TITLE:
Sustainable Urban Revitalization Model—A Study through Formulating and Selecting the Planning Proposal
AUTHORS:
Md. Mustafizur Rahman, Francesco Lo Piccolo, Giulia Bonafede
KEYWORDS:
Sustainability, Revitalization, Model, Boro Bazaar
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.8 No.4,
December
15,
2020
ABSTRACT: The intent of this paper towards involvement of information lies about
the analysis of the sustainable and revitalization methods around urban
development and planning within Khulna city, Bangladesh; and proposed Boro
Bazaar area and how it can be focused to a further sustainable urban
neighborhood with a projected urban revitalization plan. Therefore the plan of
this study is to recommend a contextual model through formulating of
sustainable urban revitalization planning proposal of an urban area and next
selecting a suitable strategy for their revitalization. To support this plan,
present study first explains the background of the study; next, it explains the
methodology, data collection process, afterwards formulating, selecting and
evaluating techniques, which are essential for developing a contextual model
for proposing sustainable urban revitalization strategy. Thus for a
comprehensive consideration this present study has been progressed with a
suitable evaluation plan for integrating and projecting the different factors
playing significant role in the process of sustainable urban revitalization
planning, i.e. physical, economics, social, environment, culture and overall
networks within the study area. Based on the theories, principles, strategies
and the different approaches, which have been employed for the overall city the
critical recommendations at policy level, have been listed out, in a comprehensive
and a systematic manner, to guide the sustainable urban revitalization planning
for the proposed area.