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Revisiting Park Facility Provisions and Standards for Urban Areas in Bangladesh
Park facilities are one of the basic urban amenities for any livable and sustainable city.Therefore planning standards for park facilities should be formulated for sustainableplanning for cities in Bangladesh. Park facilities are varied types name metropolitan park,district park, local park or neighborhood park. However, appropriate knowledge ofplanning standards for park facilities followed in different cities and countries in theworld is greatly important for developing planning standards for park facilities to makecities and communities livable and sustainable. In addition, this paper focuses on parkfacility provisions followed in various plans and projects for different types of urban areasin Bangladesh. This paper finds that part facilities are inadequate in both types of urbanareas – City Corporations and Paurashavas in Bangladesh. For metro cities in Bangladesh,generally park facility is available for every 2 lakh population. Some park facilities areavailable in A Category Paurashavas however park facilities are generally very minimumor absent in B and C category Paurashavas in Bangladesh. Our cities does notappropriately consider categorization of parks in city planning practices to evenlydistribute neighborhood park, community park and city park in the urban fabrics. In thecity planning practices in different sustainable cities across the world, park facilities areavailable within walking distances or 400 m to 500 m radius; whereas urban people inBangladesh – both for City Corporation and Paurashava – rarely can avail park facilitywithin their walking distance. This paper is based on secondary sources and desk researchon the planning standards for park facilities. Based on the findings of this study, thispaper suggests planning standards for various types of park facilities for urban areas inBangladesh. This paper asserts that park facilities should be created at city andneighborhood levels according to the planning standards through proper physicalplanning.
Revisiting Park Facility Provisions and Standards for Urban Areas in Bangladesh
Park facilities are one of the basic urban amenities for any livable and sustainable city.Therefore planning standards for park facilities should be formulated for sustainableplanning for cities in Bangladesh. Park facilities are varied types name metropolitan park,district park, local park or neighborhood park. However, appropriate knowledge ofplanning standards for park facilities followed in different cities and countries in theworld is greatly important for developing planning standards for park facilities to makecities and communities livable and sustainable. In addition, this paper focuses on parkfacility provisions followed in various plans and projects for different types of urban areasin Bangladesh. This paper finds that part facilities are inadequate in both types of urbanareas – City Corporations and Paurashavas in Bangladesh. For metro cities in Bangladesh,generally park facility is available for every 2 lakh population. Some park facilities areavailable in A Category Paurashavas however park facilities are generally very minimumor absent in B and C category Paurashavas in Bangladesh. Our cities does notappropriately consider categorization of parks in city planning practices to evenlydistribute neighborhood park, community park and city park in the urban fabrics. In thecity planning practices in different sustainable cities across the world, park facilities areavailable within walking distances or 400 m to 500 m radius; whereas urban people inBangladesh – both for City Corporation and Paurashava – rarely can avail park facilitywithin their walking distance. This paper is based on secondary sources and desk researchon the planning standards for park facilities. Based on the findings of this study, thispaper suggests planning standards for various types of park facilities for urban areas inBangladesh. This paper asserts that park facilities should be created at city andneighborhood levels according to the planning standards through proper physicalplanning.
Revisiting Park Facility Provisions and Standards for Urban Areas in Bangladesh
Dr. Adil Mohammed Khan (author)
2023-07-01
Jahangirnagar University Planning Review; Vol. 21 (2023): JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY PLANNING REVIEW; 27-45 ; 1728-4198
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