Splitting up Dhaka city: rationales, challenges and prospects as a sustainable city

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyse the rationales, challenges and prospects of Dhaka City being split up, for the purposes of creating a sustainable city grounded in relevant theories and widely used and accepted standards. An assessment of Dhaka being divided in accordance with the concept of City Development Strategies reveals considerable deficiencies in most aspects of public goods and services provisions. Whilst splitting Dhaka into separate sections supports the "World City Hypothesis" it is not without criticisms, for instance those raised by urban planners, experts and politicians. The lack of resources and oversight to address those deficiencies and problems and the administrative, allocative, economic and social inefficiencies makes it very difficult for Dhaka's authorities to achieve sustainable urbanisation. Therefore, appropriate strategies must be implemented by government to resolve these problems, inefficiencies and mismanagement in order for the city to be liveable sustainable.

Smart City Transformation: An Analysis of Dhaka and Its Challenges and Opportunities

“…Furthermore, PESTEL analysis shows the challenges encountered in conventional Dhaka, Bangladesh. Based on the literature observed on the aspects of Dhaka, the SWOT and PESTEL analyses are determined [55][56][57][58]. Figure 3a shows the SWOT analysis, whereas Figure 3b presents the PESTEL analysis for determining challenges and opportunities in smart city transformation.…”