Inequality in Household Resources and Neighborhood Amenities in Dhaka City: A Case of Dhanmondi, Pallabi and Kallayanpur

Abstract

This paper examines the existing spatial inequalities in Residential Areas of Dhaka City on the basis of household resources and amenities. The empirical data has been collected through a detailed semi-structured questionnaire from 180 respondents in Dhanmondi and Mirpur Residential Area and Kallayanpur Slum area. The respondents were selected purposively from the megacity of Bangladesh namely, Dhaka. The results clearly indicate that there exist significant differences and variations of household resource and amenity indicators, particularly household and housing characteristics, sanitation facilities, water, electricity and gas supplies, etc. More specifically, the finding reveals that there is a huge gap in tenure systems, income-expenditure, occupational, education, and social status, utilities, and physical developments, are the prime issues for creating massive inequality in slum area from other residential areas. Furthermore, the slum dwellers are more deprived and neglected from all kinds of urban facilities though they play a significant role in the informal economy of urban areas as well as in the GDP of Bangladesh. Hence, the findings suggest that policymakers should take proper initiatives to address multi-dimensional issues of slum areas to ensure a sustainable environment among residential areas of Dhaka city.