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Urban and regional development in Bangladesh has taken place both within and outside planned intervention: in fact, more of it outside than within. The nature of such development is obviously dominated by the low level of economic development of the country and the massive poverty in urban areas.
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Islam, N. (1997). Urban and Regional Development in Bangladesh: Past Trends and Future Prospects. In: Chatterji, M., Kaizhong, Y. (eds) Regional Science in Developing Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25459-0_16
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