Solid waste is one of the worst urban problems to the capital city of Dhaka in Bangladesh. Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), as municipal urban agent, is responsible for solid waste management in city. The present system of solid waste management (SWM) has been regarded as inadequate and insufficient and failed to keep pace with the gigantic amount of solid waste produced in the urban areas (Mohit, 2000:1-3). A study shows, solid waste generation in Bangladesh during the last decade has increased enormously
To scrutinize the impact of different category (small, medium and large) of business on the total business growth in Bangladesh we consider the regression model. The results are given in Table 06. It is observed that the small business play most significant role for increasing the growth of total business in Bangladesh. If one unit increases the small business the total business will 1.359 times spread across the country and the effect of medium business is less than the small business but more than
emissions forcing (Leichenko,R.M., and Solecki, W.D., 2013). Srivant et al (2011) argues that urban climate is a critical factor which effects regional and global climate and consequently urban livability. So the relationship between urban area and climate change is a reciprocal relationship. Climate change will deteriorate standard of living of residents of urban areas and increasing commercial development, increasing demand of housing and increasing number of automobiles will change global climate
Oriented Development (TOD) - A Road towards Sustainable Transportation in Dhaka Nuzhat Azra Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering Ahsanullah University of Science and Techology Dhaka, Bangladesh nazra.shagufta@gmail.com Abstract—Planners and urban designers across the globe are promoting transit oriented development (TOD) to encourage sustainable development. TODs are compact, mixed-use developments that facilitate walking, bicycling, and use of public transport through its urban design
The lack of accessible housing finance has been identified by the Government of Bangladesh as one of the important hurdles in its accessibility for those marginalised. Therefore a number of financial institutions provide housing finance on a non-collateral basis. In other words, the financial institutions do not require documents of ownership as collateral in issuing a loan. Loans are made on the basis of established membership in lending programs and a sound track record of repayments on previous
survive, cleaning our bodies, recharging our body and helping us produce food. According to scientist 70% of our body mass is water. Water is starting to be limited and sooner or later we will be paying a lot more for water or fighting over it. Dhaka, Bangladesh is improving but there’s a lot of work that still needs to be done such as protection from tropical storms, coastal flooding prevention, more agriculture for income and ways to get fresh water. Tokyo, Japan has a different problem; the city has
and their microenterprises. Microfinance is defined as Financial Services (savings, insurance, fund, credit etc.) provided to poor and low income clients so as to help them raise their income, thereby improving their standard of living. The Asian Development Bank (2000) defines microfinance as the provision of broad range of services such as savings, deposits, loans, payment services, money transfers and insurance to poor and low income households and their micro-enterprises. This definition of microfinance
results in increase deficits of energy, protein or micronutrients that may has negatively affect in growth, development, and other relevant outcomes (1). Malnutrition contributes about 7.26 million deaths of infants annually, which is associated to inappropriate feeding during first year of life. Malnourished children who survive are more frequently sick, and usually suffer from impaired development (2). The causes of malnutrition go far beyond simply lacking food. It's a combination of complicated factors
Prologue The architecture of Bengal delta dates back more than twomillenniums. The ruins and surviving works show a close tie with the soil and nature. Essentially growing from the local context, they are responsive to terrain and climate. The local architectural lineage has strong imprints of many political empires,including the Gupta, Pala, Sen, Sultans of Buddhist, Hindu, Jain and Islamic origin, the Mughal and the British. Each has had a deep and profound impact over the local architectural style
Abstract— This paper is based on the study done with an intention of exploring the aspects that persuades people, within the socio-cultural context of Dhaka, to make an urban space into urban place. In our search for production of urban place, a neighborhood park namely ‘Taltala Park’ or ‘Gulshan South Park’, and now popularly known as Shahid Dr Fazle Rabbi Park, is chosen as a case study. By virtue of its location, the Dr. Fazle Rabbi Park is serving as a recreational space of three residential