Description |
1 online resource (328 pages) |
Contents |
1 Dhaka's Changing Landscape and Fortune -- 2 Rapid Urbanization and Population Changes in Dhaka City -- 3 Migration and Rural−Urban Connectivity -- 4 Migration and Occupational Changes -- 5 Dynamics of Livelihoods, Income, and Poverty -- 6 Quality of Life -- 7 Impact of Urbanization on Health and Education -- 8 Migration, Modernization, and Social Change -- 9 Better Lives and Better Incomes, but Slim Prospects for Shared Prosperity |
Summary |
This work narrates how opportunities and challenges of rapid urbanisation in Dhaka are translated into realising dreams of better lives and livelihoods, and prospects for a shared future for city dwellers - poor/non-poor, men/women, young/old, migrant/non-migrant |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Audience |
Specialized |
Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 1, 2020) |
Subject |
Economic development -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka
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Urbanization -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka
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City planning -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka
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Social change -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka
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City planning.
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Economic development.
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Economic history.
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Social change.
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Urbanization.
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SUBJECT |
Dhaka (Bangladesh) -- Economic conditions
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Subject |
Bangladesh -- Dhaka.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Hossain, Mahabub, 1945-2016, author.
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ISBN |
9780190991258 |
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0190991259 |
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