I have to acknowledge that I felt deeply conflicted about the proposed airport project at Arial Beel.
On the one hand, in the age of globalisation and global mobility an airport is after all the de facto gateway to a country. That crucial first impression is made at the airport. The poorly designed and stinking...
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Arial Beel’s Versailles moment
A sociology of Dhaka’s traffic congestion
Traffic congestion has become, alas, an iconic image of Dhaka and the hot-button issue in any dialogue on urban affairs. Recommendations that are typically offered, however, hinge on the flawed idea that there is a quick technical fix (for instance, a fly-over or an elevated expressway). Sure, there could be multiple technical approaches, but...
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