URP 4258: Seminar

Unplanned Growth of Private Housing Schemes in the Fringe

area of Khulna City and Its Effects on Urban Planning

Submitted By
030413

August 19, 2007

Urban and Rural Planning Discipline

Khulna University
 Thesis Title
Modeling Urban Growth of Khulna City

Objectives
… To identify the influence factors and the level of influence in urban spatial
growth of Khulna city
… To identify the urban spatial growth of Khulna city

Supervisor
Ahsanul Kabir
Associate Professor
Urban & Rural Planning Discipline
Khulna University, Khulna
URP 4258: Seminar

Title
Unplanned Growth of Private Housing Schemes in the Fringe area of Khulna City
and Its Effects on Urban Planning

Background & Statement of the problems

Bangladesh faces a major housing problem. The Khulna is not out of that. In Khulna city
Gross population density is very high about 18,000 per sq.km In Khulna there ware 8200
units of housing stock shortage (Fukuoka Conference, 2000). For that the private housing
developers are take some initiatives to reduce the shortage of housing. But high land price in
KCC area they are making there housing schemes in urban fringe area of KCC. Those
schemes are making unplanned. Those housing schemes reduce the housing shortage
temporary but these haphazard growths create some long term urban problems.

For future urban expansion of Khulna city, the housing schemes in urban fringe of the city
should be planned and good living environment. Otherwise this will create a lot of problems
for the people, environment and economy.

Basic data of housing and human settlement of KCC

Housing stock 106,739 (1991)
Households 114,918 (1991)
Shortage 8,200
Need 32,000
Quality
Concrete 30%
Tin/GI Sheet 12%
Katcha 58%
Delivery System
Private informal 90%
Development Authority 4%
Public Housing 1.5%
Main Problem
Housing Finance
Low return from housing
( Fukuoka Conference, 2000)

Objectives

There have some objectives of the study, those are follows:

… To know the causes of development of the private housing scheme
… To identify the effects of private housing scheme
… To suggest some guidelines to improve the better living environment

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Design of the study

Conceptualization

Data Collection

Primary Data Secondary Data

• Plot owner survey • KCC, BURP Thesis,
• Topographic survey Books, Journals etc.

Data Processing

Site Analysis Map Preparation

Site Planning
• Functional Plan
• Outline Plan
• Detail Plan

Combining paper contents

Paper Finalization

Figure: Flow chart of the design of the study

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1. Conceptualization
The concepts related to the study are conceptualized through decision with the persons
having interest on growing of private housing and its effects on urban planning. Moreover
related books of having topics on urbanization and its causes and effects, private housing
schemes and its pattern etc. are studied to make the concept furnished to deal with this
study.

2. Data Collection
For this study two type’s data are collected. The data which are collected from the direct
field survey is called primary data and which data are collected from different
organizations, books, journals, magazines and research paper are called secondary data.

2.1. Primary Data

After recognizance survey questionnaire are prepared. Through direct questionnaire
survey of the plot owner, developer authority and observation primary survey the primary
data are collected.

2.1.1. Plot owner interview: To know the socio-economic condition of the plot owner a
survey will be conducted in near study area and developer office.

2.1.2. Topographic survey: To know the topographic condition of the study area a
reconnaissance survey will be done and sketch of the existing situation is
prepared.

2.2. Secondary Data

In this stage secondary information are collected from books, booklet of the developer
authority to know in details on the scenario of private housing schemes in the urban
fringe of the Khulna city.

3. Data processing
The data collected from the primary sources have been assembled according to the
objectives. The attained data are edited, summarized in sequential order. And the data
have been presented in the tabular form, textual form as well as geographic form. Data
are analyzing in GIS software.

4. Site analysis map preparation

For site analysis and map preparation, site layout plan are collected from the developer
office and study area observation. By digitizing in Auto CAD software in the site map are
prepared.

5. Site planning
Up to the site analysis map the problems and the prospects of the sites are analyzed. To
provide the provision for the better living environment the entire sites are reformulated
with considering between all the functional plan layout, outline plan layout and detailed
plan layout.

5.1. Functional plan

Different types of functions are proposed for the study areas and the inter relationship
between all the functions are defined and depicted in the functional plan layout.

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5.2. Outline plan

In this phase the outline of the functions are defined and that depicted in the outline plan
layout. Outline is prepared within the basis that every single amount of land is important
in the private housing scheme.

5.3. Detailed plan

Ultimately, the measurements of the plots are defined. The sizes are defined. The sizes
are defined with considering every sized plot can create reasonable demand, no plot
would be less emphasized for improper position.

6. Combining paper contents

Then, all those texts, plans, maps are sequentially combined in the report after a detail
checking. The combination of the contents is made up to the objectives of the study.

7. Paper finalization
Finally the paper will be printed with fulfilling all the requirements to familiarize other
people with the report.

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Reference

… Hassan, Dr. Mahmudul and Kabir, Md. Ahsanul (2002), An introduction to housing in
Bangladesh, Khulna: Bangladesh centre for human welfare and sustainable
development (BCHWSD)
… Hossain, Md. Monowar (2000), A study on private real estate developers of Khulna
city, Unpublished BURP thesis, Khulna: Urban and Rural Planning Discipline
… Fukuoka Conference (2000), Asian city development strategies, City Profile, Khulna
(the People’s Republic of Bangladesh)

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