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Book SynopsisThe book narrates how opportunities and challenges of rapid urbanization in Dhaka are translated into realizing dreams of better lives and livelihoods, and prospects for a shared future for city dwellers - poor-non-poor, men-women, young-old, migrant-non-migrant. By defining the way in which cities should be planned and managed to best promote sustainable and equitable urbanization and integrating it with the national development agenda, this book has provided a roadmap that would create equal prospects for everyone to benefit from its prosperity.
Trade ReviewThis book provides a rich summary of urbanization in the context of the Global South and an excellent systems-level insight on how to approach the analysis of complex urban systems amid growth, social change, global pandemic, and climate change. Its insights are relevant for planning and management of cities in the Global South that have experienced a similar level of growth and change in recent years. This book should capture the attention of scholars, practitioners, and students whose work particularly focuses on urban studies and urban and regional planning in the Global South. It is a solid foundational as well as advanced-level book for those who seek exposure to the rapidly evolving urbanization process in international context. * Saleh Ahmed, Journal of the American Planning Association *
Table of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgements List of Abreviations List of Tables, figures, and boxes Glossary 1. Dhaka's Changing Landscape: Prospects for Economic Development, Social Change, and Shared Prosperity 2. Rapid Urbanization and Population Changes in Dhaka City: The Demographic Dividend 3. Migration and Rural-Urban Connectivity: The Need for Reconstructing New Theoretical Approaches 4. Migration and Occupational Changes: Dreams and Relaities of Better Livelihoods 5. Dynamics of Livelihoods, Income, and Proverty: The Scope for Shared Prosperity 6. Quality of Life: Shared Modes of Basic Services and the Sustainable Development Goals 7. Impact of Urbanization on Health and Education: Progress and Inter-generational Prospects for Shared Prosperity 8. Migration, Modernization, and Social Change: An Enquiry into Migrants' Attitudinal Changes 9. Better Lives, Better Incomes but Slip Prospects for Shared Prosperity Bibliography Appendices Index About the Authors
