| Author | Huda, Md. Shamsul |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-91-14 |
| Subject(s) | City planning--Bangladesh--Dhaka
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for
the award of the Degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. HS-91-14 |
| Abstract | Dhaka (Extended) Metropolitan Area has and continues to
experience a rapid growth of population along with economic and
administrative activities. This growth has brought in its train a
series of problems relating both to the quality of life and to
the administrative institutions which affect their quality. For a
variety of reasons, most of these problems have been approached
in an "ad hoc", problem by problem manner. As a consequence, a
host of different organizations have grown up in a haphazard way.
Many are no longer organised in a manner which is suited either
to the scale or the nature of the problems which now exist, and
there is very little machinery to ensure that the agencies work
in concert (coordination) with each other.
This study aims to review and assess the appropriateness of
the existing legal and administrative framework for planning and
development of the Dhaka Extended Metropolitan Area (DEMA) and
investigate possible alternative metropolitan administrative
structures to provide a more appropriate institutional framework
for managing planning and development of DEMA.
This was undertaken by, first, reviewing the national
administrative system for urban (metropolitan) planning and
development and the related laws and regulations which support
the system; second, assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of
metropolitan planning and management by the existing
administrative set-up and its legal system; and third, by
proposing alternative administrative structure for better
planning and management of DEMA and analyzing them using a
conceptual model of metropolitan government and applying a set of
criteria drawn from the actual metropolitan administrative
environment in Dhaka.
Finally, this study evaluated each of the four proposed
alternatives against the criteria set to recommend the most
suitable administrative structure for DEMA along with the needed
laws and regulations to effect it. |
| Year | 1991 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-91-14 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Robinson, Ira. M. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Amin, A.T.M. Nurul ;Kammeier, Hans Detlef
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Netherlands Government; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1991 |