Planning is a crucial element for any development initiative. entails choice making in pursuit of stated goals e.g. improving living conditions individuals and societies. initiatives are employed within social systems that governed by institution, planning intervenes with may reconfigure these institutions resulting change. This paper discusses how urban sustainability can be achieved through strategic action analysing the process Khulna city, Bangladesh. reviews different scholarly articles...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine pro-poor urban asset adaptation climate variability and change. It constructs a conceptual framework that explores the appropriate strategies for extreme poor households as well process supporting these groups in accumulating assets. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative data are obtained from life histories, key informant interviews (KIIs) focus-group discussions (FGDs). These collected, coded themed. Findings This research identifies among...

Urban planning and development management in developing countries were restructured following the basic notion of decentralization. Dhaka has a number other municipalities rural bodies, which are within its functional jurisdiction under different forms Theoretically it been assumed literature that decentralization promotes good governance for achieving effective socially just planning. However, this paper argues coordination urban is essential such attainment, not essentially an output...

In developing countries, cities are experiencing rapid urbanization with increasing informality affecting urban poor to live in slums and squatters subject eviction. Abating the issue, current participatory planning collaborative actions becoming popular. The major challenge contemporary pro-poor housing practices is explore best of community participation, well-discussed after withdrawal government intervention relying heavily on market. This study attempted different forms participation...

This paper addresses the persistent challenges in housing urban poor Bangladesh. In particular, it explores empirical evidence on informal networks of as they relate to service provision low-income settlements Khulna City. It also analyses emerging forms governance settlements. Specifically, investigates transformation process project-assisted form network poor. argues that community-based organisations Bangladesh represent Whether these are being federated depends their type or form, and...

This article investigates the reasons behind non-migration of fishermen communities living adjacent to Sundarbans in Bangladesh. In addition livelihood strategies these southern districts country, this explores a symbiotic relationship among livelihoods, risks and natural resources understanding fishermen’s choice locations vulnerable areas. We have adopted mixed scientific approach method collecting, analysing summarizing obtained information. employed triangulation schema study, that is,...

To cope with cyclones, the people in coastal areas of Bangladesh apply early warnings received from nature and undertake protection measures at household community levels. Indigenous knowledge reveals hand-on-experience by living close contact which is transmitted one generation to next through oral behavioral tradition. This knowledge, representing a rich source generational practices for cyclone preparedness, now becoming extinct due inadequate documentation. They can be termed as...