Built on Uncertain Ground: Building Codes, Land Rights, and the Urban Crisis in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s urban centers are expanding at a rate that has proven to be challenging for its governance institutions to effectively address. Dhaka, which is among the most densely populated cities on Earth, along with Chattogram, Sylhet, Khulna, and Rajshahi, is undergoing rapid and largely unregulated physical expansion. The ramifications of this development, characterized by the…
