Environmental perception during rapid population growth and urbanization: a case study of Dhaka city | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
December 2014
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
AGRIS:US201400171181
Pages: 
443-453

Dhaka city in Bangladesh has been passing through a hasty process of urbanization and population growth since the last few decades. Rapid growth of population, unplanned urbanization and industrialization in the periphery has generated pressure to the changes in land use pattern, which has also caused huge urban expansion. This expansion process is engulfing cultivated land, vegetation, wetlands and water bodies without considering their environmental impacts. This study argues that these changes and their scale of environmental impacts or sufferings are not equally distributed among the dwellers in Dhaka city. It seeks to explore variations of environmental qualities on the basis of people’s perceptions. The study finds that the dwellers in the city perceive their neighborhood environment differently, which may affect environmental qualities of the area and their sustainable management as well. Therefore, it is imperative to consider spatial variations and inequalities of environmental opportunities or sufferings in urban planning of Dhaka city.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Islam, Md. Shahidul
Rana, Md. Masud Parves
Ahmed, Raquib

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