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dc.contributor.authorDewan, Ashraf
dc.contributor.authorKabir, Md
dc.contributor.authorNahar, Kamrun
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Mohammad
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:16:50Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:16:50Z
dc.date.created2013-02-05T20:00:30Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationDewan, Ashraf M. and Kabir, Md Humayun and Nahar, Kamrun and Rahman, Md Ziaur. 2012. Urbanisation and environmental degradation in Dhaka metropolitan area of Bangladesh. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development. 11 (2): pp. 118-147.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10104
dc.identifier.doi10.1504/IJESD.2012.049178
dc.description.abstract

Using available data on relevant issues and onsite field visits, this paper documented the environmental problems associated with the unprecedented urbanization in Dhaka Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh. Analyses revealed that a rapid spatial expansion of the city has been taking place alongside the remarkable rise in urban population, simultaneously putting immense pressure on natural resource-base. Substantial changes that were observed in land use and cover are believed to be a significant factor in elevating the risk of natural hazards, particularly flooding during monsoon. In addition, air, water, and noise quality, have all become acute, and are subsequently posing uncertain liabilities to the inhabitants’ health of the area. Rapid uncoordinated urbanisation gives rise to a spectacular growth of slums and squatters, making 3.4 million slum dwellers in 2006 from only 1.5 million in 1996. Achieving sustainable urban development in the DMA therefore, requires tackling the environmental problems in a rational manner.

dc.publisherInderscience Publishers
dc.subjectDhaka Metropolitan Area
dc.subjectDMA
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjecturbanisation
dc.subjectenvironmental pollution
dc.subjectBangladesh
dc.subjectenvironmental degradation
dc.titleUrbanisation and environmental degradation in Dhaka metropolitan area of Bangladesh
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume11
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage118
dcterms.source.endPage147
dcterms.source.issn1474-6778
dcterms.source.titleInternational Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development,
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