Bangladesh - Policies for Mainstreaming Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Urban Development of Greater Dhaka

This policy note focuses on analyzing critical institutional and planning issues affecting Dhaka's Metropolitan Area, and suggests policy recommendations for introducing sound urban environmental planning to improve the quality of life by mitigating and reversing environmental degradation. The report concludes with urgent recommended actions to address gaps in urban planning and environmental management that focus on developing the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan Land Use Map, by demarcating and publishing notification of ecologically and environmentally sensitive areas; resolving conflict arising from multiple functions of Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha; strengthening the detailed area plan planning process, engaging stakeholders in urban planning, and bringing other actors on board.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2008-06
Subjects:ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, ACCESSIBILITY, ADVERSE IMPACTS, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL LAND USE, AGRICULTURE, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, AIR QUALITY, ALGAE, AQUIFERS, ARSENIC, BACTERIA, BIOMASS, BOD, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, BUS, BUS STOPS, BUS SYSTEM, CAPACITY BUILDING, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS, CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COASTAL EROSION, COD, CONGESTION, CONSTRUCTION, CONTAMINANTS, CONTINUOUS MONITORING, DECISION MAKING, DEEP WATER, DIESEL, DIESEL VEHICLES, DISCHARGE, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, DISSOLVED SOLIDS, DITCHES, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE CHANNELS, DRAINAGE NETWORK, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS, EFFLUENTS, EMISSION, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, EXCESS WATER, FISH, FISHERIES, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOOD PLAINS, FLOODING, FLOODS, FORESTS, FUEL, FUEL QUALITY, FUELS, FUGITIVE EMISSIONS, GROUND WATER, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER SOURCES, HABITATS, HEAVY METALS, HIGHWAYS, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSING, INDUSTRIAL WASTES, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLANNING, LAND AREA, LAND DEVELOPERS, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND PARCELS, LAND RESOURCES, LAND USE, LAND USE PLANS, LAND USES, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL TRANSPORT, LOCAL WATER, LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, MEGA CITIES, METRO RAIL, METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT, MITIGATION, MODE OF TRANSPORT, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, MODES OF TRANSPORT, MOTOR VEHICLES, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT, MUNICIPAL LEVEL, MUNICIPALITIES, NATURAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOODS, NOISE, NOISE POLLUTION, OXYGEN DEMAND, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES, PASSENGER TRAINS, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PASSENGERS, PETROLEUM, PITS, PLANNING PROCESS, POLICE, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLLUTANTS, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CONTROL, POOR WATER QUALITY, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION DISTRIBUTION, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC TOILET, PUBLIC WORKS, RAIL, RAILWAY, RAILWAY LINE, RAILWAYS, RAPID BUS, RAPID TRANSPORT, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RETENTION PONDS, RIVER, RIVER SYSTEMS, ROAD, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SPACE, ROADS, ROUTE, SANITATION, SANITATION AUTHORITY, SANITATION FACILITIES, SEA LEVEL RISE, SERVICE DELIVERY, SEWAGE COLLECTION, SEWAGE TREATMENT, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, SEWER NETWORKS, SEWER SYSTEM, SHALLOW WATER, SLUMS, SOLID WASTE, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, STORM WATER, STREET PARKING, SURFACE SOURCES, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER QUALITY, TAXIS, TOPOGRAPHY, TOWN, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT AGENCIES, TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT PLAN, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, UNDERGROUND, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTER, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN PLANNERS, URBAN PLANNING, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN RENEWAL, URBAN ROADS, URBAN SPRAWL, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN UTILITIES, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SUPPLY, URBANIZATION, VEHICLES, WASTE COLLECTION, WATER BODIES, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER DEMAND, WATER DEVELOPMENT, WATER POLICY, WATER POLLUTION, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RUNOFF, WATER SERVICE, WATER SOURCE, WATER SOURCES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SERVICES, WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WATERSHED, WATERWAYS, WELLS, WETLAND, WETLAND PROTECTION, WETLAND SYSTEM, WETLANDS, WTP,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/16277838/bangladesh-policies-mainstreaming-strategic-environmental-assessment-urban-development-greater-dhaka
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12491
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