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Throwntogetherness in Dhaka: rethinking urban planning

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  • Tanjil Sowgat
  • Shilpi Roy

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Rapid spatial growth and rural-urban migration in Dhaka have influenced the dynamic evolution of the city’s unplanned and old neighbourhoods. Despite development control and planning regulations, following the diverse needs of the residents, most neighbourhoods evolve through organic transformation and restructuring of space. This photo essay argues that the ‘throwntogetherness’ of the citizens in these neighbourhoods results from cohesion, mutual support, and affordability priorities. In contrast, the pursuit of ordered and regimented urban space in the city denies the fluid transformation that has led to high value planned residential areas and condominiums, predominantly to provide exclusive urban services to those who can afford them. However, such placemaking creates fragmentation and encourages hostility and ‘thrownapartness’. This essay contends that the planned production of space in this city should recognise the value of diversity, fluidity and openness and move away from exclusive and rigid space making.

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  • Tanjil Sowgat & Shilpi Roy, 2022. "Throwntogetherness in Dhaka: rethinking urban planning," City, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(2-3), pages 422-432, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cityxx:v:26:y:2022:i:2-3:p:422-432
    DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2022.2057070
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