The impact of Dhaka's high density development on livability: a sustainability perspective

Abstract

In recent years there was an emerging debate on dense urban forms as the most proficient ways to reduce energy consumption and pollution and for contributing to sustainability. While high density development remains at the centre of the debate of developing a sustainable city, different countries adopt different density policies and achieve different density patterns. The cities of developing countries already have higher concentration of people than the cities of developed countries owing to rapid population growth. There is very little known about the state of sustainability in relation to urban densi...