WUC Partner Organization Hosting the Campus: Participatory
Development Action Program (PDAP) / Coalition for the Urban Poor (CUP)
Other Partner Organization(s) Co-Hosting the Campus:
·
Dhaka Ahsania Misson
·
Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology
UTC Date: Saturday,
20 May 2017 to Sunday, 21 May 2017
Location / Venue: Dhaka/Bangladesh/Ahsanullah
University of Science and Technology (AUST) 141 & 142, Love Rd
About EWB
Bangladesh: Engineers Without Borders Bangladesh is to partner with disadvantaged
communities to improve their quality of life through education and
implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while promoting global
experience for engineers, engineering students, and similarly motivated non-engineers.
Also Working on implementing the Urban Agenda in Bangladesh as a part of World
Urban Campaigning.
EWB Bangladesh was Working in Rajshahi city in
slum Sanitation project. Now EWB Bangladesh is taking step to implement the
Urban Agenda.
Discuss With Local
Govt. Representative:
Local government may be loosely defined as a public organization
authorized to decide and administer a limited range of public policies within a
relatively small territory which is a subdivision of a regional or national
government. Local government is at the bottom of a pyramid of governmental
institutions.
We the EWB Bangladesh is always trying to
discuss with local govt. representative for any project. The representative
always tell us about the implementation of urban agenda. They are eager to work
with people specially general people to development the whole nation and for
the rapid urbanization. Our discussion with one of local Govt. representative
which is belongs to Rajshahi city 24 No. Ward.
Discussed issues:
1. Governance and Partnerships
2. Planning and Design
3. Finance
4. Land, Housing and Services
5. Environment and climate issues
6. Health and Safety
7. Economy and Livelihoods
8. Education
9. Technology
10. Monitoring and Evaluation
11. Human settlement
12. Inclusive urban Development
13. Poverty Reduction, increase quality
of life of slunm people
The representative said that, We commit to urban development that is
mass people related, protects our city, country & planet and
gender-responsive, and to the realization of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms, facilitating living together, ending all forms of discrimination and
violence, poverty and empowering all individuals and communities, while
enabling their full and meaningful participation. We further commit to promote
culture and respect for diversity, and equality as key elements in the humanization
of our city and human settlements.
Discuss With
General People: EWB
Bangladesh is always concern about the comfortness of people. When we discuss
with the people about the urban agenda they are eager about this matter. They
told that they are happy about the rapid development of urbanization. But still
have some lacking. The general people have limited knowledge about the new
urban agenda. They hope that this lacking of rapid urbanization will be
overcome very soon. They are getting much support from the local govt.
representative but they want some more support and explanation
of all works from
the representative.
Relation Between
General People & Local Govt. impact on modern Urbanization: if the local govt.
representative & general people are working together hand to hand shoulder
to shoulder the proper urbanization will be grown very soon. In this relationship
one can not change the urban development lonely. And this relationship the
local area will find their urban agenda and with this continuity a country will
be rapid urbanized.
Asia
is the foremost victim of rapid urbanization on the global forum and it is
happening throughout the region with great pace. Not even a single country has
been out of reach of globalization and urbanization. Either it’s East Asia or
South Asia, urbanization is coloring every city in its track to some extent.
Urbanization, in general terms, is the migration of the people coming from
peri-urban and rural areas to central
city for their social and economic development.
Urbanization
is a population shift from rural to urban areas, “the gradual increase in
proportion of people living in urban areas”, & the ways in which each
society adapts to the change. it predominantly results in the physical growth
of urban areas, be it horizontal or vertical. Urbanization, migration &
development are inter linked. the relationships are a two-way phenomenon. With
each pair one variable may be the cause as well as the effect of the other.
PROSPECTS OF URBANIZATION:
Ø Education: Establishing school will make the people of the area
educated and self conscious. also it is helpful to get the better job and
better future for life.
Ø Health
Sector:
It is estimated
about 3200 metric tons of solid waste is produced per day. only about 50% is
collected by the city authority for proper disposal. the sanitation management
is grossly inadequate, posing a tremendous health challenge. By proper
urbanization people will be aware or proper sanitation system so they can be
free from various diseases.
Ø Water
Supply: 70% of
Dhaka’s population has now access to piped water. future development of surface
water sources is in danger because of industrial pollution. arrangement of pure
drinking water will save people from various diseases.
Ø Electrification: Load shedding, especially in
summer, is common due to insufficient peak load capacity. Electrification plays
an important role in our development. with this people can enjoy all the modern
facilities.
Ø Road
Communication:
By establishing
road communication an undeveloped area may be connect with a developed area. so
people can move from one area to another area easily. market for agricultural
products increases. this will help the people of both the areas and another
area also. In Dhaka city at every intersection jam is common phenomenon. it is
happening because of increase of private vehicles than the road width. so for
better transportation should be by public bus and rickshaw and private vehicles
should be decreased. Besides rickshaw has contributed to heavy traffic
congestion and poses a severe safety hazard.
Ø Construction
of Planned Residential Houses:
In absolute
terms there are 8 million urban poor people at present. the majority of slum
dwellers are under the poverty line. Dhaka’s land prices are comparable to
those in suburban New York or London. Because of this it is impossible for the
poor to afford. so land prices and also house rent should be affordable.
besides by improving living standard the people will construct their houses in
a planed way. When the development activities will start there will be more job
opportunities for people.
‘Sustainable
Urban Development for Social Inclusion and Ending Poverty’
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Us: http://ewb-bangladesh.blogspot.com
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