Review on Private Residential Land Development Rule, 2004

Private Residential Land Development Rule (PRLDR) of 2004 came into effect with a gazette notification issued on March 1, 2004. This is a legal instrument for controlling land development in private sector housing in Bangladesh. It provides procedures and guidelines for land development protecting the environment.

Private Residential Land Development Rule 2004 is applicable for those areas which are included in Masterplan according to The Town Improvement Act,

Design Procedure of an Urban Water Distribution Network & its Performance Evaluation: A Case Study of Newly Installed Water Distribution Network in Baridhara Area

A. B. M. MORSHEDUL HASSAN

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Concept of Green City

Morshedul Hasan Mukul

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

Morshedul Hasan Mukul

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

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.

Concept of Slum

Kazi Nur Kawsar Kanon

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

Masudur Rashid

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

Dewan Jannat Ara Begum 

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.

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.

Mughal architecture in Bangladesh

Hedayet Islam ShakilDept of Urban and Regional PlanningJahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 

Bangladeshi architectural characteristics

The architecture of Bangladesh is a confluence of many architectural styles.The architectural characteristics can be sub divided into four main parts this are

Compilation of Housing and Real Estate Act in Bangladesh

Hedayet Islam Shakil

Depurtment of Urban and Regional planning

Jahangirnagar university, Savar, Dhaka.

HOUSING POLICIES IN BANGLADESH

1971 to date: During Bangladesh period there was no basic change in the government’s housing previous housing policies. The demand on land in the busy city led the government to formulate regulation construction of high-rise apartments.