UNPLANNED RAPID URBANIZATION IN BANGLADESH: A THREAT TO HUMAN SECURITY

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1. Introduction
2. Conceptual Framework: Human Security and Urbanization
3. Urbanization and Human Security: The Scenario of Dhaka City
4. Significant Measures and Gaps between Policies and Implementation
5. Conclusion and Recommendations

UNPLANNED RAPID URBANIZATION IN BANGLADESH: A THREAT TO HUMAN SECURITY

Author: Razia Sultana

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2010v31n3a3

ABSTRACT

Like many other developing countries, unplanned rapid urbanization is a major security threat for Bangladesh. Due to exponential growth of population, the country is facing a host of challenges especially in Dhaka city. In this regard, the city of Dhaka has been taken as a case as the city in recent years has experienced rapid urbanization and might turn out to beone of the densely populated cities in the future.To perceive the overall impacts of unplanned urbanization, existing social, economic, environmental and political concerns such as urban poverty and scarcity along with inequity in water, sanitation and other basic services have been touched upon in the paper. These issues have been addressed mainly fromthe human security perspective. The paper also tries to show how human security aspects are conceptually interlinked with the issues of urbanization. Apart from highlighting the effectsof mal-urbanization on humansecurity aspects in the city, the paper tries to address the existing gaps between urban policy and planning and ways and means to overcome the problems in a more concerted way.

BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

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