Assignment On Hazards in Dhaka City

Hazard may be defined as “a dangerous condition or event, that threat or have the potential for causing injury to life or damage to property or the environment.” Hazards in Dhaka city can be grouped into two broad categories namely natural and manmade.

Natural hazards:

Natural hazards are hazards, which are caused because of natural phenomena (hazards with meteorological, geological or even biological origin). Examples of natural hazards are cyclones, tsunamis, earthquake and volcanic eruption, which are exclusively of natural origin. Landslides, floods, drought, fires are socio-natural hazards since their causes are both natural and man-made. For example flooding may be caused because of heavy rains, landslide or blocking of drains with solid waste.

Urbanization and Crime in Bangladesh- An Empirical study on Dhaka City

This study examines the spatial variability in the distribution of crime specially the relationship among crime and urbanisation. Due to advent of modern technologies and globalization the urbanization process has been boosted in dhaka city. The main objectives of the study were to analyze the interelationship of urbanization and crime, to find out the characteristics of victim of urban crime in dhaka city and to understand the special characteristics of urban crime. It has been tried to identify the impact of rapid growth of urbanization and the relationship of rising crime rate and urban growth in Dhaka city.

Assignment on Problems of Vegetables Marketing in Dhaka city

The objective of this assignment is to identify the problems of vegetable marketing in Dhaka city. As a student of marketing, in this study I gave more emphasize on evaluating the marketing aspect of vegetable marketing process in Dhaka City. Through this evaluating, I tried to observe and identify the problems that are marketers face. The problems, I got through this study- these are mention shortly in below.

Thesis on Sexual Harassment Experienced by Women at the Street of Dhaka City

How "people need to understand that street harassment has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with power." how street harassment incidents “are rarely reported, and are culturally accepted as 'the price you pay' for being a woman and living in a city like Dhaka.” It is a “gateway crime” which creates a “cultural environment which makes gender-based violence okay,” and how while a legal method exists in countries like India and Bangladesh to tackle abuse at work or home, “when it comes to the streets -- all bets are off.”

Thesis on Floating Sex Workers in Bangladesh-A Sociological Study in Dhaka City

The sex market is expanding at an unprecedented pace and touching every strata of the society. To meet the ever growing and diverse sex demand in the recent years, more and more children and adult women have enrolled in the booming market. Commercial sex takes place in many kinds of ways and involves many different types of people, many of whom are in no way stereotypical. Sex workers or sex workers refer to that section of women population who are engaged, legally or illegally, part time or full-time, regular or irregular sexual acts for money or for any other material gain (Metzenrath, 1998). Sex trading is an ancient economical and religious phenomenon. The origin of sex selling or brothel was found in the 18 century BC and aftermath in the different old civilizations entitled Babilanio, Sumerio and even ancient India. It has been revealed that it has close linked with the urbanization in different civilization in different forms and expanded of with the expansion of sea trades.

Thesis on Knowledge on Safe Motherhood among Married Women In Dhaka City

Safe Motherhood

Over the next 15 years, largely a result of this landmark worldwide initiative, safe Motherhood became a central component for the achievement of women’s health and rights. At the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), maternal mortality was identified as a core component of women’s sexual and reproductive health, and at the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Summit it was situated within the broader context of poverty reduction efforts and overall development efforts. This section traces how maternal health has figured within the broader development framework and identifies key events that shaped its role at the international level.

Assignment on Environmental Impact Assessment of Sewerage Management of Dhaka City

The first build pipe borne sewer system for Dhaka City dates back to 1923. Since then sewerage system in Dhaka has been developed slowly and at present there are about 785 Km sewer line in Dhaka city serving only 30 % area where 20 % people of the city are using sewerage service facilities. Sanitation, waste water management, disposal of industrial & domestic sewage is becoming a major concern for Dhaka City right from the very beginning of it’s origin as capital city of independent Bangladesh. Population in Dhaka city has been boomed in the last couple of decades. Utility services were not built up in harmony with the expansion of Dhaka city. As construction of sewer line is very costly, very steady progress in expansion of sewerage system was made during this period. Bangladesh government is committed to provide 100 % sanitary sewage disposal facilities to the citizen to keep pace with its millennium Development Goal.

Assignment on substantially reduce in Dhaka City- Focus on DWASA

Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) is responsible for the provision, operation and maintenance of water supply, sanitation and storm water disposal services to the population of Dhaka City as stipulated in the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority Act, 1996.

Dhaka city is the capital of Bangladesh, a country of about 140 million people. Dhaka city is estimated to have a 2005 population of about 11 million people within the Dhaka Metropolitan Area (DMA) and 8.6 million within the DWASA service area. DWASA is responsible for operating and maintaining the: (i) water supply services; (ii) sewerage services and (iii) storm water drainage service of the city of Dhaka. It is estimated that DWASA presently serves total of 7.7 million (people with water supply, nearly 90% of the people living in the Dhaka WASA Service area. The remaining estimated 10% (860,000. people) are mostly served by private wells abstracting water from the same aquifer under the city.

Thesis on the Impact of Rural-Urban Migration on the Urban Poor People- A Study on the Slum Dwellers of Dhaka City

The study entitled as “Impact of rural-urban migration on the urban poor people : A study on the slum dwellers of Dhaka City” is initiated to find out the real picture of the urban poor people who take shelter in various slums of Dhaka City after migration. Now a days Dhaka City turned into a one of the largest mega city of the world. Due to rural-urban migration , the structure of the city has been changing day by day. Consequently, the city is facing with different types of problems.

Thesis on Satellite Broadcasting and Cultural Change- A Study on the teenagers in Dhaka City

The impacts of satellite TV channels in different societies are valued by scholars and researchers in various dimensions. The critical scholars are worried about the growing technological dependence of the developing countries on foreign telecasting companies and the capacity of satellite programs to influence the culture of a country. Since inception, satellite transmission in Bangladesh has been broadening its territories and more and more people have been coming under its purview. Data found in the study indicated several behavioral changes among the audience(s). Interaction pattern and social values among the children, youths and old are taking new shape by the influence of satellite channels' exposure to the urban people. Duration of viewing TV by audience has been increasing after the inception of satellite cable connection and BTV with its credibility crisis has been falling to attract satellite channel viewers.

Access to Information through Mobile Phones in Dhaka City

Access to Information through Mobile Phones in Dhaka City: A Study on Users’ Perception and Satisfaction

The introduction of mobile phone has been pretty late in Bangladesh compared to that of the neighboring countries. The mobile telecommunication service has been doubling on an annual basis over the last two or three years. Now information access through mobile phones in Bangladesh is increased. The purpose of this paper is to find out the determinants that are significantly influencing telecom customer’s perception in Bangladesh. The study surveyed 186 telecom customers in Bangladesh from Dhaka city to determine the key influential factors that significantly influence on their perception. The data analyses were conducted by exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis. The results of the statistical analysis reflected that most of the telecom customers are highly concerned about service quality followed by corporate image. It is hoped that the findings may assist the mobile phone operators in production of their services and promotion of their information services.

Thesis on To prevent Road Accident Obstacles and Implementation of Government Policy in Dhaka City

Road vehicular accidents have been so frequent and common to everyday life that people tend to disregard that these “high velocity moving lumps of metal” are very lethal and sometimes pose as “weapons of mass destruction” A traffic accident is defined as any vehicle accident occurring on a public highway (i.e. originating on, terminating on, or involving a vehicle partially on the highway). These accidents therefore include collisions between vehicles and animals, vehicles and pedestrians, or vehicles and fixed obstacles. Single vehicle accidents, in which one vehicle alone (and no other road user) was involved, are included. All fatality and injury totals include pedestrians, motorcyclists and bicyclists unless otherwise note. Time and again, various circles, media included, have pointed out that stringent enforcement of traffic rules and regulations, and routine examination of fitness certificates and other relevant documents of motorised vehicles and driving licences of the drivers could play a major role in bringing down the number of road traffic accidents and fatalities. The problem is acute in Bangladesh, which has one of the highest fatality rates for road accidents in the world.

Thesis on Impact of Water Pollution on Health: A Study of Hazaribag in Dhaka City

The main objective of this study is analysis the water pollution at Hazaribagh Tahan in Dhaka city and analysis causes, impact and the effects on human, aquatic animals and the environment. Water pollution is become a very common problem for animals and natural environment. Though the development process water pollution is increasing day by day and going out of control. Sewage and waste water, industrial waste, oil pollution. spread/spill, atmospheric deposition and structural problem, huge amount of residence industrial augmentation are the main factor of water pollution. In the Buriganga river, the concentration of the polluting parameters at all the sampling location is very high indicating that the river is highly polluted. In dry session Hazaribagh Tannery is most polluted of all the sites.

Thesis on Perceived Susceptibility of Hepatitis C Infection among the Injecting Drug Users of Dhaka City

This formative study examined the perceived susceptibility of hepatitis C among the injecting drug users of Dhaka city. A total of 384 currently injecting drug users were interviewed with structured questionnaire in the statistically metropolitan area of Dhaka. The structured questionnaire included their socio-demographic information, knowledge about hepatitis C; hepatitis C related risk practices and health care seeking practices. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from IDUs. Majority of the respondents (53.60 percent) had a low level of knowledge about hepatitis

Thesis on Environmental Impacts of Agro-Industrial Processes on the Adjoining Surface Water Systems in the Southeastern Outskirt of Dhaka City

Surface water quality deterioration due to industrial and agricultural processes is severe in Bangladesh, especially where the industrial and agricultural activities go side by side in and around the surface water systems. The present environmental research work has been carried out during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period of 2009 to evaluate the environmental impacts of agro-industrial processes on the adjoining surface water systems in the southeastern outskirt of Dhaka City. Twenty composite water samples were collected from different water sources of the vast study area following standard sampling techniques. The major physical-chemical parameters were determined using advanced analytical techniques. The water quality parameters evaluated were Temperature,

Thesis on Domestic Violence against Women in A Semi Urban Area In Dhaka City

Violence against women is not a myth but a reality. It can be defined as injurious and destructive behavior, which damages the victims' physically, mentally, and financially. It has surrounded a women's life from cradle to grave, and has become a routine behavior. The on going rate of violence against women is a serious threat to the development and progress of Bangladesh that the country has a yet achieved. Widespread violence and repression in numerous forms jeopardized women's life in almost all parts of the country.

Thesis on ICT and Cultural Disembodying Among Youths in Dhaka City

This study mainly focuses on the nature of cultural disembedding processes among youths due to the emergence of ICTs in Dhaka city. The principal objective is to understand the sociocultural change with the ascendancy of ICTs. This study deals adroitly with the overarching sociotechnological issues like the penetration and prevalence of ICTs in Bangladesh. The mainstays of the research are to unveil the dominant normative cultural patterns associated with the integration of ICTs among university going young generation. Drawing chiefly on Giddens’s theory of disembedding, this study enunciates the incorporation and assimilation of ICTs and pinpoints to the subsequent cultural disembeddings triggered extensively by the globalization of ICTs. Elucidating upon the gradually increasing trends of ubiquitous uses of computers, mobile phones, internet for documentation, information and entertainment and innumerable other purpose, this study attempts to understand the modes of disembedding with the advents of superior expert systems by displacing the previous ones which essentially echoe a distinctive