Md. Shakil Ar Salan

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology · Urban & Regional Planning

Heavy urbanization along with population increase in the major cities of Bangladesh generates a massive amount of solid waste, which the government is incapable of handling effectively with the current management system, manpower, infrastructures, monetary backing, and technical aptitudes. With identifying the primary concerns for solid waste manag...

The management of food waste (FWM) is a globally pervasive issue characterized by inherent risks. The issue of reducing food losses and food waste is receiving growing global, regional, and national recognition. It is widely recognized that addressing this issue can help alleviate other sustainability concerns, such as food security and climate cha...

The urban transportation landscape has witnessed a significant transformation with the advent of ride-hailing services. This study focuses on analyzing the shifts in travel mode behavior in Uttara Model Town, Dhaka, before and after the emergence of ride-hailing services such as Uber, Pathao, Obhai etc. The problem statement centers around understa...

In Bangladesh, rural people leave their houses and migrate to urban areas in search of employment and better living facilities which causes homelessness among low-income people. But urban economies depend on rural economies for raw materials. Growth centers which work as a hub through rural–urban linkage can play a vital role in the rural economy a...

Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has been marked as a geologically vulnerable in terms of earthquake. However, no scientific method has been determined to figure out the influencing factors. This is the first approach to detect the vulnerability of RCC area. In this point of view, the liquefaction hazard map has the innate power to evaluate the pote...

Economic development and regional integration are prerequisites for a country’s overall economic and regional growth. Nevertheless, like many other developing countries, Bangladesh is facing a problem of unsustainable economic growth. A lack of organized development planning, along with unstable and insecure employment sectors, have created poverty...

In seismic response investigation, shear wave velocity, Vs shows a vigorous role as an input factor. Enormous methodologies have been developed and tested to directly determine this key factor. Direct measurement of V s is time-consuming as well as highly expensive. As a result, researchers from different regions have tried to reduce the difficulti...

Economic development and integration of regions are prerequisite for a country's overall economic and regional growth. But like many other third world developing countries, Bangladesh is facing the problem of unsustainable economic growth. Lack of organized development planning, unstable and insecure employment sectors create poverty prone underdev...

Counter-balancing the spatio-functional gaps of service facilities is considered to be the foremost task of Regional Planning. Hence the inclusive performance of any region is scrutinized in terms of adequacy of different service facilities available thereon. The functional gap analysis helps us to identify the adequacy or inadequacy of the service...

This paper outlines three chemical properties namely: pH, Turbidity and Hardness, apart from these a metal concentration like Iron (Fe) is also evaluated. RCC consists of 30 wards, and among them, ten representative wards (3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23 and 24) are selected arbitrarily to conduct the research, which represents the overall existin...

Peak ground acceleration (PGA) is equal to the maximum ground acceleration that occurred during earthquake shaking at a location. PGA is also equal to the amplitude of the largest absolute acceleration recorded on an accelerogram at a site during a particular earthquake. According to Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC 2015), Rajshahi City Corp...

Rajshahi, the major city in the North Western region of Bangladesh is growing rapidly in every feature with major infrastructures like sports complex, educational institutions, hospitals, flyovers, multiplex halls, etc. Understanding of the subsurface soil condition is necessary to ensure the structural safety and serviceability of the above mentio...

Bangladesh is a country of divergent climatic condition throughout the year which has a complex influence in economic and social aspects, mainly for its geographic location and physiographic condition. Rajshahi division, located to the north western part of Bangladesh has a tropical wet and dry climate. The climate of Rajshahi is generally marked w...

The Padma is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for 120 kilometres to its confluence with the Meghna River near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is situated on the banks of the river. It is the third largest city in Bangladesh. Rajshahi has a beautifully decorated embankment of...

Rajshahi is a divisional city and the population of this city is increasing gradually. That’s why the existing transportation infrastructure cannot accomplish the present demand. The introduction of a new road or the expansion of the existing ones to relieve the excessive traffic pressure is a futile exercise. But this can create a different impact...

Town Centre is the social hub of the town in which the central services of the highest order are found. Rajshahi is a divisional city and also known as educational city. Though Rajshahi is a divisional city, no significant development has yet been taken place. The master plan of Rajshahi has been taken for the year 2004-2024, in which several devel...

Counter-balancing the spatio-functional gaps of service facilities is considered to be the foremost task of Regional Planning. Hence the inclusive performance of any region is scrutinized in terms of adequacy of different service facilities available thereon. The functional gap analysis helps us to identify the adequacy or inadequacy of the service...

Most of the areas in Bangladesh are rural. In rural areas most of the lands are used for agricultural purposes. Rural people don’t get their expected benefit from agricultural fields. The implication of the study is land resource management. This study has been conducted at Subhadanga union, Bagmara, Rajshahi. Most of the people are involved in agr...

The population growth and urbanization of Rajshahi metropolitan city shows an increasing trend. This paper attempts to figure out the influence of land use change on land price in Rajshahi city.As resources are limited, land resource is also limited to fulfill the demand for industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional uses of land. Land...

Assessment of tourism carrying capacity is essential to regulate and manage the visitors. The uncontrolled tourism activity is a major concern for the authorities to manage any destination. Again, sustainability of tourism development initiates concerns about the capability of tourist destinations. Rajshahi is one of the major old cities in Banglad...

Walking is the most useable transport mood through all over the world as well as Rajshahi. Maximum people use this mood to go a short distance and sometimes to cover the long distances. For the increasing number of population, it is very urgent to assess and provide proper facilities while they walk. In this research, several methods have been foll...

Inequality in social, physical, economic aspects beside with infrastructure provision has become a widespread attribute between the districts in Bangladesh. Unequal distribution of facilities causes disparity among the regions. This happens due to many social, political and geographical matters. By calculating the amount of disparity it becomes hel...