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Author Afsar, Rita, author

Title Dhaka's changing landscape : prospects for economic development, social change, and shared prosperity / Rita Afsar and Mahbub Hossain
Published New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020

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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
Urbanization -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka
City planning -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka
Social change -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka
City planning.
Economic development.
Economic history.
Social change.
Urbanization.
SUBJECT Dhaka (Bangladesh) -- Economic conditions
Subject Bangladesh -- Dhaka.
Form Electronic book
Author Hossain, Mahabub, 1945-2016, author.
ISBN 9780190991258
0190991259