Flying Into Dhaka- First Impressions of Bangladesh

[N.Siddiqui]

Lahore looks nice. A crowded city can be good. Look at Singapore

Agree that Singapore is the city which should be used as a benchmark, has added more green wooded areas in the city along with more high rise apts blocks. About 60% of the city is green wooded area...

Lahore is green and clean too , some areas are very green like Delhi planned areas, and has a proper garbage disposal system and solid waste management system.

 

[Thorough Pro]

How many Islamabads have you built since 1971?
What was your source of income? Jute? Why did it not make Dhaka rich then?

Islamad was built using BD money mostly.
Do you not have any shame to use Islamabad
as an example?

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Lahore...cavalry ground area...

 

[rishav]

honestly i won't judge bangladesh/dhaka based on some foreigners video . they never show the good parts of any south asian city , @Śakra being an indian you should know this . bangladesh is a developing country and its cities will be horribly congested , just like most indian cities . i don't see the point of this thread

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Lahore Pakistan is also known as a city of gardens and parks...
Jilani park, Lahore

Botanical garden and butterfly park.

Lawrence garden Lahore, old big trees....more than the buildings we need big, shady trees in cities and urban areas. PHA should go for native local trees and not decorative flower beds and small plants...

A shady tree at Lahore fort....more trees and less concrete.

Some magnificent trees in Lahore fort area...more beautiful than any concrete sculpture, many more are needed.

Mall road Lahore. Lahore needs more wooded areas and trees instead of decorative shrubs and flowers...

 

[Shahzaz ud din]

Islamad was built using BD money mostly.
Do you not have any shame to use Islamabad
as an example?

Till today you can smell the jute if you drive on the roads of islamabad.
ISLAMABAD WITH JUTE IN 1971

ISLAMABAD TODAY(WITHOUT JUTE)

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Far too much decorative flowers in Lahore now and huge effort and income is spent to maintain it. They are seasonal plants and doesn't lasts more than 3-4 months. Trees are the answer, they provide oxygen, absorbs CO2, absorbs noise and air pollution, provide habitat for birds...flower beds don't.

So Trees are needed in large quantity in all the cities and urban areas.

 

[Śakra]

Lahore is not that good.
In 15 years Dhaka will easily look better than Lahore now.

In 15 years dhaka will be lucky to look like Dharavi in the 1980s.

 

[wiseone2]

Singapore is on a different level to most cities . Crowded can be good if you can manage all the problems that comes with a big population in a small space . That's not the case with Dhaka where it doesn't even have adequate infrastructure to deal with such population .

Density 29,069/km2 (75,290/sq mi)

I cannot Imagine what it will be like driving a car on the roads of Dhaka with such density .

you have to get rid of cars. start thinking of other forms of mass transit

 

[N.Siddiqui]

you have to get rid of cars. start thinking of other forms of mass transit

Right, people need to abandon private cars and start using public transport...but Singapore did many other things as well, as this cannot be done in isolation. Like here...

• Paradigms, Policies & Processes:
  • The Early Years of Nation-Building: Reflections on Singapore's Urban History (Alan F C Choe)
  • Planning & Urbanisation in Singapore: A 50-Year Journey (Liu Thai Ker)
  • Economic Planning for Productivity, Growth, and Prosperity (Philip Yeo)
  • Environmental Planning for Sustainable Development (Tan Yong Soon)
• The Built Environment as a Sum of Parts:
  • Planning to Overcome the Constraints of Scarcity (Ng Lang)
  • Making Singapore a Liveable and Sustainable City: Our Urban Systems Approach (Khoo Teng Chye and Remy Guo)
  • The Evolution of HDB Towns (Cheong Koon Hean)
  • Transportation: Mobility, Accessibility, and Connectivity (Mohinder Singh)
  • Industry Planning in Singapore (Tang Hsiao Ling)
  • Greening Singapore: Past Achievements, Emerging Challenges (Tan Puay Yok)
  • 50 Years of Urban Planning & Tourism (Pamelia Lee)
  • Shaping Singapore's Cityscape Through Urban Design (Goh Hup Chor & Heng Chye Kiang)
• Urban Complexities & Creative Solutions:
  • Conserving Urban Heritage: Remembering the Past in a Developmental City-State (Lily Kong)
  • Public Housing and Community Development: Planning for Urban Diversity in a City-State (Tan Ern Ser)
  • Era of Globalisation: Singapore's New Urban Economy and the Rise of a World Asian City (Ho Kong Chong)
  • Towards Greater Sustainability and Liveability in an Urban Age (Heng Chye Kiang and Yeo Su-Jan)
• Perspectives on the Future of Urban Planning in Singapore
  • Challenges for a New Era (Peter Ho)

Link here..

http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9501#t=toc

need to read in detail though

 

[Homo Sapiens]

honestly i won't judge bangladesh/dhaka based on some foreigners video . they never show the good parts of any south asian city , @Śakra being an indian you should know this . bangladesh is a developing country and its cities will be horribly congested , just like most indian cities . i don't see the point of this thread

True, they came here with some pre-conceived notion and go to the places which conform that notion.The vlogger guy admitted, he came to Dhaka only because it would cost him same plane fare like going directly from Bali to Romania.So he came here just to increase the number of country he could claim to traveled.So he was not willing to spent any money here or to explore more place,he rented a low quality hotel, used rickshaw and gone to areas where poor, labor class people live and work and left Dhaka in less than 48 hours.

 

[takeiteasy]

I know these kind of personalities. They feel superiority over Bengalis or darker people. In reality, their people are no where better.

 

[wiseone2]

Right, people need to abandon private cars and start using public transport...but Singapore did many other things as well, as this cannot be done in isolation. Like here...

need to read in detail though

thanks for the link. I will read it one of these days

 

[django]

Islamad was built using BD money mostly.
Do you not have any shame to use Islamabad
as an example?

@LA se Karachi @Zibago @The Sandman @Hell hound @Nilgiri

I was just about to report this idiot, then I read your post, thanks.
He surely needs some moderator attention.

Indeed.

 

[The Sandman]

@LA se Karachi @Zibago @The Sandman @Hell hound @Nilgiri

Oh boy i thought delusions and brain washing have some limits but damn i was so wrong what's next? Isl-Pindi metro and Lahore metro also built on BD's money?