Present Status and Potential Locations of Open Spaces in the Dhaka City Corporation Area: Using GIS Technology

Abstract

The first plan for the Dhaka city was prepared in 1959.Later Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (DMDP) was approved in 1997, and provided the planning policy guideline for Dhaka. Open space is the lungs of any city. It is already recognized that Dhaka has lack of open space which has negative impact on public health, ecology and society. Many problems have been found during deal and conversation with concerned authority to manage this open space properly. In managing the parks and playgrounds the concerned authorities are often confronted with insufficient finance and shortage of trained personnel. There is also lack of proper co-ordination among organizations and institutions and users responsible for the effective operation and maintenance of these open spaces. In this study, an inventory of existing open spaces is prepared from GIS data and field observation. Related data of every existing open space is collected to prepare a GIS based database. Statistical and spatial analysis is performed to derive the status of open spaces based on different parameters. Opinions have been collected from a wide variety of people such as users, nonusers and experts to identify problems related to open space creation, management and maintenance. The present investigation also reveals that the enhancement of the use of different neighborhood, intermediate and large-scale parks & playground in Dhaka City Corporation area would require adequate security, better maintenance and efficient management, landscape development and treatment, various facilities for children. At present the security and better maintenance are required to improve the number of increasing visits of the people.

Keywords

• Dhaka
• Open Space
• GIS
• Playground
• Maintenance
• Geography
• Environment

How to cite

Kazi Md. Obaydul Hoq (2016). Present Status and Potential Locations of Open Spaces in the Dhaka City Corporation Area: Using GIS Technology. Sonargaon University Journal, 1(2), 15–27.

@article{hoq20162,
  title   = {Present Status and Potential Locations of Open Spaces in the Dhaka City Corporation Area: Using GIS Technology},
  author  = {Kazi Md. Obaydul Hoq},
  journal = {Sonargaon University Journal},
  volume  = {1},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {15--27},
  year    = {2016},
  issn    = {2518-3125},
  url     = {https://su.edu.bd/journal/volume-1-number-2/present-status-and-potential-locations-of-open-spaces-in-the-dhaka-city}
}