Detailed Area Plan (DAP)
Don’t let water bodies be destroyed at will
Government must do more to save at-risk flood flow zones
A big earthquake may no longer be a distant risk
But why are we still so complacent?
What if an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hits Dhaka?
Are we planning our cities, buildings, and infrastructure in a way that would make the capital safe for our lives and properties?
Can a state institution just gobble up land?
BADC must stop filling the water retention area in Gabtoli
DAP density control plans will make housing even less affordable for the poor
The ill-conceived plan for limiting Dhaka’s population will ultimately be devastating for the urban scenario of Bangladesh.
Latest Rajuk blunder may be costly for residents
How can documents of 30,000 applicants just vanish from its server?
DAP: The high stakes of high-rise buildings
Housing developers' interests are getting in the way of making Dhaka a liveable city
New DAP has too many loopholes
There’s no way to call this a “people’s DAP.” It does mention some goals, but without sketching out a plan to achieve them.
The Detailed Area Plan for Dhaka is almost alright
One striking aspect of the DAP document is the geographical scope of Rajuk, in how it signals an expanded Dhaka.
Rajuk should stop filling-up of flood flow zones, not encourage it
DAP must address Dhaka’s perennial waterlogging problem
Only balanced urbanisation can make Bangladeshi cities liveable
It is clear just how overpopulated Dhaka city has become
All cities need a DAP of their own
Equitable urban development vital to decentralise Dhaka
Bangladesh needs better urban planning
City development authorities must address rising challenges and expectations
Detailed Area Plan for Dhaka: Is a liveable and sustainable future too much to ask for?
DAP depicts a vision, but whose vision that is and how it came to be are not clear.
The gaps in DAP: How to avoid urban flooding in Dhaka
The regulations that DAP recommends can initiate a spree of development in the floodplains and agricultural lands surrounding central Dhaka, posing a serious threat of urban flooding.
Who is afraid of DAP?
The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for 2022-2035, produced by Rajuk, is a radical and innovative document in the planning history of Dhaka.
The DAP for Dhaka must not be discriminatory
Can the new Detailed Area Plan cure Dhaka's ills?
Can the new Detailed Area Plan cure Dhaka of its ills?
Only if Rajuk has the will and organisational capacity
CAAB cannot just randomly fill up a water body
Filling up a water body is in violation of the conservation law
