Urbanization in Bangladesh (Problems & Prospects)

1. Urbanization in Bangladesh
Problems
And
Prospects

2. Urbanization
Urbanization is a population shift from rural
to urban areas, and the ways in which society
adapts to the change. It predominantly results in the
physical growth of urban areas, be it horizontal or vertical

3. 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.

4. Causes of Urban Growth
Better food supply
Good medical care
Education
Jobs
Specialization of professions
Entertainment

5. 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, Education
Recreation, Postal services and police stations
A wide variety of entertainment
and night life facilities

6. 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 population
2. Movement of people from rural to urban areas
3. Increase of Industries and factories
4. Increase in pollution in the environment
5. Farmers losing their farms
6. 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

7. 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:

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

9. 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…

10. 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.

11. Present Condition of Urbanization in Bangladesh

12. Spatial Pattern of Urban Centers in Bangladesh

13. Due to population growth cities are
becoming impossible to live in near
future .
As population increases pollution
increases

14. Looking at the bright sides
Economical growth increased
Education system developed
Agricultural development

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. By improving living standard the people will construct their houses in a
planed way. When the development activities will start there will
be more job opportunities for the people.
Prospects of Urbanization

20. Presented By
Ariful Haque Shawon, Nilima Khan
Rezwana Ahmed & Tanvir Hossain Tahsin
Batch: 35
Department of Architecture
University of Asia Pacific