The spatial analysis and morphological evolution of the ‘Bazaar Streets’ and urban structure of Dhaka city

Ferdous, Farhana

doi:10.1057/udi.2012.10

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“…The selected areas have varying historical trajectories of residential development. Historically, Dhaka has grown towards the north (Ferdous, 2012). Sutrapur, Dhanmondi and Uttara are located in the southern, central and northern parts of the city, respectively.…”

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Diversity of Children’s Independent Mobility in Dhaka

Bhuyan

Zhang

2019

Urbanisation

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Children’s mobility environment is an ignored topic in discussions of sustainable urbanisation in the Global South. This study explores the independent mobility of children from ages 7 to 15 in Dhaka—reportedly the world’s densest urban conglomeration. Surveys and interviews of children ( n = 308) and their parents were conducted in eight schools in Dhaka, located in three strategically selected residential areas. Children’s independent mobility (CIM) was then analysed with reference to relevant themes across social profiles of children. The results depict the current state of CIM in Dhaka: 59 per cent of the children experienced a low degree of CIM from school to home. The degree of CIM varied noticeably across study areas, income groups, age and gender groups. The presence of cars in streets was identified as an important barrier for CIM by both children and parents. These results could inform policymakers, transportation planners and urban advocates focussing on creating an inclusive and child-friendly urban environment.

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Diversity of Children’s Independent Mobility in Dhaka

Bhuyan

Zhang

2019

Urbanisation

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“…As depicted in Figure 2, we first selected three residential areas-known as Sutrapur (Area 1), Dhanmondi (Area 2), and Uttara (Area 3)-in Dhaka. Historically, Dhaka grew from south to north (Ferdous, 2012). Sutrapur is in the southern part of Dhaka (popularly known as Old Dhaka).…”

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A Mixed Methods Research Strategy to Study Children’s Play and Urban Physical Environments in Dhaka

Bhuyan

Zhang

2019

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

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Mixed methods research (MMR) is useful for addressing complex and multidisciplinary urban problems. This article demonstrates an integrated MMR approach with a novel two-phase exploratory sequential design while studying play, play space, and children’s (age 7-15 years) location preference for play in three residential areas in Dhaka. We used directly administered survey and interviews in the first phase to describe play and play space from children’s perspective. Informed by the first, we employed GIS-based spatial and statistical analysis in the second phase to study patterns of children’s location preference for play. Our article contributes to the methodological literature by combining MMR with urban spatial analysis in children’s play environment studies.

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“…The morphological characteristic of the city was such that each locality developed around the market places which still exist today (Mowla 1997;Nilufer 2004;Ferdous 2012;Mishu et al 2014). The markets were local nodes, used as chawks or square around the road intersections.…”

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“…However, there is not any clear consensus about the spatial extent of the city during the early pre-Mughal and Mughal period (Rahman et al 2014). Some researches tried to explain the morphological evolution of Dhaka during Mughal times (Mowla 1997;Nilufar 1997Nilufar , 2004Ferdous 2012) while others mostly focused on administrative and socio-cultural perspective with a gross generalization of its spatial pattern (Islam 1996;Rabbani 1997;Kabir and Parolin 2012). Again, some studies analyzing the spatial development and growth of Dhaka were limited to recent time frame.…”

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Translating text into space for mapping the past territory of a city: a study on spatial development of Dhaka during Mughal period

2016

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Background: There is no established methodology for mapping the past territory of cities from text based historic information. As a result, the past territories of cities often remain obscure due to lack of spatial representation. Methods:This article proposes a GIS based methodology to study the spatial development of cities in early times. It focuses on 'historical geography' which has been evolved as an interdisciplinary field bridging the divide between history and geography. Analyzing different 'named places' mentioned in the historical sources it first tries to develop a clear understanding about the physical development of Dhaka during Mughal period, which was then the capital of Bengal. Later it georeferenced those named places and applied GIS based techniques to map the past urban territory. Results:The result shows the spatial development of Dhaka in Mughal period and how it undergone changes in pre and post Mughal era. The area of Dhaka in Mughal period was quantified 12.93 km 2 which was comparable with any other top cities of the world in the 17th century. Application of GIS also extends the scope of the study to explain spatial pattern of the localities and the geological aspects of early urban development of Dhaka. Conclusions:Analyzing different historic sources of information (both texts and maps), it has tried to define the past extent of Mughal Dhaka which has been missing till now. The methodological prospects of this study and its application will not only be limited in context of Dhaka, but for other cities as well.

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The spatial analysis and morphological evolution of the ‘Bazaar Streets’ and urban structure of Dhaka city

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Diversity of Children’s Independent Mobility in Dhaka

Diversity of Children’s Independent Mobility in Dhaka

A Mixed Methods Research Strategy to Study Children’s Play and Urban Physical Environments in Dhaka

Translating text into space for mapping the past territory of a city: a study on spatial development of Dhaka during Mughal period

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