| Need for Planned City : National DATA
Amount of land use for different
purposes (percentage)
| |
Bandung |
Dhaka |
Hué |
Kandy |
Makati |
Penang |
Average percentage |
| Residential |
45.93 |
25.32 |
10.88 |
44.94 |
27.53 |
18.29 |
28.82 |
| Commercial |
1.41 |
3.96 |
2.78 |
6.99 |
8.84 |
0.40 |
4.06 |
| Industrial |
4.73 |
2.49 |
1.98 |
2.83 |
4.02 |
0.71 |
2.79 |
| Institutional |
3.07 |
1.63 |
3.18 |
- |
43.682 |
0.14 |
8.62 |
| Agricultural |
41.12 |
46.8 |
58.83 |
4.83 |
N.A. |
17.01 |
28.10 |
| Recreational |
0.53 |
0.84 |
0.29 |
1.13 |
0.54 |
2.45 |
0.96 |
| Vacant land |
1.67 |
3.09 |
22.06 |
- |
1.67 |
- |
4.75 |
| Water bodies |
0.87 |
9.94 |
N.A. |
2.67 |
0.17 |
- |
2.28 |
| Others |
0.65 |
0.06 |
N.A. |
36.62 |
13.55 |
60.99 |
19.62 |
Sources: Bandung (1990); Dhaka: Ministry of Land
(1982) and Dhaka Collectorate (1989); Hué: Municipal Land Management
Department (year missing); Kandy (1994); Makati: Assessor's office
(1993); Penang (1974)
Amount of per capita land
for different purposes (in square metres per capita)
| |
Bandung |
Dhaka |
Hué |
Kandy |
Makati |
Penang |
Average |
| Residential |
37.2 |
16.1 |
22.0 |
103.8 |
18.2 |
92.1 |
48.2 |
| Commercial |
1.1 |
2.5 |
5.6 |
16.2 |
5.8 |
2.0 |
5.5 |
| Industrial |
3.8 |
1.6 |
4.0 |
6.5 |
2.6 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
| Institutional |
2.5 |
1.0 |
6.4 |
- |
28.81 |
6.6 |
2.3 |
| Agricultural |
33.3 |
29.8 |
118.7 |
11.2 |
N.A. |
85.6 |
46.4 |
| Recreational |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
2.6 |
0.4 |
12.4 |
2.8 |
| Vacant land |
1.4 |
2.0 |
44.5 |
N.A. |
1.1 |
- |
8.2 |
Sources: Bandung (1990); Dhaka: Ministry of Land
(1982) and Dhaka Collectorate (1989); Hué: Municipal Land Management
Department (year missing); Kandy (1994); Makati: Assessor's office
(1993); Penang (1974)
| Distribution
of Open Spaces in Dhaka City |
| |
| Type of Open Space |
Area in acres |
Area (acre) per 1000
People |
Percent of Total Area |
| Agricultural |
4871.00 |
1.15 |
12.12 |
| Garden |
362.00 |
0.086 |
0.901 |
| Graveyard |
14.50 |
0.003 |
0.036 |
| Lake |
60.71 |
0.014 |
0.151 |
| Vacant Space |
2004.63 |
0.470 |
4.991 |
| Park |
358.46 |
0.082 |
0.892 |
| Playgro und |
156.46 |
0.037 |
0.390 |
| Pond |
101.12 |
0.024 |
0.252 |
| Swamp |
731.00 |
0.173 |
1.82 |
| Urban Forest |
8.00 |
0.002 |
0.02 |
| Total |
8668.23 |
2.040 |
21.573 |
| Source: Bhadra
and Shammin (2001), Peoples Report on Bangladesh Environment
2002-2003, MoEF - US |
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