Regionalization of Bangladesh: A Key to Identify Regional Disparities of the Pattern of Population Distribution

Aftabun Nahar; Sumaia Kashem; Anutosh Das

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Regionalization of Bangladesh: A Key to Identify Regional Disparities of the Pattern of Population Distribution

Aftabun Nahar, Sumaia Kashem, Anutosh Das

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Received: 22 December 2018 Accepted: 28 January 2019 Published: 27 February 2019

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Abstract

Bangladesh is a populous country in the world. Nowadays, urbanization takes the form of rapid growth of urban population. As a result, population density is being increased that influences average household size. This paper attempts to understand the key issues related to the population distribution. The purpose of the study is delineation of the formal region based on the population density, growth rate and average household size in context of sixty four districts of Bangladesh. The data are collected from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), 2011. It analyzes the status of the regions which are fixed by Composite Index method. Among three classification methods, Mean-SD method is used to classify the region. Because, more symmetrical shape of histogram of normal distribution is found in Mean-SD method. It arranges the distribution of population within the 64 districts from high populated to low populated region which represents the actual population scenario of Bangladesh such as Dhaka, Narayanganj are high populated and Rangamati, Khagrachari, Barguna, Pirojpur are in the low populated region. This study gives a scope for future development of region and will be helpful for provision of facilities according to the ranking.

Published in	Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.larp.20190401.12
Page(s)	5-9
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Formal Region, Population Density, Growth Rate, Average Household Size, Regionalization

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Aftabun Nahar, Sumaia Kashem, Anutosh Das. Regionalization of Bangladesh: A Key to Identify Regional Disparities of the Pattern of Population Distribution. Landsc Archit Reg Plan. 2019;4(1):5-9. doi: 10.11648/j.larp.20190401.12

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Aftabun Nahar

Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Sumaia Kashem

Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Anutosh Das

Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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Aftabun Nahar, Sumaia Kashem, Anutosh Das. Regionalization of Bangladesh: A Key to Identify Regional Disparities of the Pattern of Population Distribution. Landsc Archit Reg Plan. 2019;4(1):5-9. doi: 10.11648/j.larp.20190401.12

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