Urbanization in BangladeshA simple Description

Urbanization is a population shift from rural to urban areas, "the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas", and the ways in which each society adapts to the change. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas, be it horizontal or vertical.

With over 160 million people Bangladesh is the world’s seventh most populous country and also one of the densest. The population of the country is not likely to stabilize or begin to decline before, possibly, 2060, when it might be 230 million, with more than 70 percent being urban.

Level of Urbanization in Bangladesh

Causes of Urban Growth

Better food supply

Good medical care

Education

Jobs

Specialization of professions

Entertainment

Spatial Pattern of Urban Centres in Bangladesh

• Bangladesh has about 570 urban centres of various size categories.

• Dhaka is a megacity, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet are metropolitan areas.

• 25 are cities (with population of over 100,000) each and the rest are smaller towns.

• There are 11 City Corporations (wiki) and over 315 Pourashavas (Municipalities). The other towns have the Union Parishad type of local government.

With urbanization industries and factories are also increasing, which is again followed by air, water, soil and sound pollutions.

Prospects of Urbanization

Electrification

Road Communication

Establishing School

Health Care

Pure Drinking Water

Sanitation

Construction of Planned Residential Houses

Increasing Social Safety

Thank You

Presented by Mir Rasel

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jahangirnagar University

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