This paper focuses on stakeholder debate and conflict during policy implementation. In doing so it analyzed the reason behind the implementation snag of Bangladesh leather processing industry relocation policy, which is extreme stakeholder negotiation. Relevant stakeholders have been identified and their influence over the policy measure has been formulated. Underlying interactions among the stakeholders has been conceptually depicted to retrieve an image of the extreme stakeholder dispute behind this policy failure. Finally, based on the empirical evidence this policy measure has been evaluated in light of the effective participation of the concerned stakeholders.

Bangladesh is one of the poorest and most disaster-prone countries in the world. To address both problems simultaneously, sustainable livelihoods (SL) could be better connected with disaster risk reduction (DRR). For this purpose, one initiative implemented in Bangladesh is called the Vulnerability to Resilience (V2R) programme which ran from 2013 to 2016. This programme was primarily initiated and funded by the British Red Cross in a consortium with the Swedish Red Cross and the German Red Cross. This article presents the first evaluation of the V2R programme with three objectives. The first objective was to measure whether the selected communities have achieved community resilience characteristics as defined by the programme. The second objective was to conduct a cost-benefit analysis for the intervention. The third objective was to analyse V2R’s impact on the communities in terms of DRR and SL. Community-based focus group discussions and household-based surveys were conducted before and after the intervention (2013–2016) in two coastal communities in Patuakhali district, Nowapara and Pashurbunia. The analysis found that community members are now engaged with many hazard-resilient and vulnerability-reducing livelihood activities, using SL to implement DRR, yet these approaches were almost absent prior to V2R. Consequently, the communities have achieved resilience characteristics, being more well-organized and better connected; having better access to infrastructure, services, and economic opportunities; are more knowledgeable and healthier; and are better managing their available resources. Critiques of the concepts are discussed, although in this case, DRR based on SL has shown positive results, exactly as development theory suggests.

The climate in Bangladesh is changing and it is becoming more unpredictable every year. The impacts of higher temperatures, more variable precipitation, more extreme weather events, and sea level rise are already felt in Bangladesh and will continue to intensify. Climate change poses now-a-days severe threat mostly in agricultural sector and food security among all other affected sectors. The effects of flood are manifold in Bangladesh since flood water remains long time onto the land. For example, all means of communication viz. roads, railways, highways, and even runways become paralyzed due to flooding. It causes widespread damage to crops, stored food grains, domestic animals, homesteads, development infrastructures, and human lives. People remain maroon in water without having food and drinking water until relief arrives. The consequences of such recurring floods are really well beyond the capacity of a developing country like Bangladesh to bear. This paper contributes to know the most effecting socio economic impact of tidal flood as a change in climate in the most vulnerable coastal area.

The climate in Bangladesh is changing and it is becoming more unpredictable every year. The impacts of higher temperatures, more variable precipitation, more extreme weather events, and sea level rise are already felt in Bangladesh and will continue to intensify. Climate change poses now-a-days severe threat mostly in agricultural sector and food security among all other affected sectors. The effects of flood are manifold in Bangladesh since flood water remains long time onto the land. For example, all means of communication viz. roads, railways, highways, and even runways become paralyzed due to flooding. It causes widespread damage to crops, stored food grains, domestic animals, homesteads, development infrastructures, and human lives. People remain maroon in water without having food and drinking water until relief arrives. The consequences of such recurring floods are really well beyond the capacity of a developing country like Bangladesh to bear. This paper contributes to know the most effecting socio economic impact of tidal flood as a change in climate in the most vulnerable coastal area.

Road intersection is a very critical part of road network system as vehicles from different roads merge and diverge frequently, and therefore, it has high significance to ensure safety and avoid traffic congestion. This study has been carried out to identify the reasons behind traffic congestion at road intersection in the context of Fulbarigate, Khulna. The normal design speed in this road intersection is 40-50 km/hour, which gets drastically reduced to 10-20 km/hour due to heavy pedestrian movement and improper traffic management, causing traffic congestion. A field survey was conducted through which various types of data were collected, such as types and number of vehicles, number of pedestrian crossing the road/hour, number of vehicle merging and diverging per hour, number of parked vehicles at a particular moment. The survey analysis shows that roadway environmental and operational conditions as well as traffic safety situation are getting worse mainly due to reduction of road width for on street parking, absence of zebra crossing and foot over bridge, stoppage delay of the threewheelers (e.g. Atul, Battery-easy bikes etc.) until getting passengers, huge number of slow moving vehicles at intersection and absence of proper traffic management and transportation planning. Based on these results, this paper provides some improvement schemes along with guideline to effective traffic management system and appropriate design standards to improve the overall condition of Fulbarigate road intersection

Khulna is the third largest city and one of the major economic and industrial hubs of Bangladesh. Due to the good water transportation corridor of Mongla port and Rupsha-Bhairab River along with ongoing connectivity through construction of Padma Bridge which will reduce travel time. Consequently, this will accelerate the economic activities of this area in future. In this context, this study is an attempt to depict the present scenario of inland water freight transport system in Khulna City. The study area was Dakbanglow to Rupsha ferry ghat where about thirteen major freight transport corridors are located. A field survey based analysis was conducted which resulted in evaluation of the present scenario of freight transport system. This includes estimation of total freight through different corridors, surrounding land-use pattern, impact on urban as well as environmental system, modal integration and modal share, identification of import-export routes etc. along with GIS mapping. Based upon the analysis some policy level recommendation were provided to improve the existing situation to keep pace with the future demand. Special actions be taken by both the public-private organizations to improve and expand the service facilities as required. Thus this study will be helpful enough to act as a guideline for future development.

The climate in Bangladesh is changing and it is becoming more unpredictable every year. The impacts of higher temperatures, more variable precipitation, more extreme weather events, and sea level rise are already felt in Bangladesh and will continue to intensify. Climate change poses now-a-days severe threat mostly in agricultural sector and food security among all other affected sectors. The effects of flood are manifold in Bangladesh since flood water remains long time onto the land. For example, all means of communication viz. roads, railways, highways, and even runways become paralyzed due to flooding. It causes widespread damage to crops, stored food grains, domestic animals, homesteads, development infrastructures, and human lives. People remain maroon in water without having food and drinking water until relief arrives. The consequences of such recurring floods are really well beyond the capacity of a developing country like Bangladesh to bear. This paper contributes to know the most effecting socio economic impact of tidal flood as a change in climate in the most vulnerable coastal area.

The term advocacy planning was coined by Paul Davidoff in his famous 1965 article “Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning”. It is a pluralistic and inclusive planning theory where planners seek to represent the interests of various groups within society. It is today required reading in planning schools but to many planners today, advocacy planning is a quaint and outdated notion, a product of the bygone civil rights era. Today the more neutral concept of “community planning” has supplanted advocacy planning. Community planning is the new mainstream approach that frequently submerges the progressive elements that emerged under the rubric of advocacy planning. But advocacy planning is still the foundation for all progressive planning today. If we go back over Davidoff’s ideas, we’ll see how they have profound implications for planning practice today and far-reaching implications for the future

Dhaka is experiencing gentrification problem in an intangible manner; Mirpur thana is the greatest example of this. Though the unplanned development of Mirpur derives different characteristics like large population, traffic congestion, employment and service opportunities, slums, homelessness and gentrification, where gentrification is less talked. The research problem concerns with the diversified changes of housing sector by the economical process of gentrification. It is very tough to discuss an intangible mannered change through gentrification, but the loss of affordable housing for all class people forced us to rethink about the evaluation of housing pattern. This paper will try to identify the changing pattern of housing situation by following the famous two theories of gentrification- Smith’s rent gap theory and Consumption side theory. The first theory will try to define the relation between house rent and the demand situation while the second theory can evaluate the relation between the real estate and supply side of housing with the consumption pattern. Loss of affordable housing and promotion of slum, squatter settlements and other negative impacts are increasing day by day due to this process. So the research problem has been established to suggest some guidelines from planning perspectives by assessing the process and impacts of both sides of gentrification to solve the negative effects of it upon housing supply and to enhance the positive side of it to direct the real estate agencies.