The rapid urbanisation of Dhaka has constructed a landscape brimming with promises and challenges alike. With each day appearing to be an endless grind, it’s plain to see that dreams come with a cost.
Traffic congestion inflicted by unplanned urbanisation and expansion reduces the country's overall GDP by 2.9 percent.
Experts say at a press briefing of the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh
We must rethink how cities are planned, designed, and administered to combat the adverse effects of both the heat island problem and climate change.
Lessons from past years must reflect in decisions by relevant authorities
When we study the effects of urbanisation on formerly relevant concepts of home, newer images pop up and we find them coexisting with the previously established one.
As far as city planning goes, Dhaka city may have received the shortest end of the stick.
The spread of dengue across the country requires better public health preparedness
Unplanned urbanisation is now a recognised structural barrier to all middle-income countries, including Bangladesh, in becoming developed nations, said Centre for Policy Dialogue Distinguished Fellow Debapriya Bhattacharya.
The rapid urbanisation of Dhaka has constructed a landscape brimming with promises and challenges alike. With each day appearing to be an endless grind, it’s plain to see that dreams come with a cost.
Traffic congestion inflicted by unplanned urbanisation and expansion reduces the country's overall GDP by 2.9 percent.
Experts say at a press briefing of the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh
We must rethink how cities are planned, designed, and administered to combat the adverse effects of both the heat island problem and climate change.
Lessons from past years must reflect in decisions by relevant authorities
When we study the effects of urbanisation on formerly relevant concepts of home, newer images pop up and we find them coexisting with the previously established one.
As far as city planning goes, Dhaka city may have received the shortest end of the stick.
The spread of dengue across the country requires better public health preparedness
Unplanned urbanisation is now a recognised structural barrier to all middle-income countries, including Bangladesh, in becoming developed nations, said Centre for Policy Dialogue Distinguished Fellow Debapriya Bhattacharya.
We do not need studies to tell us that indiscriminate, unplanned urbanisation, along with encroachment of land and water bodies, have polluted the air and water making our urban areas, unlivable.
