Authors :
Md. Abdul Wakil
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 12 - December
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10469638
Abstract :
Urban expansion has transformed precious
land, particularly water bodies, creating an adverse
effect on the entire urban environment. In developing
countries, this scenario is quite astonishing, and the rate
of urbanisation is quite high. Currently, as a developing
country, Bangladesh is experiencing rapid and
unplanned urban expansion, resulting in serious
environmental degradation. Apart from these, the
unplanned and rapid urban expansion has influenced the
chaotic growth of urban infrastructure and the filing of
wetlands, cutting hills, deforestation, and destruction of
precious agricultural land. This study tries to identify
the influence of urban expansion on the present
condition of water bodies in Rajshahi City Corporation
(RCC). To do this, water bodies in Rajshahi city are
categorised into four types: good, moderate, poor, and
filled up. The analysis reveals that 32.37% of the water
bodies are filled up. Furthermore, data regarding the
present utilisation of land with the specific objective of
reclaiming water bodies has been collected. The current
study focused exclusively on changes in water bodies
without including any analysis of other types of land
cover. There is tremendous opportunity for undertaking
research on diverse forms of land cover change and
obtaining good outcomes for total land transformation
due to urban expansion in the Rajshahi City
Corporation (RCC) area.
Keywords :
Urban Expansion, Urbanisation, Water Bodies, Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), Bangladesh.
Urban expansion has transformed precious
land, particularly water bodies, creating an adverse
effect on the entire urban environment. In developing
countries, this scenario is quite astonishing, and the rate
of urbanisation is quite high. Currently, as a developing
country, Bangladesh is experiencing rapid and
unplanned urban expansion, resulting in serious
environmental degradation. Apart from these, the
unplanned and rapid urban expansion has influenced the
chaotic growth of urban infrastructure and the filing of
wetlands, cutting hills, deforestation, and destruction of
precious agricultural land. This study tries to identify
the influence of urban expansion on the present
condition of water bodies in Rajshahi City Corporation
(RCC). To do this, water bodies in Rajshahi city are
categorised into four types: good, moderate, poor, and
filled up. The analysis reveals that 32.37% of the water
bodies are filled up. Furthermore, data regarding the
present utilisation of land with the specific objective of
reclaiming water bodies has been collected. The current
study focused exclusively on changes in water bodies
without including any analysis of other types of land
cover. There is tremendous opportunity for undertaking
research on diverse forms of land cover change and
obtaining good outcomes for total land transformation
due to urban expansion in the Rajshahi City
Corporation (RCC) area.
Keywords :
Urban Expansion, Urbanisation, Water Bodies, Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), Bangladesh.
