Urbanization in Bangladesh (Problems & Prospects)

Urbanization in Bangladesh

Problems

And

Prospects

Urbanization

Urbanization is a population shift from rural

to urban areas, and the ways in which societyadapts to the change. It predominantly results in the

physical growth of urban areas, be it horizontal or vertical

Urbanized area-

One or more plase and the adjacent densely populated surrounding

area that together have a minimum population of 50,000.

Urban Population-

Persons living in cities or towns of 2,500 or more residents.

Causes of Urban Growth

Better food supply

Good medical care

Education

Jobs

Specialization of professions

Entertainment

A large number of Bangladeshis people

are attracted to urban areas

because of:

The availability of jobs

Proper infrastructure-Roads,Water,Electricity etc

Availability of social services- Health, EducationRecreation, Postal services and police stations

A wide variety of entertainmentand night life facilities

Demerits of Urbanization in Bangladesh:

But Urbanization does not bring only fortune to our society , it bears some demerits as well.

Some of the disadvantages of urbanization are:

1. Increase of population2. Movement of people from rural to urban areas3. Increase of Industries and factories4. Increase in pollution in the environment5. Farmers losing their farms6. Cutting down forests

8. Distraction in the eco-system

The Urbanization of Bangladesh is increasing rapidly, which should be considered as a good thing!

7. Global warming

As we can see from the graph in the left side, urbanization is of Bangladesh increasing rapidly. But it is also clear that with the increase of urbanization population of our country is also increasing! And with the raise of population the need for food, clothes and shelter are also rising…With the increase of basic needs, people are looking for better jobs and moving towards the cities, thus making the cities over crowded and densely populated.

All those are related and are discussed as follows:

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

We are losing the beauty of our country as we are losing the greenery. Which is due to cutting down forests and trees to fulfill the demand of rising population and for the industries. As such farmers are losing their farms and jobs due to pollution created by those factories and also because they want to move in to the cities for better paid jobs. Which might lead us to a worse situation…

With Urbanization global warming is increasing. For which we can say, its not only effecting human beings but also all the living creatures in the world. Due to deforestation animals are losing their homes and thus some of those r on their way to extinct.

Present Condition of Urbanization in Bangladesh

Spatial Pattern of Urban Centers in Bangladesh

Due to population growth cities are becoming impossible to live in near future .

As population increases pollution increases

Looking at the bright sides

Economical growth increased

Education system developed

Agricultural development

Prospects

The term of urbanization means rendering urban facilities to a particular area. This Speaks of development in certain sectors of a particular locality.

Prospects of Urbanization

Sectors of Developments:

> Electrification

> Road Communication

> Establishing School

> Health Care

> Pure Drinking Water

> Sanitation

> Construction of Planned Residential Houses

> Increasing Social Safety

Electrification: Electrification plays an

important role in our Development.With this people can enjoy

all the modern facilities.

Road Communication:By establishing road

communication an undeveloped area may be

connect with a developed area. So people can move from one area to another

area easily. Market For agricultural products

increases. This will help the people of both the areas and

Another area also

Prospects of Urbanization

Education: Establishing school will make

the people of the area educated and self conscious.

Health Sector:By proper urbanization people

will be aware of proper sanitation system so they can be

free from various diseases.

Water supply:

Arrangement of pure drinking water will

save people from various diseases

Prospects of Urbanization

By improving living standard the people will construct their houses in aplaned way. When the development activities will start there will

be more job opportunities for the people.

Prospects of Urbanization

Presented By

Ariful Haque Shawon, Nilima Khan

Rezwana Ahmed & Tanvir Hossain Tahsin

Batch: 35

Department of Architecture

University of Asia Pacific