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Metropolitan government: an option for sustainable development of Dhaka megacity / Md. Shahriar Islam

Since 1950s the pace of urbanization has produced a significant number of megacities in both developing and developed regions of the world. Developing countries are the chief host of newly formed megacities in the globe. Dhaka, with around 20 million peopleand a lot of problems regarding sustainabil...

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Main Author:	Islam, Md. Shahriar
Format:	Book Section
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012
Subjects:	Environmental policy and economic development. Sustainable development. Environmental management JS Local government. Municipal government
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spelling	my.uitm.ir.553522022-03-08T02:06:34Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55352/ Metropolitan government: an option for sustainable development of Dhaka megacity / Md. Shahriar Islam Islam, Md. Shahriar Environmental policy and economic development. Sustainable development. Environmental management JS Local government. Municipal government Since 1950s the pace of urbanization has produced a significant number of megacities in both developing and developed regions of the world. Developing countries are the chief host of newly formed megacities in the globe. Dhaka, with around 20 million peopleand a lot of problems regarding sustainability, is one of the fastest growing megacities in the developing part of Asia. The objectives of this paper are; (a) to delineate the present loopholes in the governance process of Dhaka megacity,and (b) to propose an option for resolving the governance problems for achieving a sustainable development of the city. Dhaka megacity is being governed by city corporation (recently split into two)vested with a huge range of responsibilities and ultimately the city fails to deliver the services to the citizen according to their expectations. Parallel organizationsi.e. DWASA, CDA, DESCO, DPDC etc. whichprovide utilities and infrastructural development to the citizens, haveissueswhile coordinating with Dhaka City Corporations (DCC North and South). That shows the severe differentiation among different agencies responsible for Dhaka city’s management and governance. This creates confusion among the institutions and severe governance problem leading to unsustainable development of the megacity. It is necessary for Dhaka to eliminate the current system of governance by inviting well recognized system like metropolitan government in which management is more consolidated, easy, less confusing and targeted towards sustainable development. This paper finally identifies that in order to pave the way for sustainable development of the megacity it is needed to install the system of Metropolitan Governmentwith no or severe delay. Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012 Book Section PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55352/1/55352.pdf ID55352 Islam, Md. Shahriar (2012) Metropolitan government: an option for sustainable development of Dhaka megacity / Md. Shahriar Islam. In: 3rd International Conference on Public Policy and Social Science ( ICOPS 2012). Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, Melaka, pp. 592-605. ISBN 978-967-11354-5-7
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topic	Environmental policy and economic development. Sustainable development. Environmental management JS Local government. Municipal government
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description	Since 1950s the pace of urbanization has produced a significant number of megacities in both developing and developed regions of the world. Developing countries are the chief host of newly formed megacities in the globe. Dhaka, with around 20 million peopleand a lot of problems regarding sustainability, is one of the fastest growing megacities in the developing part of Asia. The objectives of this paper are; (a) to delineate the present loopholes in the governance process of Dhaka megacity,and (b) to propose an option for resolving the governance problems for achieving a sustainable development of the city. Dhaka megacity is being governed by city corporation (recently split into two)vested with a huge range of responsibilities and ultimately the city fails to deliver the services to the citizen according to their expectations. Parallel organizationsi.e. DWASA, CDA, DESCO, DPDC etc. whichprovide utilities and infrastructural development to the citizens, haveissueswhile coordinating with Dhaka City Corporations (DCC North and South). That shows the severe differentiation among different agencies responsible for Dhaka city’s management and governance. This creates confusion among the institutions and severe governance problem leading to unsustainable development of the megacity. It is necessary for Dhaka to eliminate the current system of governance by inviting well recognized system like metropolitan government in which management is more consolidated, easy, less confusing and targeted towards sustainable development. This paper finally identifies that in order to pave the way for sustainable development of the megacity it is needed to install the system of Metropolitan Governmentwith no or severe delay.
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title	Metropolitan government: an option for sustainable development of Dhaka megacity / Md. Shahriar Islam
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Metropolitan government: an option for sustainable development of Dhaka megacity / Md. Shahriar Islam

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