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Urban Slums Impacts on Environment in Bangladesh

Abstract(s)

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated country of the world. About 130 million people are living in a limited geographic boundary i.e. 147570 sq. km. and the growing rate of population is about 2.17 per cent. Average population density is about 900 per square kilometer. Dhaka is one of the most densely populated cities of the country. Increases of population creating unemployment, more food demand and shelter demand. Day by day rural people are coming to the city for searching income sources. The land less farmers, low-income people who don't have any shelter in rural area are gathering in the Dhaka City and Chittagong City are creating slums in the government's abundant / un-used land and also at private lowland area.

A huge number of slum are increasing in the urban area of Bangladesh and adversely impacting on environment and social health. Though slums are not expected in the urban area but they are increasing in every year and the slum dwellers are involved in urban social activities, some times they play a positive role by working in garments and other industrial sector. But, the slum dwellers are always depriving from the minimum civic facilities. It is fact that presence of large number of slum dwellers in the urban area has already been created stress on far beyond the healthy urban capacity and the citizens minimum facility specially in the Dhaka city, thus impacting several social problems. Rural people who are not the victimized of different natural calamities such as cyclone, flood, river erosion and social injustice are causing to migrate them to different city just for quest of livelihood. So it is needful to give due attention from every corners to the slum dwellers and their rehabilitation to implement a healthy environment friendly planned society.