Land Use Transformation and Morphological Change of Savar: Trends, Reason and Impact of Land Use

Morshed, Khan Mahbub, Binta Samad, Rokshana

ISBN 10: 3639286219 / ISBN 13: 9783639286212

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Land Use Transformation and Morphological Change of Savar: Trends, Reason and Impact of Land Use
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639286219
• ISBN 13: 9783639286212
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The accelerating rate of population growth in and around the Dhaka Metropolitan Area (DMA) makes a tremendous pressure on land and on urban infrastructural services. There is a strong tendency of urban expansion in the suburban Savar, just lying outside the DMA. The study reveals a number of clear changing characteristics regarding land use, morphology, socio-economic conditions. Savar Paurasava is mainly characterized by a mixer of urban and rural land use. By Suburban growth Savar experienced a number of geographic transformations in terms of exceeding rate of increase in population and functional changes in agriculture to urban expansion due to the impact of urbanization process of Dhaka city. It is in this connection the basic aim of the present study is to identify the process of suburban expansion in response to the changing trend in land utilization, socio-economic conditions, and infrastructures in Savar Paurasava

About the Author

"Khan Mahbub Morshed:Urban Planning Professional specialized in GIS. Member, Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP), Enlisted Planner, Capital Development Authority (RAJUK), BURP, Jahangirnagar University." "Rokshana Binta Samad:Lecturer, URP Department, CUET. Education: Continuing MURP at BUET and BURP from Jahangirnagar University"