Urban Housing as an Issue of Redistribution through Planning? The Case of Dhaka City

摘要: The rapid growth of population, the mushrooming poor settlements and unplanned urbanization have crucial implications for efficiency equity urban services. resultant infringements critical human rights throw into focus importance housing as a social policy issue. Urban services are strained in Dhaka city. management has been disrupted result spatial encroachment environmental degradation. In addition to land scarcity, speculation endemic corruption, high price is also product system registration. dearth valuable land, together with delays planning its implementation, made acquisition prohibitively expensive middle low-income households. Consequently, quality environment deteriorating. problem finance intrinsically linked affordability, being currently prerogative only affluent. This article delineates inherent lack integrated planning, lacunae within institutions responsible – and, contextually, nature issue, where reinforced, coordinated administration could ensure distributive benefits even poor.