurashava in most of the cases, there is no Detailed Area Plan and no provision of FAR. In those areas, land owners have to follow Building construction Rules 1996 for building permission. Municipalities in this respect are lagging behind the Dhaka city in terms of practicing development control mechanisms. The study provides opportunities to find out the drawbacks of the current development control practices in Dhaka city. Absence or improper use of rules and regulations often result in unwanted physical development of urban areas. Master plans for various cities v and municipalities in Bangladesh recommend different development control mechanisms. This study reveals that in Savar Paurashava area, 58% of the land owners of the planned residential area violate the development control rules, as opposed to it, 78% land owners of the spontaneously developed area in Savar Paurashava violet the rules. In Dhaka city, only 23% land owners of Dhanmondi, a high class residential area under RAJUK were found to violet the building rules. It is observed that the approaches in the execution of plans, policy and laws in regards to urban development control have influence in the quality of urban space.The research finally has made some recommendations on the improvement of development control mechanism for urban areas in Bangladesh in general and RAJUK area with its cities and municipalities in particular. This may help national policy planners to consider reviewing the existing legal documents for possible improvement on development control mechanisms in urban development. Thus the policy makers, planning and other related professionals, academics and researchers in urban planning and development are expected to benefit from this research. Description: A PhD Thesis of Urban & Regional Planning Department

2019-11-30T00:00:00Z Ara, Sharmin Islam, Md. Ashraful Showkat, Sanjida http://103.99.128.19:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/436 2024-07-03T02:40:37Z 2016-05-13T00:00:00Z

Title: Effect of Land-Use Intensity on Surface Temperature A Study on Chittagong City Corporation Area Authors: Ara, Sharmin; Islam, Md. Ashraful; Showkat, Sanjida Abstract: Heat and temperature is on the news of the air in the today's world. High temperatures in urban areas have a direct impact on human health and are associated with heat related problems and excess summer deaths. This study is carried out to know the trend of land surface temperature and assess the impact of land use intensity on temperature in the Chittagong City Corporation Area, Bangladesh. A general linear model was used to estimate surface temperatures using Landsat TM, ETM+ and OLI_TIRS are used in the year 1991, 2003 and 2015 the months of May. Land use and its environmental effects can be quantitatively defined by land-use intensity. In this study, land use intensity metric was improved using a geographic mapping method. The results revealed the temperature increased when the land-use intensity increased via a hierarchical transition owing to forest land reductions of 26.25%, respectively; built-up land increased by 48.45%. The temperature increase was driven more by the external environmental degrades than by land use intensity changes. The temperature response to land-use intensity changes was more sensitive in low altitude areas than in high altitude areas. Description: The ICIEV provides vibrant opportunities for researchers, industry practitioners and students to share their research experiences, research results, ideas, review of various aspects and practical development experiences on Informatics, Electronics, Computer Vision and related fields. Through various presentations from peer-reviewed accepted papers, Special Talks and networking - the ICIEV provides the avenue to share knowledge, make networks, and develop a community for the new researchers - based on the experiences of experts. The ICIEV will open doors for challenging research areas for future. The ICIEV welcomes you to be part of it - through offering Special Session, Tutorial, Workshop, Special Talk, Panel Discussion, and through submitting your research paper on and related arenas!

2016-05-13T00:00:00Z Roy, Ridoy Hasan, Md. Galib Ishan, Rezaul Bari http://103.99.128.19:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/270 2021-09-14T06:59:31Z 2019-02-23T00:00:00Z

Title: Community Participation As a Tool For Improving Solid Waste Management: A Case Study On Savar Municipality, Dhaka Authors: Roy, Ridoy; Hasan, Md. Galib; Ishan, Rezaul Bari Abstract: In the introductory chapter that has a general introduction to explain the importance of the issue and its relevance. It contains background of the study and introduction to the problem, objectives, rationale of the study, scope and limitations of the study and organization of the dissertation. It also presents conceptual framework, theoretical perspective and literature review for the research. It also discussed about the current practice of community participation at municipality level in some developing countries of Asia for the better understanding of the practical-aspect. Then it is consists of methodology which is the base of any research work. The methodology possesses three sub-components, namely - study procedure, survey procedure, analytical procedure. Based on these three paramount components the design of the research will developed which includes numerous micro components like selection of topic and study area, development of goals and objectives, analysis of objectives and operational requirements, reconnaissance survey, enlisting of expected data and relevant sources, selection of sampling technique and sampling size, preparation of questionnaire, primary data collection, secondary data collection, processing of the data, data interpretation and analysis, formulation of sustainable scheme. Indeed, this design of research work provides a systemic view of the overall procedure of the research work. In description of the study area, It describes the study area with focusing on demographic and geographic data, socio-economic condition of the study area. This paper also consists of current practices, problems, constraints and potentialities of community participation at municipality. With the help of few case studies in selected areas of Savar Paurashava this chapter compares the presumed result of the regulations and the ground reality. It also assesses the implication of existing regulations on the solid waste management system. It presents major findings from the study regarding to community participation as a tool for improving solid waste management at Savar Paurashava. This paper proposes improving mechanism for community participation as a tool for improving solid waste management system of Savar Paurashava and recommends policies for development upgrade mechanism and provides conclusions of the research.

2019-02-23T00:00:00Z Kader, Md. Abdul Paul, Sneha Rahman, Md. Sainur Parvez, Md. Amanullah Ahmed, Ranver http://103.99.128.19:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/269 2021-09-14T06:59:02Z 2019-02-23T00:00:00Z

Title: Municipal Waste Management of Kushtia Municipality: Challenges and Opportunities Authors: Kader, Md. Abdul; Paul, Sneha; Rahman, Md. Sainur; Parvez, Md. Amanullah; Ahmed, Ranver Abstract: Municipal waste management is amongst of those most crucial issues of the world. Nowadays different international organizations i.e. WHO, ISWA etc. are working on introducing waste management system to ensure a better living atmosphere. The waste management system of Bangladesh is not up to the level. Recently, few municipalities have developed their municipal waste management system and Kushtia Municipality is one of them. The municipality owns composting plant where they compost municipal waste and sell into market as organic fertilizers. Though it is a revolutionary work and lot of opportunities are available in comparison with the current scenario of other municipalities in Bangladesh, there are some challenges faced by Kushtia municipal authority. This study aims also to identify the existing weakness and threats on the basis of SWOT analysis. And recommendations based on analysis of the existing scenario will go a long way to solve the problems faced by the authority. More importantly, to satisfy the increasing demand, a new landfill site and two transfer station are proposed. Also the shortest path is found by using GIS.

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