Abstract
<p><em>In last few decades Bangladesh has been facing major urbanization throughout different cities. Also, the urban growth of this cities will not follow any planning standard and increases haphazardly which causes serious urban sprawl. The Compact Township (CT) Design is considered one of the best planning strategies that can control the haphazard growth of urban sprawl and develop more sustainable cities which will benefit Bangladesh in the environmental, social and economic dimensions. Pabna district, Bangladesh faces major urbanization problem in last few decades because of its large amount of existing resources and opportunities. Ishwardi Thana in Pabna district has been selected as the study area for CT design. The aim of this study is to estimate the decadal urban growth of study area using Landsat images from 1996-2016 as well as Proposed an effective CT Design to control haphazard urban growth in the fringe area. From the image analysis using Arc GIS 10.4 and Erdas Imagine software, it’s clearly noticeable that Ishwardi Thana has been facing more urban growth from any other Thana in Pabna District. Also, the study area consists of a significant amount of urban fringe area which is suitable for the development of CT. The proposed CT design in “Majdia site” situated in selected study area where Zoning techniques have been used in 245 acres area. To make the design production and transport-oriented the location is divided into high-class residential zone, middle-class residential zone, lower class residential zone and Mix use zone</em><em>, e</em><em>tc. According to the design and estimation, the 245 acres area can provide accommodations about 25200 population with easy accessibility of work and basic amenities. Considering all the condition, planning strategies of the CT is meant to guarantee a good accessibility and integrate collective transports, services and attractive public spaces to avoid the increase of the urban sprawl.</em></p>
Highlights
Urbanization refers to the process of economic, social and physical growth of towns and cities often at the expense of rural area (Aguilar, 2008; Michaels, Rauch, & Redding, 2012)
The labor-intensive industries, in association with cash crop production increased the suitability of this area for production oriented compact township program. 3.2 Satellite Data Processing Remotely sensed data and GIS techniques have been widely used to understand the dynamic phenomenon, such as urban sprawl/growth and analysis of land use change
In Bangladesh urban growth is the most visible reflection of urbanization and the cities in Bangladesh have a tendency to grow in haphazard way
Summary
Urbanization refers to the process of economic, social and physical growth of towns and cities often at the expense of rural area (Aguilar, 2008; Michaels, Rauch, & Redding, 2012). Faster population and industrial growth are acting as driving factors resulting in intense sprinkle urban development that has negatively impacted planned urban growth and make urban areas less livable and less productive (Hasi Bagan & Yoshiki Yamagata, 2012) This type of scattered new development on isolated tract, separated from the main urban area through the vacant land is called urban sprawl (Rahman, 2016; Yeh & Li, 2001). The habit of practicing effective policies to manage rapid and large-scale urban sprawl in Bangladesh is absent In this context, the object of this content to estimate the urban growth of Pabna district in last few decades to understand urban expansion dynamics and proposed an efficient Compact township design to ensure smart urban growth in Pabna District. The concept of Compact Township is relatively new in Bangladesh and the proposed design will can be apply for smart urban growth in any part of Bangladesh which ensure production and transportation oriented compact township design
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