Anmerkungen:
In: In S. U. Ahmed, R. Hafiz & A. K. M. G. Rabbani (Eds.), 400 Years of Capital Dhaka and Beyond, Volume III: Urbanization and Urban Development (Vol. 3, pp. 277-296). Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Banglad
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments August 1, 2011 erstellt
Beschreibung:
Dhaka possesses a glorious history of 400 years since it started journey on the left bank of River Burignanga. There goes a saying that, the pre-Mughal Dhaka consisted of 52 bazaars and 53 lanes. The main settlement in this period was limited in between the River Buriganga and Dholai Khal with its center near Bangla Bazar. During the Mughal (1606-1764) reign Dhaka further flourished in the commercial sector and it covered the area presently known as old Dhaka. The Chawk (square) was the main market place of Mughal Dhaka. Till today, it is one of the major wholesale areas of the city and vibrant in a transformed physical and social context. The spatial expansion of Dhaka and formation of new Dhaka started in British period. It was expanded in size and was developed in commerce, administration and industrial sector. Dhaka experienced several inclusions of commercial centers during the Pakistan period (1947-1971) both in planned and unplanned manner. The commercial land development in Dhaka had undergone rapid changes since the independence of Bangladesh. Ribbon commercial development, initiated in the 1960s, became a popular addition to the city fabric. By the early 1980s, private developers started to enter the land market of Dhaka and commercial land development projects are primarily dominated by them.An analysis of commercial land use pattern of Dhaka reveals a long historical background of the growth of Dhaka in relation to the physical, socio-political and cultural context. Dhaka City Corporation area has been considered as the study area. This study aims at describing and analyzing the commercial land use trend of Dhaka from a spatio-temporal perspective. This paper also intends to analyze the contemporary commercial land use pattern of Dhaka city and its associated consequences. The distribution pattern and nature of commercial land uses of Dhaka over time has been studied from urban planning standpoint. For this purpose, land use maps of different periods, have been collected and GIS database have been developed for the preparation of necessary maps. The transformation of Dhaka from a monocentric to a polycentric city has been discussed here in detail. Urban spatial structure indicators such as density profile, average distance per person to Central Business Districts (CBD) have been used to understand the nature and spatial structure of these commercial cores of Dhaka. Necessary land use related data have been collected from Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Detail Area Plan (DAP). Several secondary sources have been utilized to collect old land use maps of Dhaka. The historic and concurrent trends of development of commercial land uses in Dhaka as discussed in this paper unveiled various issues regarding the growth of Dhaka and its sustainability