City Corporation Area Research Articles

Disastrous Impact of Climate Change in Bangladeshi City Corporation Areas: A Study Based on Residents’ Perception

Disastrous Impact of Climate Change in Bangladeshi City Corporation Areas: A Study Based on Residents’ Perception

Healthcare-seeking behaviour of marginalised older people in urban slums: a cross-sectional survey study in Khulna City, Bangladesh

ObjectivesThis study aimed to measure healthcare-seeking behaviour and determine its associated factors among older people in the slums of the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) areas of Bangladesh.DesignCross-sectional survey.SettingsFour slums in...

Leafy vegetables in Rangpur city corporation area of Bangladesh focusing on potential medicinal values

Leafy vegetables were conducted in the Rangpur city corporation of Bangladesh from October 2019 to December 2021. There were 44 species identified, divided into 33 genera and 20 families. Out of the recorded species, 69.44% were herbs followed by climbers (18.18%), shrubs (11.11%) and trees (2.27%) respectively. In the research area, wild species made up 34.09% of the total, while cultivated species made up 65.91%. The current investigation revealed that traditional knowledge about the use of wild vegetables is in urgent need of documentation as part of intangible cultural heritage. To meet the dietary demands of Rangpur city corporation residents, the use and cultivation of these leafy vegetables should be encouraged. The study can provide baseline data that can be used to prioritize conservation efforts through resource management that is both sustainable and environmentally friendly. In Rangpur City Corporation, major medicinal leafy vegetables were carried out. Thirty seven (37) therapeutic plants have been identified, with their usefulness for the treatment of over 40 ailments were recorded. The current study found that medicinal plants continue to play a significant role in rural communities. The information acquired from local traditional healers will be beneficial for further ethnobotany, taxonomy, and drug development studies using natural resources.

Leafy vegetables in Rangpur city corporation area of Bangladesh focusing on potential medicinal values

Leafy vegetables in Rangpur city corporation area of Bangladesh focusing on potential medicinal values

AN EVALUATION OF WATER SUPPLY SCENARIO IN KHULNA CITY CORPORATION AREA

In the urban areas of Bangladesh, service standard of community facilities lacks far behind of any recognized planning standard. Khulna City is an instance of having typical urban problems particularly the crisis of safe water. Approximately 45% population in this area is covered under piped water supply network. In this study an attempt has been made to evaluate the existing water supply system in the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) area regarding water supply installations and their capacity, water consumption pattern, satisfaction level of water supply and water demand-supply analysis. Structured and open-ended interview schedule were used as primary data collection tool. A two stage stratified random sampling was adopted and some statistical conventional techniques were used to analyze the data. The study reveals a wide gap between water supply and demand in KCC area. Again, the study shows that above 90% people use tube well (shallow and deep) water for drinking instead of supplied pipe water. It is shown that most people are not satisfied with quality and quantity of the supplied water for their daily usages. This study suggests to adopt the appropriate policy measures in order to safeguard the interest of the people for water supply, which would eventually improves the living and socio-economic conditions of the people in the study area.

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF KITCHEN GARDENING IN WARD 24 OF KHULNA CITY: A CASE STUDY

The demand of vegetables and fruits are increasing along with the increasing population. But due to expansion of settlements, the cultivable land is decreasing, especially the fellow land beside the house which is suitable for kitchen gardening. The paper covers the discussion related with kitchen gardening and different socio-economic indicators such as- income, occupation, education, knowledge about kitchen gardening, tendency of gardeners, attitudes of land owners regarding kitchen gardening. In the study area, almost all of the houses have 1/6 to 3+ decimal vacant lands in and around their houses. This land is remaining fallow all over the year. However, the present study tries to focus on the problems and prospects of kitchen gardening on these fallow lands located in ward 24 of Khulna City Corporation Area. Some suggestions have been outlined from the study, which will be useful for further studies and to take pilot/action oriented programmes on kitchen gardening in the study area as well as in other areas of Khulna City Corporation.

The Social and Family Attitude toward Disabled Student: A Study on Rajshahi City Corporation Area, Bangladesh

The Social and Family Attitude toward Disabled Student: A Study on Rajshahi City Corporation Area, Bangladesh

KNOWLEDGE OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS AT KHULNA CITY CORPORATION AREA IN BANGLADESH

Inadequate knowledge regarding reproductive health among adolescent girls is a common scenario in Bangladesh which affects adversely on safe motherhood in future. For this reason the study focused on analyzing the knowledge about reproductive health among adolescent girls in Khulna City Corporation (KCC) area. This study tried to find out the level of their knowledge about components of reproductive health which consisted of knowledge about contraceptives, sexually transmitted diseases, menstruation, safe motherhood, abortion and receiving health care services among adolescent girls. Five schools of Ward no. 16 in Khulna City Corporation (KCC) were selected purposively as the study area. The study was explanatory in nature and survey method had been used to conduct this study. Girls of aged 11 to 16 years old, students of class seven to class ten, had been selected as respondents and 200 samples from 414 population were selected using stratified random sampling procedure. Interview technique has been used to collect data from June to August, 2018 through interview schedule. The study revealed that the average age of the respondents was 14.48 years and most of the cases (92 percent) got information about reproductive health from their mother. Additionally, regarding knowledge about components of reproductive health majority of the respondents had medium knowledge about contraceptives, sexually transmitted diseases, menstruation, safe motherhood, receiving health care services except abortion as most of them (41.5 percent) responded low knowledge about it. Besides, the age structure had no impact on access to information about reproductive health (p >0.502) but there was statistically significant (p<0.000) relationship between age of the respondents and knowledge about components of reproductive health. Furthermore, knowledge about reproductive health did not vary with their religious views (p >0.318) but age, year of schooling year of schooling of household head, access to information and importance of source of information were related with knowledge about reproductive health. Finally, the study generalized that age, year of schooling, availability of information and preference of source of information pave the way for knowledge about reproductive health.

ATTITUDE TOWARDS FAMILY PLANNING: KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF TRANSPORT WORKERS IN KHULNA CITY CORPORATION (KCC) OF SOUTHWEST BANGLADESH

This study deciphers the relationship among socio-demographic and economic conditions with the attitude towards restricting family size as well as knowledge and perception of the low income people in this regard. By administering a interview schedule, data used in this article were collected purposively from four hundred and forty low-income men from Khulna City Corporation (KCC) areas of Bangladesh following survey research design. It was found that men’s personal and household socio-demographic and economic conditions were the key determinants to their access to and use of family planning methods. Low-income men in their thirties with more years of schooling and disposal income played pivotal role in making decisions regarding use of contraceptives. The knowledge and perception on family planning were influenced by their social, economic as well as demographic characteristics. Such attributes eventually influenced the frequency and willingness to use family planning methods to minimize the family size of low income people in urban Bangladesh.

Early Signs of Autism and It’s Relation with Gestational Factors: An Urban Based Study in Bangladesh

A cross-sectional study was conducted to observe the prevalence autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and its correlation with gestational factors in country population between January and December of 2016. The study population was nursery school child aged 3-5 years whose parents were willing to participate in the study. In this study, the children are excluded whom already being identified as any forms of autism spectrum disorders. Convenient sampling technique was followed to select the samples from 47 schools of Uttara, Ashulia and Nikunjo area of Dhaka City Corporation and Tongi area of Gazipur City Corporation under Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. A total of 1000 children were recruited in the study. The research instrument was a semi-structured questionnaire based on Early Screening of Autistic Traits (ESAT) tool. Based on the diagnosis of the cases, parents were invited to another interview to fill out questionnaire related to some parental and gestational factors to assess the relationship with autism. The study found early signs of autism in 2.6% cases (26 in 1000), by using Early Screening of Autistic Traits (ESAT) questionnaire. Among the children having early signs of autism, history of normal birth weight was found more in term pregnancy (62.5%) than its preterm counterpart (60.0%). Growth parameter was higher in normal birth weight (68.8%) than low birth weight (60.0%). Similarly, growth parameter was also higher in children that are from 3rd gravida (75.0%) than that of 2nd gravida (66.7%) and 1st gravida (61.5%). Birth weight was also higher in >2 years birth spacing (60.0%) than that of <2 years (50.0%). Complication was more in home delivery (50.0%) than institutional delivery (20.8%). Birth injury happened more in home delivery than institutional delivery. Similarly, complication during delivery was higher in >2 years birth spacing (30.0%) than that of <2 years (0%), However, the difference was not significant statistically in any of the comparisons (P>0.05). Hence, no causal relation was found between autism and gestational factors. Bangladesh Med J. 2021 May; 50(2) : 9-14

Developing a Data Driven Strategy and Guideline to Increase Per Capita Open Space and Relative Accessibility in Chittagong City

The population density in Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) area was 242.28 per square meter in 2019, and Bulmer suggests that, due to the high birth rate in Asia, cities such as Chittagong can be considered high density. Contextually, this ‘high-density’ element is a determining factor that potentially allows one to address the city’s open space standard, which “should compensate and complement the physical and social context of the [urban] surrounding environment”. The research in this paper is focused on the urban setting, defined in the CCC area of 168 square kilometres. The literature review and case study analysis found that per capita open space in Chittagong is far lower than the WHO recommendation (nine square meters per person). Additionally, the UN stated that “47% of [the city’s] population live within 400 m walking distance to open public spaces”, whereas, according to the previous study, in Chittagong City only 19% of residents live within this distance. Observing these issues, the aim of the paper is to develop an innovative way to obtain per capita open space in Chittagong city. To achieve the aim, the researchers analysed the data from surveys and interviews conducted by using SPSS and NVivo. These tools produced data that were, for example, used to develop themes of open space in Chittagong. This investigation and analysis of material allowed for the generation of strategies and planning recommendations to improve the open space situation in the city. Beyond these strategies, the research team produced new insights to promote sustainability in this area.

Does children’s independent mobility matter? Insights into escorting practices in a developing country

ABSTRACT Understanding children’s mobility behaviour and parents escorting practices are important to developing a children-friendly society. But only a few studies concerning children’s mobility behaviour have focused on developing countries. In this study, we attempted to develop an econometric model to understand escorting practices in a developing country. A multinomial logit (MNL) model is developed using travel diary data of 398 elementary school-going children, inhabiting in Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) area of Bangladesh. We have considered different combinations of environmental (both school and neighbourhood environment), socio-cultural, household, and personal factors to explain children’s independent mobility behaviour for both school and discretionary trip purposes. The findings suggested that children’s individual (e.g. education level) and parents’ sociodemographic (e.g. income, access to cars, mother’s education level) facilities available at school, and built-environmental factors (e.g. commercial density, road density, land use mix and proximity to open spaces) are significantly associated with parent’s choice for chauffeuring their children in CCC area. Results will be useful to planners and policy makers for formulating effective measures to promote children’s independent mobility and will be a guideline for urban planners to include children’s mobility demand for the neighbourhood as well as city design.

The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and associated environmental challenges: A study on Dhaka, Bangladesh

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused health crisis and concerns worldwide. The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has been the primary behavioral and policy response to avert the infection of coronavirus. The emergence of the situation resulted in increased production of PPE, creating a surge in plastic pollution and carbon footprint. The consumption of PPEs is unavoidable; however, proper PPE waste disposal plays a vital role in lessening the associated environmental impacts. This study aims to provide an overview of the environmental challenges associated with Covid-19 pandemic faced in the households located at the heart of Bangladesh, Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) area. The study determines carbon footprint in terms of carbon emission equivalent and plastic pollution potential associated with PPEs. The study further implies that there is a gap in the 3R Strategy implementation in Bangladesh hindering the nation in achieving UN's SDG-12. The findings depict that the proper implementation of the 3R strategy is fundamental for ensuring more a resilient, sustainable and livable environment in the in-pandemic and post-pandemic era and further emphasizes that a strengthened policy framework, operational environmental policy tools, environmental education, and the society and stakeholders' spontaneous response to the plastic pollution challenge are essentially required.

Socio-economic status of fishermen of the Padma River at Rajshahi city corporation area in Rajshahi district, Bangladesh

The recent research work was carried out during the period June to December 2018 to evaluate the socio-economic status of fishermen of the Padma River under Rajshahi district. The socio-economic status of fishermen was conducted on the basis of their personal life and daily living elements. Findings of the present research work it can be seen that most of the fishermen were 31-40 years (52%), Maximum residents are Muslim (96%). The family size of fisher’s community is usually consisted of 57% of nuclear family. About 19.17% residents were high school pass and 22.5% had passed primary level. About 28.33% fishermen had can sign and 30% fishermen were illiterate. About 84.17%% fishermen were completely depending on fishing, 10.83% were occasional fisher’s with day labor and only 5% in fishing with other occupation. About 62.5% of fishermen took allopathic, 21.67% homeopathic, 13.33% herbal and 2.5% allopathic and homeopathic treatment.

Seasonal Waterlogging Variation in the Sylhet City Corporation Area, Bangladesh- an Integrated Geospatial Approach

Waterlogging is considered a severe environmental hazard in the Sylhet city corporation (SCC) area of northeast Bangladesh adversely affects the local socio-economic development. The integrated geospatial approach presents a worthy alternative to the conventional mapping of waterlogged surface areas. The remote sensing-based water index technique was used for delineating pre-monsoon and post-monsoon waterlogged areas of SCC in 2020 and 2021. Seasonal deviations of the waterlogging were determined by overlaying the waterlogged sites emanated from the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon periods under the GIS environment. Results show that waterlogged areas for pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons in 2020 are 2.25 sq. km and 4.12 sq. km, respectively, whereas 2.22 sq. km and 3.90 sq. km in 2021. Hence, the seasonal variations in waterlogged areas in 2020 and 2021 are 1.87 sq. km and 1.68 sq. km, respectively. This analysis also demonstrates that waterlogging in SCC is utterly driven by the high seasonal variations that mainly depend on the amount of rainfall besides the local flood-prone geologic settings and climate change.

Impact of Management Systems and Motivational Factors on Employee Satisfaction in the Health Sector: A Study on Rangpur City Corporation Area

This study sheds light on the relationship between Employee management and motivation (EMM) practices with employee satisfaction. The study's objective is to analyze the implementation of employee management practices, motivational factors in healthcare centers, and its impact on employees' perception, which leads to satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Employee Management includes workforce planning, induction compensation management, and employee motivation. The study focuses on employee motivation. It is the most critical factor for increased commitment, productivity, and involvement of employees in their job. Motivational factors include training and development, performance appraisal, promotion, etc. In addition, the study observed that those hospitals following systematically and scientifically EMM practices create high employee satisfaction levels. As a result, these employees are more committed to better performance.

Publicness of Newly Redeveloped Public Spaces of Dhaka South City Corporation Area

Publicness of Newly Redeveloped Public Spaces of Dhaka South City Corporation Area

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND THE ASSESSMENT OF POND WATER SUITABILITY FOR AQUACULTURE IN THE SONADANGA AND KOTWALI THANAS OF KHULNA CITY CORPORATION

In Bangladesh, aquaculture has become an extensive practice, and over 12% of the population is involved in it. It is well-recognized that water quality determines the metabolic and physiological activities of fishes and negatively affects fish production. However, both groundwater and surface water resources in many places are affected by various pollutants. This research was conducted to assess the suitability of pond water for aquaculture in Sonadanga and Kotwali thanas in Khulna City Corporation Area of Bangladesh using spatial distribution. For doing this, samples from 23 fish cultivated ponds in those two thanas were collected for analyzing the basic physical and chemical parameters. Results revealed that only the pH of the ponds was in a favorable range (8.03 to 7.37) for aquaculture, but other water quality parameters like electrical conductivity (EC), total suspended solids (TSS), total dissolved solids (TDS), dissolved oxygen (DO), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), water hardness (WH), total iron (Fe2+ and Fe3+), sodium (Na+), chloride (Cl-), bicarbonate (HCO3-), nitrate (NO3-), phosphate (PO43-), and sulfate (SO42-) were present in excessive concentrations. The Pearson correlation among these parameters were found to be significant. Although, the water bodies in both thanas were unsuitable for fish farming, the Kotwali thana had more degraded ponds compared to the Sonadanga thana. It is recommended that the local administration should undertake necessary actions to improve the suitability of aquaculture and to conserve these water bodies in the area.

Job Satisfaction of Public and Private Healthcare Centers in Rangpur City Corporation Area: A Comparative Study

This study compares public and private hospital employees' job satisfaction. The study's objective is a comparative analysis of employee job satisfaction in public and private healthcare centers concerning employee management systems and motivational factors. Respondents have been selected from the public and private healthcare centers of Rangpur City Corporation. The study observed that the views of public and private healthcare employees are volatile in many ways. It's also observed that private hospitals follow systematically and scientifically EMM practices, creating high employee satisfaction levels. In addition, public healthcare workers are more satisfied with the terms and conditions of their workplace than private health workers.

Intestinal Helminth infections and associated risk factors in dogs of Dhaka City, Bangladesh

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and related risk factors for intestinal helminth infections in companion and stray dogs from Dhaka, Bangladesh. In total 310 fecal samples were collected from companion dogs (206 samples) and stray dogs (104 samples) from Dhaka south city corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North city corporation (DNCC) areas. Salt flotation and formol ether concentration techniques were used to process the fecal samples. The prevalence of intestinal helminth infections in stray and companion dogs in DSCC was 48.98% and 18.02%, respectively, while in DNCC, it was 7.27% and 15.79%. Ancylostomatids showed the maximum prevalence (18.37%) followed by Toxocara canis (14.28%). Intestinal parasitic infections were more prevalent among female companion dogs (17.24%) than males (16.89%). Dogs of pure or mixed breed were prone to parasitic infections (29.09%). Outdoor access (P=0.000) and irregular deworming (P=0.000) were potential risk factors for intestinal helminth infections in companion dogs. Helminth infections in dogs could be a major public health concern. Proper sanitation measures especially in DSCC areas are necessary to check this alarming issue. Bangladesh J. Zool. 49 (3): 411-421, 2021