Housing for the Middle Income Group in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kamruzzaman, Md.; Ogura, Nobuyuki

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“…Housing is produced by private or community efforts in cities and villages in Bangladesh. People are forced to depend, in a large part on private sectors for their housing solutions in most urban areas of Bangladesh [2]. Self-help, piecemeal housing developments have penetrated deep within urban centers, surfacing through spot redevelopment of lots and embedding themselves in the urban fabric.…”

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An Outlook of Housing Transformation in Dhaka City

Kamruzzaman¹

2019

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This paper contributes to the view that urban housing in most cities in developing countries is different in nature and more extent than that operative in developed countries. It addresses the emergence of multi-storied apartments through transformation in residential areas in Dhaka, one of the populous cities in the world and largest metropolitan region in Bangladesh, with a particular reference to a study conducted at Rupangar Residential Area. It identifies the key forces and processes underlying Dhaka's residential transformation and the advent of multi-storied apartments. Fragmentation of functions and the uses of building stocks in relation to the socioeconomic aspects with local conditions were sought in the survey. The increasing housing demand is essentially fulfilling by multi-storied apartments and steadily transforming the landscape and lifestyle of huge urban dwellers in Dhaka. It reveals from the study that apartment living gains much popularity and the dominance of informal apartments over formal apartments is more evident. More distinctly, piecemeal apartment development by the informal developers provides affordable shelter to the highest segment of city dwellers and Rupnagar presents a reasoned scenario urban housing transformation in the capital of Bangladesh.

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An Outlook of Housing Transformation in Dhaka City

Kamruzzaman¹

2019

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“…Housing is produced by private or community efforts in cities and villages in Bangladesh. People are forced to depend, in a large part on private sectors for their housing solutions in most urban areas of Bangladesh (Kamruzzaman and Ogura, 2008). Self-help, piecemeal housing developments have penetrated deep within urban centers, surfacing through spot redevelopment of lots and embedding themselves in the urban fabric.…”

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Process of Physical Growth in Self-Help Housing

Kamruzzaman¹,

Ogura²

2009

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This paper contributes to the view that the housing construction practices in cities in developing countries are differ in nature and extent from, those of developed countries. The findings of an investigation from a field survey conducted in a typical location in the capital of Bangladesh are presented in order to explore culturally-rooted housing construction practices. The survey illustrates that households are intimately involved in the process of creating and controlling modern apartment developments. The owner-builders split the whole construction works into several smaller tasks and then build the apartments in a piecemeal process. They first construct their own dwelling units and then construct additional units for rental use depending on affordability, practicality and expediency. About 75% of all dwelling units in the study area are constructed in a self-help piecemeal construction process. The owner-builders gradually acquire construction skills during the construction period and then continue construction of their apartments over a period of 20-25 years until completion.

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“…Average floor space for urban households is barely 30 square meters, while per capita floor space in 1991 averaged only 5.1 square metres. In 2013, the average household size was 4.8 people per residence (Islam, 1999;Kamruzzaman, 2008).…”

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Erotic Desires and Practices in Cyberspace: “Virtual Reality” of the Non-Heterosexual Middle Class in Bangladesh

Karim

2014

Gender, Technology and Development

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Sexually diverse and marginalized groups are constantly challenged to create spaces for realizing their sexual fantasies, desires and politics within the all-pervasiveness of heterosexual spaces. Technology has brought about the possibility of creating spaces that are simultaneously private and public. In the context of Bangladesh, technology, specifically in the form of computers, mobile phones, and the internet, is rapidly gaining accessibility and popularity, resulting in opportunities for many to link up with local, regional, and global communities. Cyberspace is being used both by individuals and groups to set up communities, and go beyond the realization of personal erotic desires, to take up sexual politics and activism.Taking sexuality, gender, class and space as its central concepts, this article looks into ways in which cyberspace and technology affect the cultural and political dimensions of sexualities, identities, and sexual rights activism in the contemporary urban Bangladesh. The study focuses on non-normative homosexual groups and individuals using the internet. Using qualitative research methods, it looks into non-normative sexualities as expressed, practiced and organized through two Bangladesh-based

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Housing for the Middle Income Group in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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An Outlook of Housing Transformation in Dhaka City

An Outlook of Housing Transformation in Dhaka City

Process of Physical Growth in Self-Help Housing

Erotic Desires and Practices in Cyberspace: “Virtual Reality” of the Non-Heterosexual Middle Class in Bangladesh

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