Papers by Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Sciences, 2024
Efficient and reliable bus services are essential components of a sustainable urban transportatio... more Efficient and reliable bus services are essential components of a sustainable urban transportation system. In densely populated countries like Bangladesh, where mobility challenges are exacerbated by rapid urbanization, understanding the existing bus service conditions and customer satisfaction levels becomes crucial. This study employs a comprehensive approach to assess the current state of bus services and analyze customer perceptions in Chandra-Hemayetpur Route in Savar, Dhaka. Through a combination of quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, 18 factors were examined including bus availability, comfort in bus, bus fare rate, delay time and accessibility. Moreover, customer satisfaction was also measured trough principal component analysis with the regression model and identify areas for improvement in the bus service. The findings of this research highlight the critical issues within the four component system, such as bus condition, driver's skills, delay time; comfort in bus; uncomfortable space in bus seat; contractor behavior and crime in the bus. The research found that a significant proportion of bus passengers, above 50%, expressed dissatisfaction or high levels of dissatisfaction with the 18 factors assessed in the Chandra-Hemayetpur route segment of Savar. The total satisfaction level is 3.30, suggesting a proximity to dissatisfaction on the Likert scale (1 to 5; where 4 = dissatisfied). The insights from this study provide valuable guidance for policymakers and transport authorities to enhance the quality of bus services, thereby fostering a more efficient and customer-oriented public transportation network. This research contributes to the broader discourse on satellite town to city connecting road in developing nations and underscores the significance of addressing public transportation challenges for sustainable urban development.
From the historical records, geological evident and recent trends in earthquake, it is evident th... more From the historical records, geological evident and recent trends in earthquake, it is evident that Bangladesh is in a high-risk zone of earthquake hazard. The recent results of the CDMP, if a huge earthquake greater or equal to seven magnitude happened in this country, would lead to a serious human tragedy due to the defective structure. In Lalmatia, Dhaka study area there are various types of structures as like as RCC, masonry, semi-pucca etc. and the area has different old and newly filled soil development. This study considered the characteristics of RCC building elements and their behaviors to assess the risk against earthquake vulnerability in Lalmatia using the Turkish method. Next building vulnerability from Turkish Method used as one total vulnerability factor. In the method of this research, a pair wise comparison matrix for a numerical relationship between two elements and the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) model has been applied to decide in weight and to get rank...
Bangladesh is one of the most earthquake vulnerable countries in the world. As Bangladesh is loca... more Bangladesh is one of the most earthquake vulnerable countries in the world. As Bangladesh is located near to the boundary of two active plates (Indian plate in the west and Eurasian plate in the east and north) the country has invariably been under threat of an earthquake that may be so harmful that may kill people to less than a moment. With the frequency of earthquakes on the increase, it is natural for people to be scared as specialists consider them to be warning of what lies ahead. Vulnerability of Lalmatia against earthquakes is stressed using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and multi-criterion analysis in this study. The APH allows decision-makers to model a complex problem in a hierarchical structure showing the relationship of the goal, objectives (criteria), subobjectives, and alternatives. In this method six affecting factors against earthquake vulnerability in five subcategories has been considered as like as construction year, population, road width, building use, area of parcel and building vulnerability. The Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) model is also applying for determining the weight and priority of the vulnerability factors contribution to the lives of individuals. This research finally reveals some buildings that are "very high" vulnerable and refers to detail assessment for first step plan and some buildings are "high" vulnerable and also refers to detail assessment in the second step plan. Rest of the buildings are considered less vulnerable for the screening process. The retrofitting of structural components is conducted for not only an individual component or groups of components. The good performance of the entire structural system must be ensured. Retrofitting strategy is determined based on the results of technical assessment. The indicators and model of this study has contributed in the vulnerability assessment as well as initiate mitigation efforts against earthquake of Dhaka city.
The Jahangirnagar Review: Part II: Social Science, 2021
Bangladesh is in a high-risk zone of seismic danger, based on historical records, geological evid... more Bangladesh is in a high-risk zone of seismic danger, based on historical records, geological evidence, and contemporary earthquake patterns. Earthquake is one of those natural catastrophes that has a direct and immediate impact on people's lives and communities. The procedure of the execution of the study is in three terms and they are social vulnerability/social aspects, physical vulnerability aspects and emergency response. In the social aspects some index were calculated for 5 indexes by 0 to 1 range scoring method and 380 samples were collected for that. The effectiveness of emergency evacuation level of service or virtual effectiveness analysis also conducted by consumer's contentment index and public stuffs index. The vulnerability of the buildings in the study area has been calculated with the Visual Rating (VR) method. In the result of the study total score of social awareness and emergency evacuation preparedness factors is 8.91 out of 25 which represents the poor condition of social awareness. The consumers contentment index is 47.1 and the public stuffs index is 38.89 out of 100 score in savar study area which also represent the poor condition of satisfaction level regarding earthquake preparedness. About 43% building have no damage condition and 10% buildings have lightly damaged possibility and 28% buildings have the less possibility of collapse following by the 15% buildings of moderate possibility of collapse and about 4% building have high possibility of collapse. These result is found by 100 buildings surveyed in different ward of study area. However, due to a lack of knowledge and financial support, more participants may be unable to participate in the study. This research will help with community planning and development, as well as developers' utilization of underutilized rebuilding approaches. The model employed in this study will directly contribute to the evaluation of vulnerability and will also aid in the earthquake mitigation activities of the Savar Municipality.
Jahangirnagar University Planning Review, 2022
Water body and green space is very important elements of ecosystem to keep functioning of urban e... more Water body and green space is very important elements of ecosystem to keep functioning of urban environment and to make relaxed of urban life. This study is an effort to detect the wetland and green space changes by the urbanization impact in savar municipality, Bangladesh. The changes of the important environmental issues is addressed here by the existing rules and regulations. In the methodology both the primary and secondary data is used to identify the urbanization impact and land use dynamics on urban agricultural land and wetland. From the USGS satellite (landsat 5 thematic mapper-TM) for the year of 1996, 2007 and 2018 data is used. Using a supervised classification algorithm, from a set of satellite images the land use change data were extracted. Producer's accuracy, user's accuracy, overall accuracy and kappa coefficient model is used to check the accuracy of the classified images and deriving all of the model the accuracy is about 80% and it means it is substantial agreement of the accuracy. The result exposed that agricultural land and green spaces and water body of savar municipality has gradually decreased and last twenty years (1996 to 2018) about 385 ha agricultural and urban green space is lost and about 171 ha water body is lost. Urbanization rate and build up area is significant factor to lose the green spaces. The reduction of water body and agricultural or green space is attributed due to the implementation of existing rules and regulations. In order to ensure sustainable water body and green spaces in the municipality the laws should be executed for appropriate working of the municipality's environment.
Jahangirnagar University Planning Review, 2020
Urban green spaces are open spaces in urban areas that are primarily covered by vegetation which ... more Urban green spaces are open spaces in urban areas that are primarily covered by vegetation which can be public or private. This study was an attempt to dynamically map out and monitor green spaces in Pabna Municipality of Bangladesh in last 20 years. Both primary and secondary data were acquired to document the spatial-temporal dynamics of green spaces in the study area. Focus group discussion (FGD) as primary and the secondary data are collected from Landsat 5 TM images for 1997, 2007, and 2017 were used and supervised classification is used in the study. The analysis exposed that green spaces of Pabna Municipality are rapidly decrease and last twenty years about 187 ha (total area 3087. 27 ha) urban green space is lost and annually 9.36 ha. Population, urban growth rate and build up area is significant factor to lose the green spaces. For the validation of land classification, the kappa statistics is about 75% which indicate the considerable arrangement of this procedure. To promote and inspire a better relationship with the environment and sustainable planned development of a municipality, proper monitoring of the municipal green space should be ensured
The Dhaka-Aricha highway is an important link for west-south interregional road network in Bangla... more The Dhaka-Aricha highway is an important link for west-south interregional road network in Bangladesh. According to police accident records (each year about 75 km road segment, 180 accidents and 120 fatalities occurs) it is also the most dangerous in terms of per kilometer accidents and fatalities. Total 25000 number of vehicles of all types including motorized and non-motorized run through this highway every day. Road accident is a regular phenomenon of this highway. The data for this study have been collected from field survey, local police stations, Roads and Highway Department, Road Safety Department, Accident Research Institute, BUET and by using MAAP software. The results of the 150 samples reveal that 38 percent of the fatalities were between the ages of 20 and 35. Buses (83.33 %) and trucks are the most common vehicles involved in accidents (62%). At 6am to 12pm is the most accident accruing time. The other result shows pressure of vehicles, geometric characteristics, overta...
Journal of Transportation Engineering and Traffic Management, 2021
The Dhaka-Aricha highway is an important link for west-south interregional road network in Bangla... more The Dhaka-Aricha highway is an important link for west-south interregional road network in Bangladesh. According to police accident records (each year about 75 km road segment, 180 accidents and 120 fatalities occurs) it is also the most dangerous in terms of per kilometer accidents and fatalities. Total 25000 number of vehicles of all types including motorized and non-motorized run through this highway every day. Road accident is a regular phenomenon of this highway. The data for this study have been collected from field survey, local police stations, Roads and Highway Department, Road Safety Department, Accident Research Institute, BUET and by using MAAP software. The results of the 150 samples reveal that 38 percent of the fatalities were between the ages of 20 and 35. Buses (83.33 %) and trucks are the most common vehicles involved in accidents (62%). At 6am to 12pm is the most accident accruing time. The other result shows pressure of vehicles, geometric characteristics, overtaking in speed by competing drivers, are the major causes of road accidents in this highway. The most vulnerable points of road accident are Dhamria town, Golara, Joypura, Kalampur, Bathuli, Mulzan, Tepra Bus stand, Paturia intersection of the district. To reduce the rate of accidents in this highway some geometric measures and awareness building among the road users should be bring together to reduce accident.
Jahangirnagar University, Jun 30, 2021
Bangladesh is one of the earthquake vulnerable countries in the world. Since Bangladesh is close ... more Bangladesh is one of the earthquake vulnerable countries in the world. Since Bangladesh is close to the boarder of two active plates (in the west side the Indian plate and in the east and north and east side the Eurasian plate), the country is invariably at risk of an earthquake that may be harmful and could kill people in an instant. With the increasing rate of earthquake, people's natural tendency to be afraid because experts consider them what is going to be occurred to them as warning. In this study the AHP-Analytical Hierarchy process and Multi Criterion Analysis process is used to identify the earthquake vulnerability for Lalmatia study area. The AHP method is used here to assign the weight of vulnerability factors from the expert's opinion. In our study the weigh for six earthquake vulnerable factors were fixed and by this AHP method and the priority of vulnerable aspects were also identified by this method. This research reveals that 5 buildings are very high vulnerable to retrofit in the first step plan and 13 buildings are high vulnerable to retrofit in the second step plan. About 298 buildings are less vulnerable to retrofit. The retrofitting of structural components shouldn't be conducted for only an individual component or groups of components. The good performance of the entire structural system must be ensured. Retrofitting strategy was determined based on the results of technical assessment. The result and method of this study may be used to recognize the earthquake vulnerability in Lalmatia and also to take planning and mitigation measures against earthquake in Dhaka City.
Journal of Transportation Engineering and Traffic Management , 2021
Urban density influences on travel behavior. In Savar Pourashava, travel behavior varies based on... more Urban density influences on travel behavior. In Savar Pourashava, travel behavior varies based on household's demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. It also varies based on the services provided by the mixed modes in the research area. The land use feature has an impact on the research area's travel behavior pattern. Passenger's attitudes and preferences can have an impact on mode selection. This paper aims to explore these factors by researching into commuters' preferred method of transportation and the reasons for their choice. Aside from that, it investigates the link between land use, density, and travel behavior, wherein land use characteristics influence travel patterns. A field survey as well as passenger's opinion survey about their modal choice has been conducted to identify these factors. 250 samples were considered for household survey. From the field survey and analysis, it is found that there is a gap between the trip maker's demand and the existing facilities. The existing facilities have not met the actual demand of the trip makers. In the result we see the ward wise weightage index and trip ratio have a correlation of 0.92, indicating that density and land use are substantially positively connected with generated trips in the studied area. The findings of these surveys can help municipality authority to balance the transportation system with the land use and density of the municipality.
Research and Reviews: Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2021
Bangladesh is a developing country. With the time period of the development, the amount of waste ... more Bangladesh is a developing country. With the time period of the development, the amount of waste is increasing and the effective management and legislation of this waste has become an important issue. Every year, this solid waste tends to increase; it will inevitably create a great solid waste management (SWM) burden for local administrations. Solid waste is becoming a major problem in Dhamrai Municipality. The study is to looking for the existing solid waste management practices, analyze the present waste management system and find out some basic problems related to solid waste management system in Dhamrai Municipality. This study reveals that ward 5 and ward 6 in Dhamrai Municipality represent a different scenario of solid waste management. Primary data collection includes questionnaire survey, observation survey, photographs taking, interview of the officials, etc. was made for find out an overall perception of the study area. This study finds out that almost 50% solid wastes dump on a roadside and 30% dumping in vacant land. 30% waste used to recycle process. Almost 45% wastes are responsible for environment pollution. That's why people suffered from different kinds of diseases like fever, dysentery, malaria, skin diseases, etc. Unfortunately, the conventional disposal method employed by most local administrations is open dumping without considering health, hygiene and environmental issues. This study reviews the storage, collection, disposal, management, and recycling policies for SWM in Dhamrai Municipality. SWM is related with tangible and intangible factors namely environment, health, community, education, finance, technology, governance, policy and regulation. If these factors are addressed properly, SWM can be sustainable and can enhance governments capabilities.
Journal of Interior Designing and Regional Planning, 2021
The office trip is very important in our daily life. People who go to the office use a variety of... more The office trip is very important in our daily life. People who go to the office use a variety of modes every day to travel from house to office or from office to home. There are a number of factors that influence the choice of mode for office travel. Thus, people who go to the office need to understand the current condition of existing travel pattern and the factors influencing the choice of office travel model. The survey was conducted in 14 sectors of Uttara Satellite City. Office-going people were the target population for this study. Primary data about the office trip has been collected from the respondents through questionnaire survey. Sample size of this research was 380 i.e. 380 office going people were quarried one by one as per data collection tool. Logit Model is applied in this study for mode preference analysis. The probability of choosing bus for trip is higher than other transport mode and the modal preference probability is 51% according to multinomial logistic model. The second one is rickshaw and it is 36% because rickshaw is comfortable than other trip within the short distance and most of this mode is preferred by the women. The 12% probability by the office bus or car. However, the findings of the study can help office authority, urban planners, and other policy makers to understand the probability of modal preference and behavioral conditions necessary for office going people to choose different modes of transportation.
Journal of Transportation Engineering and Traffic Management, 2021
This research is an attempt to study daily office trip of office going people and to find the tri... more This research is an attempt to study daily office trip of office going people and to find the trip comfort perception based on the travel behavior. Everyday different types of modes are used by the office going people for home to office or office to home travel. There are some factors that influence to choose mode for office trip. Therefore, the exploration of existing travel pattern of office going people is necessary to understand the existing condition and factors influencing modal choice of office trip and the comfort level to use their office trip by different modes. The study was conducted in 14 sectors of Uttara Satellite town. Office going people are the target population for this research. Sample size of this research was 380 i.e. 380 office going people were quarried one by one as per data collection tool. Office trip related primary data has been collected from the respondents through questionnaire survey. This study discovers the existing travel pattern scenario of the office going people. Walking, bicycle, motorbike, private car, public bus, office bus, CNG, rickshaw etc. are being used as transport mode for office going people's trips from home to office or office to home. 15.53% office going people feel extremely uncomfortable. 22.63% feel very uncomfortable, 20.53% feel slightly uncomfortable or medium, 22.89% feel comfortable and 18.42% feel very comfortable in using their present mode for office trips. The findings of the study can be helpful for office authority, urban planners, and other policy makers to understand the structural and behavioral conditions necessary for office going people to choose different modes of transportation according to their comfort perception.
Journal of Engineering Analysis and Design, 2021
Shift share analysis is an effective regional planning tool to explore the regional competitivene... more Shift share analysis is an effective regional planning tool to explore the regional competitiveness and industrial structure in a region. The aim of this study is to make a comparative analysis in regional employment of Pabna district for sustainable development through the contribution of shift share components. Pabna district is selected as the study area because it is economically important in Bangladesh. In recent years, there are several factories such as weaving, pharmaceuticals, textile industries, and many business and service sectors have been grown in the region and transforming the agricultural economy of Pabna to an industrial society. The three shift share components i.e. national shift share, proportionality shift component and differential shift component analyzes the employment data of two periods 2003-2013 and 2013-2023 and found out positive results in each components. From this study, it is also cleared that, the total employment growth is increasing in Pabna district in 2023. Pabna district also has a locational advantage in economic development. Policymakers get helps from this study to make a regional development plan and to perceive the regional economic growth and sustainability of the region.
Souvenir of World Habitat Day, October 5, 2020, 2020
Journal of Earthquake Science and Soil Dynamics Engineering, 2020
Disasters have a direct and acquit effect on human lives and settlement. Assessment of natural mo... more Disasters have a direct and acquit effect on human lives and settlement. Assessment of natural movement in the high dense settlements becomes a crucial issue in terms of disaster management. Evacuation, as an intuitive and practically effective emergency rescue measure, has long been used and is expected to be enhanced to protect human populations against hazardous situations caused by these natural and man-made disasters. A well-defined and manageable plan is one of the prerequisites for successful implementation of an emergency evacuation is a life saving measure on disaster events. Haphazard urban growth in old Dhaka and increasing industrial load on specialized industrial zones like Dhaka export processing zone is an alarming marker for disaster preparedness for the city. As lacking in proper disaster management process, emergency evacuation system developed not so far. In the methodology, investigation has done through Michael Patton's Utilization Focused Evaluation Model. The measurement and assessment of the effectiveness is based on three dimensional analyses: Consumers contentment Index, Public stuffs index and Collective worth. Considering the present situation, and is undertaken with different objectives of analyzing the existing emergency evacuation system of old Dhaka and DEPZ area. In the virtual effectiveness analysis, user satisfaction indexes/ Consumers contentment index (C.C.I.) score is 41, 47 and 45(out of 100) for Industrial, household and others respectively and Public Stuffs Index for industrial unit is 33, for Households Unit is 44.55 and for others unit is 48.72. All these score indicates the poor level of Emergency Evacuation Service of Old Dhaka and DEPZ. The study examine service level of present emergency support system, which are prominent variable to develop an effective emergency evacuation plan to reduce hazard impact on specific area.
Journal of Transportation Engineering and Traffic Management, 2020
In Dhaka the capital city of Bangladesh, most of the short trips are making on foot but the pedes... more In Dhaka the capital city of Bangladesh, most of the short trips are making on foot but the pedestrians are facing many problems while using the walkways. Recent years there have been initiatives in city corporation areas in Bangladesh to create more livable communities where walking are encouraged and accepted as a legitimate form of transportation and for smart city. In Dhaka city walking is encouraging day by day but the condition of the pedestrian way is fair and poor in all over the part of the city. The aim of this study is to assess the walkability of the footpaths in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka and to evaluate the perception of pedestrians regarding the Sidewalk Condition Index (SCI). A questionnaire survey among 150 pedestrian users was conducted to assess the pedestrian's perception of the existing pedestrian way conditions. The overall pedestrian satisfaction level was 3.20 out of 5 scales and that means less than moderate satisfaction. SCI is a numerical indicator that rates the pedestrian surface condition. The SCI index was calculated in Dhanmondi residential area footpath and majority pedestrian way was fair in condition.
The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Sciences, 2020
Water supply is a critical and important factor for public health and economic development of a c... more Water supply is a critical and important factor for public health and economic development of a country. Rapid and unplanned urbanization hamper the water supply systems and creates challenge to the availability and quality of water in the urban centers of Bangladesh. Chittagong is the second largest city of Bangladesh and commercial capital of the country. Urban poor settlements are also an integral part of Chittagong City, 53.6 % of its total population are poor. They are suffering from various problems; water supply is one of them. Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) is responsible for providing water, sewerage and storm water drainage services within Chittagong City. But CWASA can provide its service only 50% of its total population. This research provides brief discussion about how poor people have to manage their daily water demand from alternative sources and tried to indicate and analyze the ongoing multi-faceted problems, with concentration on formal and informal water supply and distribution in slum areas of Chittagong.
The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Sciences, 2014
Women and children are 14 times more likely to die than men during a disaster. In the 1991 cyclon... more Women and children are 14 times more likely to die than men during a disaster. In the 1991 cyclone disaster which killed 140,000 people in Bangladesh, for example, 90 percent victims were women. Although women are disproportionately impacted by disaster and swift environmental changes, women have contributed to curbing the impacts of climate change. Women's knowledge and responsibilities related to natural resources management have proven to be critical to community survival. This paper would be useful to find out the problems and challenges of the char land women and to explore the best practices of survival strategies with involvement of local knowledge for the Charland women during hazards. The findings of this paper will be helpful for thinking forward on Survival Strategies of the Charland women from change hazard in Bangladesh.
The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Sciences, 2018
A large section of the urban population are not only poor but also are excluded from economic act... more A large section of the urban population are not only poor but also are excluded from economic activities. This paper argues that micro-finance (MF) could be one potential option to mainstream the urban poor in the overall urban productive activities. During 2004-05 fiscal year, Asian Development Bank (ADB) financed a project, undertaken in 30 municipalities including Bhairab, to provide slum dwelling women with MF so that they can be self-employed and can improve their condition. Reflecting on the effects of MF services in Bhairab, a small urban local government unit, this research investigates the increased capability of the slum people to participate in economic and income generating opportunities. Comparing with similar services by NGOs, this study also tries to find out the strength and challenges of MF Programme (MFP) operated by local government. The overall study results show that, MFPs are not only eradicating the poverty from the urban slum but are also contributing to the economic and social development of the entire community.
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