Accessibility indicates the relative easy to access of a certain opportunity & actually it is the result of interaction of land use & transportation system. For urban planning practice a number of methods so far has been developed, but in recent time space-time accessibility measurement technique has been developed by different geographer which considers space constrain of human activity along with the time constrain unlike the traditional methods. Recently, urban planners are also contributing to the space-time concepts with proper application of this concept to the real world accessibility problem of the urban area. This paper shows how the concepts of space-time prisms can be applied to measuring accessibility to punctiform urban services where punctiform services are those, which delivered from a specific point & has a spatial dimension. Besides measuring the accessibility, this paper also shows the gap between the existing land uses of Khulna City in respect of supply of services with the accessibility of the residents for the selected residential areas. In case of selecting the location of punctiform urban services delivering, this type of accessibility measurement is necessary to reduce the waste of resource like time, money, energy for both service suppliers & service consumers.

Housing stress portraits the existing condition of housing in terms of some selected indicators. It is a vital tool for accessing the accessibility of existing service and facilities in a certain area for its dwellers. Often this type of tools are effective for the city development authority to identify the extent of improvements required for the betterment of the dweller in order to ensure better housing condition. This paper shows a method of housing stress analysis in selected areas of Khulna, Bangladesh. This paper also shows how socio-economic information of the dwellers along with the spatial information can be used together for planning for the housing of an urban area. Using simple geographic-information system (GIS) tools this initiatives can be amplified for the housing provision of a entire city. The findings of the paper shows, a very few of the area are served with better housing facilities. For further extension of the area and providing service and facilities by the authority, the locational advantage and disadvantage should have to consider in order to getting optimum outcome which can be directed by different scenario analysis shown in this paper.

Apposite landuse of an area ensures harmony in general development especially where business and industrial activities exist in a large scale. Therefore commercial and industrial landuses are always considered as two significant elements of sustainable city planning as well as providing support to the local economies. Usually industrial sites within the cities are often small, and are surrounded by neighborhoods. The increased pollution caused by industrial activities pose a serious, often insurmountable threat to neighborhood stability, economic development, public health and safety and quality of life like brownfield effect. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. Brown field properties vary in size, location, age, and past use. Irrespective of true potential, these sites often remain unloved and unused due to the inconvenience, uncertainty and liabilities that clean up responsibility entails and this approach may affect people in a negative manner. Conversely, brownfield recovery by redevelopment of the site or through transforming it into other land use can result green neighborhoods, resolve development versus preservation conflicts, promote economic expansion and inhibit sprawl. In Bangladesh, a great mix up of industrial and residential activities has also been occurring in major cities particularly in Dhaka city due to rapid urbanization. As a result capital is expanding to its peripheral zones. Residential areas are in huge shortage of ancillary facilities. Hazaribagh Area near Dhanmondi, in the heart of the Dhaka City experiences similar crisis as well; low and middle income settlers are settling in this zone and suffering from the shortage of urban service facilities. Further more toxic pollutant from the tannery industries is a serious threat for them. High rate of contamination is leading this organically built up zone unlivable. This uncontrolled existence of toxic industrial zone along with residential areas has extended its pressure on physical condition of the environment and the area now has been transformed into a brown field. An extensive revitalization of this area thus is very much essential right now otherwise it will be very difficult to manage these issues effectively in the future. In this study, it is tried to review the phase wise steps and tools of brownfield development techniques used worldwide and are contextual for the redevelopment of Hazaribagh Area in Dhaka City.

Coastal communities in Chile are at risk to tsunami like other coastal communities around the world. As r esilience is understood as the opposite of vulnerability, it is important to increase community resilience to reduce vulnerability. The Dichato community is one of the most affected communities by the 27 February 2010 earthquake and following tsunami in ce ntral Chile and the recovery process is slower there than expected. This paper aims to examine planning capacity and social capacity to evaluate community resilience to tsunami. Qualitative data are collected through interview. Community leaders, high of ficials (e.g: regional chief of planning ministry, regional urban manager) at local and regional level and also nongovernmental organizations (Hogar de cristo, Red Cross) are interviewed. The collected data is evaluated under a framework which combines eig ht important resilience elements. These elements are governance, society and economy, resource management, land use and structural design, risk knowledge, warning and evacuation, emergency response and disaster recovery. Tsunami hazard risks are not well addressed and considered in plans and programs for coastal community like Dichato. Land use and structural design are carefully considered after the tsunami in last year. Pre - established mechanisms for disaster recovery are not appropriate. Community engag ement in planning and implementation procedure of these plans and programs are limited. There are very limited training program for livelihood diversification. Training and mock - drill programs for tsunami response are very limited in the community level . R isk knowledge is not shared properly with the community to reduce the risks. Findings of this paper will open a new horizon that can help to find the strength and weakness of disaster preparedness in community level. Resilience of coastal community to ts unami can be achieved through enhancing planning and social capacity.

Since the proclamation of the capital city of Bangladesh in 1971, Dhaka city had become an exponent of rapid urbanization in South Asia. It has now become one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world. It is fast approaching towards an abysmal city growth situation where growth control would be difficult to achieve. In absence of appropriate land use planning policies and practices, the concerned regulatory and service providing agencies failed to act coordinated way to manage the needs of infrastructure, utilities and amenities for work and living places. This thesis work attempts to review the current state of coordination among the urban planning agencies, their roles and responsibilities in general. It also endeavours to recommend how the principles of 'integration’ and ‘separation’ can be adopted to formalize roles and responsibilities of the concerned urban planning agencies to ensure better-coordinated service deliveries to the city dwellers.