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    Primate city From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search A primate city is the leading city in its country or region‚ disproportionately larger than any others in the urban hierarchy.[1] A ’primate city distribution’ has one very large city with many much smaller cities and towns‚ and no intermediate-sized urban centres‚ in contrast to the linear ’rank-size distribution’.[2] The ’law of the primate city’ was first proposed by the geographer Mark Jefferson in 1939.[3] He defines

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    The Bangladeshi capital‚ Dhaka‚ is thought to be the world’s fastest growing city. It already has a population of 15m‚ and an extra 400‚000 people move there every year. This is the city where people from various places from Bangladesh come to make their career‚ fulfill their desire‚ and make their dreams come true .For this reason the members of Dhaka society are facing several challenges and the life style of all peoples of Dhaka city become very hard and challenging.

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    Dhaka City Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. With its colorful history and rich cultural traditions‚ Dhaka is known the world over as the city of mosques and muslin. Its fame attracted travelers from far and near throughout the ages. Today it has grown into a mega city of about 8.5 million people‚ with an area of about 1353 sq. km. becoming the hub of the nation’s industrial‚ commercial‚ cultural‚ educational and political activities. Today’s Dhaka has a long story of evolution

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    BANGKOK: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF A HYPERURBANIZED PRIMATE CITY Gerald W. Fry "The rapid expansion of a deteriorated environment and high social costs are the most obvious and immediate results of this overconcentration process. Eventually‚ the public investment on the expansion of urban infrastructure will reach a point of diminishing returns. Urban problems can bring national development to the edge of failure. This would be an appalling situation indeed!" Vimolsiddhi Horayangkura1 "Hyperurbanization

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    The City Of Dhaka Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. Located on the banks of the River Buriganga‚ the city has a population of about 7 million‚ making it one of the largest cities in the region. It has a colourful history and known as the ’City of Mosques.’ Modern Dhaka is the center of political‚ cultural and economic life in Bangladesh. Dhaka was successively ruled by the Turkish and Afghan governors descending from the Delhi Sultanate before the arrival of the Mughals in 1608. Under Mughal

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    Dhaka (Bengali: ঢাকা‚ pronounced: [ˈɖʱaka]; formerly spelled as Dacca[5]) is the capital city of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. It is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the east banks of the Buriganga River in the Ganges delta‚ Dhaka has an estimated population of more than 15 million people‚ making it the largest city in Bangladesh and the 9th largest city in the world.[6] It is known as the City of Mosques‚ and with 400‚000 cycle-rickshaws running on its streets

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    Pollution in Dhaka City

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    Environmental pollution in Dhaka city INTRODUCTION: Pollution is an undesirable change in the physical‚ chemical or biological characteristics of air‚ water‚ soil or food that can adversely affect the health‚ survival or activities of human or other living organisms. The effects of water pollution are far-reaching and affect not only the environment‚ but human beings and animals as well. The pollution in Dhaka has reached alarming levels‚ threatening public health‚ ecosystems and economic

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    Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Located on the banks of the Buriganga River lies Dhaka; the capital city of Bangladesh. This megacity is the 7th largest populous city in the world‚ with an estimated population of 15 million‚ according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. It is expected to reach a staggering population of 25 million by 2025 (growing at a fast rate of 4.2% per year).The number of Dhaka City’s young population is relatively high due to the age selective rural-urban migration. About 40% of the

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    Hazards in Dhaka City 13 Nov‚ 2013  Assignment‚ Terms‚ Thesis During the last couple of decades Dhaka city is one of the fastest growing metropolises in the world. The urban development seems to lack in planning and the problem of urbanization are intensified by high population growth and rural urban migration. Again‚ Bangladesh suffers from natural calamities every now and then and the urbanization of metropolitan Dhaka is also affected by it. The existing utility services are not capable of coping

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    Pollution in Dhaka City 1.0 INTRODUCTION: Pollution is an undesirable change in the physical‚ chemical or biological characteristics of air‚ water‚ soil or food that can adversely affect the health‚ survival or activities of human or other living organisms. The effects of water pollution are far-reaching and affect not only the environment‚ but human beings and animals as well. The pollution in Dhaka has reached alarming levels‚ threatening public health‚ ecosystems and economic growth.

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