Improving urban services deliver for environmental management : a study of poor settlements in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh | |
| Author | Hossain, Mallik Akram |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.UE-01-16 |
| Subject(s) | Urban poor--Bangladesh--Rajshahi Environmental management--Bangladesh--Rajshahi |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The recent trend of rapid urbanization has been a major concern for the developing countries as it has brought many problems due to diseconomies of scale. Due to huge influx of rural migrants to urban areas, Bangladeshi cites have been facing problems in providing urban services to the city dwellers. This study aims to study the urban services delivery situation and its consequence on urban health. The study explores the socio-economic conditions of the slum people. It also looks at the physical as well urban environmental conditions of the slum. It finds that there is an inadequacy of urban services in the poor settlements and thus the urban environment has got polluted which in turn has posed consequences on the health of slum dwellers. The pattern and differentials of household heads and under five morbidity focusing on the child mortality have been studied. It implies that urban health in poor settlements is at risk due to the deteriorating environment in the study area. Dwellers' willingness to pay for urban services and participation to service improvement project was also examined in this study. The study identifies that the poor specific programs rendered by the urban institutions are very limited. The majority of the programs are aimed at the population regardless of income group. Factors like shortage of skilled manpower, resource constraints, the dependency on central government, top-down policy, lack of coordination and cooperation among the institutions, lack of participation of community people and NGOs in urban service delivery program are the main bottleneck to providing urban services to the poor settlements. Finally the study concludes that for the improvement of urban services delivery in the poor settlement, some policy guidelines have been recommended. |
| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Urban Environmental and Management (UE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Perera, Ranjith ; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Amin, A. T. M. Nurul ;Earth, Barbara ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Netherlands Government; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 |