Desk Report: Population density and height zoning provisions would be incorporated in the upcoming revised detailed area plan (DAP) of Dhaka city for a healthy urban life, said the project director of DAP at a seminar in the capital, reports Daily Star.
The seminar on a planned development through population density zoning, in 1,624 square kilometres of area under Dhaka’s master plan, was jointly organised by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) at BIP auditorium. Leading urban planners present at the programme said an urban planning will not succeed in ensuring a healthy development for humane and civic amenities for residents unless the ideal population density in each acre or hectare of land is maintained. Ashraful Islam, the DAP project director, said countries in the developed world ensure ideal population density through legal restrictions in their cities as uneven population density and overcrowding create disproportionate demands on existing civic and utility services, resulting in poor liveability in a city. Referring to disproportionate population density in Dhaka, he said there are 224 inhabitants, on an average, in one acre of land in the city.
In Gandaria, 1,111 people live in each acre of land while the number is 71 in Gulshan.
Referring to disproportionate population density in Dhaka, he said there are 224 inhabitants, on an average, in one acre of land in the city. In Gandaria, 1,111 people live in each acre of land while the number is 71 in Gulshan.