Spatial transition dynamics of urbanization and Rohingya refugees’ settlements in Bangladesh

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorIslam, Md. Tariqul
dc.contributor.authorSikder, Sujit Kumar
dc.contributor.authorCharlesworth, Mark
dc.contributor.authorRabbi, Atta
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-05T08:30:41Z
dc.date.available2023-09-05T08:30:41Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-28
dc.description.abstractUrbanization needs to conceptualize land use policy beyond the city boundaries. It might be explained by exploring complex and interconnected interdependencies in regional key driving factors that can have tele-coupling effects during sudden shocks. Over one million Rohingya have settled in the rural/forest area in Cox’s Bazar for locational proximity and comparatively easy escape from Myanmar after domestic conflicts. This study aims to explore the spatial dimension of urbanization in a regional transition context focusing on the newly built refugee settlements in the south-eastern coastal area of Bangladesh. Additional, we also identify further research scopes and gaps in the context of the case study. Analysis of openly available global data products from historical built-up expansion from 1975 to 2021 suggests that refugee settlements impact spatial development intensity (annual rate ⁓2.55 ha/year) and population density (annual rate ⁓9431 person/year) dimensions, which have a transition (rural-to-urban) of a greater regional scale than local urbanization. Our results from the expert-based key informant interviews have a broad agreement with the quantitative findings; however, the environmental: deforestation, economic: increasing business and employment opportunities and daily living expenses; and socio-cultural impacts: increasing conflict between host and refugee communities due to prostitution, drug dealing, and insecurity, are more local than findings from the geospatial analysis. Therefore, the local development policies need an urgent adjustment to comply with the local and regional balances in the above factors, along with that international development actors may also need attentive measures in the policy formulation. Further investigations in scenario-based urbanization dynamics are required to avoid an urban desert initiated in the absence or relocation of refugee settlement. Similar kinds of studies may also be replicated even in prosperous global North countries in order to conceptualize the spatial transformative process of rapid migration influx on urbanization with innovative open data in the absence of up-to-date official datasets and adoptions of mixed methods approaches with related actors including policymakers.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationIslam MT, Sikder SK, Charlesworth M, Rabbi A. (2023) Spatial transition dynamics of urbanization and Rohingya refugees’ settlements in Bangladesh. Land Use Policy, Volume 133, October 2023, Article number 106874en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0264-8377
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106874
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20168
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectLand use policyen_UK
dc.subjectSpatial transitionen_UK
dc.subjectUrbanizationen_UK
dc.subjectRefugees’ settlementsen_UK
dc.subjectMixed methods approachen_UK
dc.subjectOpen dataen_UK
dc.titleSpatial transition dynamics of urbanization and Rohingya refugees’ settlements in Bangladeshen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Spatial_transition_dynamics_of_urbanization-2023.pdf
Size:
4.9 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.63 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Staff publications (SWEE)