Slums of urban Bangladesh: mapping and census 2005.

Abstract

This report presents results from a census and mapping of slums in the six main cities of Bangladesh in 2005. This effort has generated a wealth of information about the location and basic characteristics of their slums. The outputs include detailed maps of the six cities providing timely information on the location of slums within each including highly detailed ward-level maps revealing the position and geographic size of the slums within them. Accompanying these maps is an extensive database listing the slums within each ward of each city providing for each an exact address and a set of basic characteristics (including the number of households and total population as well as a basic demographic socioeconomic and environmental description). Taken together the outputs provide a powerful set of tools for generating a comprehensive picture of contemporary slum life in the main cities of Bangladesh. The census and mapping focused on the six city corporations of Bangladesh namely Dhaka Chittagong Khulna Rajshahi Sylhet and Barisal. In the case of Dhaka the effort extended beyond the limits of the city corporation to encompass the Dhaka Metropolitan Area (DMA). (excerpt)

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