5th North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

Rapid urbanization in Dhaka: Sustainable development hampering a lot by destroying environment and ecosystem

Mohammad Elyas Khan & Md. Mahabubur Rahman
Publisher: IEOM Society International
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Abstract

Now a days, people are more concern about their life-style where they are mainly focused on eco-centered and decidedly natural development except decision makers. Meanwhile, the earth is roughcast multidimensional development dilemma where rapid urbanizations is one of the most. Therefore, there is a perceptional gap between general people and the decision makers. In the recent phenomenon, about 55 percent of world population are residing in urban whereas in 1950 it was about 30 percent (UN, 2018). These days, the urbanization trends are very significant by population for instance in North America 82%, Latin America and the Caribbean 81%, in Europe 74% and Oceania 68% (UN, 2018). While the picture of the urban growth in Asia on an average 50% and Africa its 43% (UN, 2018). In the last two decades, due to rapid urbanization in Bangladesh is destructive of natural growth, people are destroying ecological/natural environment, besmirched historical monuments and finally the cost is so high in a sense of money and sustainable development. Most particularly, if we look in Dhaka the capital city of Bangladesh is the most vulnerable city in the world because of population, internal migration, air pollution (first in the world), water pollution and many more genuine reasons. Accordingly, this city is now a days totally unable to carry the load of this growing populations’ weight which is horrible. Because of, unexpected traffic and people are wasting their productive time on the way that also affecting GDP of Bangladesh.

Published in: 5th North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Detroit, USA

Publisher: IEOM Society International
Date of Conference: August 9-11, 2020

ISBN: 978-0-9855497-8-7
ISSN/E-ISSN: 2169-8767