An Outlook of Housing Transformation in Dhaka City

作     者：Md.Kamruzzaman 

作者机构：Department of Civil EngineeringRajshahi University of Engineering & TechnologyRajshahi 6204Bangladesh 

出 版 物：《Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture》 (土木工程与建筑（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第13卷第1期

页      面：58-70页

学科分类：08[工学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0814[工学-土木工程] 

主　　题：Apartment Dhaka City housing transformation piecemeal construction 

摘      要：This paper contributes to the view that urban housing in most cities in developing countries is different in nature and more extent than that operative in developed *** addresses the emergence of multi-storied apartments through transformation in residential areas in Dhaka,one of the populous cities in the world and largest metropolitan region in Bangladesh,with a particular reference to a study conducted at Rupangar Residential *** identifies the key forces and processes underlying Dhaka’s residential transformation and the advent of multi-storied *** of functions and the uses of building stocks in relation to the socio-economic aspects with local conditions were sought in the *** increasing housing demand is essentially fulfilling by multi-storied apartments and steadily transforming the landscape and lifestyle of huge urban dwellers in *** reveals from the study that apartment living gains much popularity and the dominance of informal apartments over formal apartments is more *** distinctly,piecemeal apartment development by the informal developers provides affordable shelter to the highest segment of city dwellers and Rupnagar presents a reasoned scenario urban housing transformation in the capital of Bangladesh.