Development measures for slums of Dhaka city : case study area Korail slum

الملخص EN

-Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh is extremely populated, unhygienic and environmentally degraded city.

The growing number of population and environmental degradation are due to natural disaster and economic depression that peoples incline to migrate from other cities to Dhaka for better living.

These are mostly resulted from the failures of the government in initiation of proper policies, measures in development.

So, investing resources in slum development projects should preferably be based on comprehensible indication of which specific intervention is more effective.

What impact do upgrading projects have on the welfare of the population and how can they be improved to meet the needs of the urban poor? This research will focus on specific indication of intervention and suggestion for the redevelopment of the urban poor in case of Dhaka city.

This is now prime time to established planning and environmental management policy and sustainable development of the city area.

Urban land management, rehabilitation and socio-economic development of the slum dwellers are also very important issues.

The key focus of this paper is to find out sustainable development process for urban slum dwellers and build sustainable living place for them which are free from eviction, criminals, rent seekers and other miscreants