Urbanisation and Energy Linkages in Bangladesh

Abstract

The recent development of Bangladesh has occurred mainly through the industrialisation, and the energy demand is expected to increase to keep pace with the rapid industrialisation and urbanisation. Millions of people are concentrating in townships every year, and the number will keep on spiralling until prominent alternative jobs are created in other regions of the country. Urbanisation increases energy usage in Bangladesh by aggravating the demand for housing, land use, public utilities, food, electric appliances and nonetheless transportation. Urban regions are more energy intensive than rural regions as urban dwellers consume higher quantities of resources and add pressure to the feeble ecosystem, implying that the continuous increase in the ecosystem in urbanisation will have a notable impact on energy demand and usage. Therefore, understanding the linkage between urbanisation and energy is very important for Bangladesh. A rapid and poorly planned urbanisation can cause widespread energy poverty.