Thursday 24 July 2014

Concept of Green City


Dept of Urban and Regional planning
Jahangirnagar University, Savar Dhaka

What is Green City?

Green City concept refers to an approach that aims to make the city, understood as a place to live, a place to live better, where plants, landscaping and nature in the city ensure benefits for citizens in terms of quality of life,

Concept of Smart City

Dept of Urban and Regional planning
Jahangirnagar University, Savar Dhaka.

Definition and Background of Smart City

Urban performance currently depends not only on the city's endowment of hard infrastructure but also, and increasingly so, on the availability and quality of knowledge communication and soft/social infrastructure. The recent form of capital is decisive for urban competitiveness. The concept of the smart city

Wednesday 23 July 2014

Typology of Transportation Surveys


Fatima Kabir Sharna


Transportation is considered as an essential part of human life and backbone of national, regional and local economy. Transportation sector plays a crucial role in boosting up the life styles of common men by providing facilities and accessibilities as required to them.

Monday 21 July 2014

Leisure and Recreation: Supply & Demand

Noshih Bin Amzad Asif
Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning 
Jahangirnagar University.


Introduction:

Leisure and Recreation are important part in the field of Urban Planning. Leisure is the time available to the individuals when the disciplines of works, sleep and other basic needs have been made. Recreation is any pursuit engaged upon during leisure time, other than pursuits to when people are normally committed.

Sunday 20 July 2014

Intelligent Transportation System

Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 

What is an Intelligent Transportation System?

An Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) improves transportation safety and mobility and enhances productivity through the use of advanced communications technologies. It encompasses a broad range of wireless and wire line communications-based information and electronics technologies. When integrated into the transportation system's infrastructure, and in vehicles themselves, these technologies relieve congestion, improve safety and enhance productivity. The system is made up of 16 types of technology based systems. These systems are divided into intelligent infrastructure systems and intelligent vehicle systems.

Saturday 19 July 2014

Concept of Slum

Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka

The slum dwellers live in measurable and sub-human condition. They can easily indentify from other residents by the physical structure of their dwellings, which are found to be congested, unhygienic and inhabitable. Respiratory diseases are common among the slum dwellers. If look of the characteristics of the slum we find miserable condition and a degraded environment. The people are poor and hence the poverty of inhabitants is a universal characteristic of slums.

Rural-Urban Fringe

Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Jahangirnagar University


Concept: The concept of rural-urban fringe has been developed by Von Thunen. Then in the year 1925 Jonasson revealed that the suburban area fulfills the needs of the town. In 1928, MacKangie first of all expressed rural-urban fringe in “The New Exploration” that the town recklessly uses the surrounding area.

Definition of Urban Area

Dept of Urban and Regional Planning
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 
Urban areas are not easy to define. We cannot assume that one particular area is rural and another is urban, as individuals have their own definitions. For example, a row of shops in a rural village may be considered to be urban to local farmers. Whereas others may see an urban area as a place with many mixed-use buildings and with a high population density.

Structural and Non-structural measures for Flood Management

Dept of Urban and Regional Planning
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 

Introduction
Bangladesh, due to its unique geographical location and topography, is one of the most flood-prone countries in the world. It is affected by flash floods, rain-fed and river floods, and floods due to cyclonic storm surges (Chowdhury, 1987). Approximately 20-25% of Bangladesh’s territory is inundated during the monsoon season. Such flooding provides fertile agricultural land

Monday 14 July 2014

URBAN EXPANSION

Rahat Al Faysal
Email :rahatal_faysal@yahoo.com
The term Urban Expansion, Urban Intensification, Conurbation and Urban Gentrification are related one another. Expansion and Intensification occurs for the development of the Conurbation or Urban areas and Gentrification is used to displacement of the lower income people by the middle-class or affluent people within a Conurbation or Urban areas.