Regional development and urban growth in Bangladesh : a case for small and medium town in development
Besides four metropolitan urban areas - Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi,Bangladesh has 120 small and medium towns, 335 upazila centres and 5000 periodic markets. This means that there is one intermediate urban centre for every 691 villages, one upazila centre for every 256 villages and one pe...
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iium-336792013-12-24T07:35:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/33679/ Regional development and urban growth in Bangladesh : a case for small and medium town in development Mohit, Mohammad Abdul HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology Besides four metropolitan urban areas - Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi,Bangladesh has 120 small and medium towns, 335 upazila centres and 5000 periodic markets. This means that there is one intermediate urban centre for every 691 villages, one upazila centre for every 256 villages and one periodic market for every 17 villages. Therefore, if proper policies are adopted for the development of intermediate urban centres within appropriate socieconomic and spatial framework, they would play the role of harbinger in the regional development of Bnagladesh. Bangladesh National Geographical Association 1989 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33679/2/20131223104914728.pdf Mohit, Mohammad Abdul (1989) Regional development and urban growth in Bangladesh : a case for small and medium town in development. Journal of the Bangladesh National Geographical Association, 17 (1&2). pp. 145-157. http://www.bnga.edu.bd |
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Besides four metropolitan urban areas - Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi,Bangladesh has 120 small and medium towns, 335 upazila centres and 5000 periodic markets. This means that there is one intermediate urban centre for every 691 villages, one upazila centre for every 256 villages and one periodic market for every 17 villages. Therefore, if proper policies are adopted for the development of intermediate urban centres within appropriate socieconomic and spatial framework, they would play the role of harbinger in the regional development of Bnagladesh. |
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Regional development and urban growth in Bangladesh : a case for small and medium town in development |
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Regional development and urban growth in Bangladesh : a case for small and medium town in development |
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