Recognition of Rural-Urban Linkage Throughunderstanding the Potential Impact of Growth Center: A Case Study of Paragram Hut, Nawabganj, Dhaka

20 Pages Posted: 15 Jan 2019

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Nazia Hossain

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology

Anutosh Das

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology

S.M. Labib

SEED, University of Manchester.; The University of Manchester - School of Environment and Development

Hossain Mohiuddin

Student

Date Written: January 4, 2019

Abstract

The growth center enhances the linkages between rural and urban area through providing opportunities and scopes for both areas as well as by promoting facilities for agriculture, fishery, livestock etc. by ensuring market accessibility and socioeconomic interactions among rural and urban people in context of the exchange of goods, ideas, information and facilities of different markets. The growth center plays the role of transaction point between urban and rural area and thus help to reform the economy of both areas and bring changes in financial and fiscal policy and macro transformation as well as the transformations in agriculture and livelihood diversification. It has become the channel to replace the rural urban dichotomy in rural urban continuum. Therefore the paper tries to find out the existing nature and pattern of the linkage by investigating the potential impacts of growth centres. It also reveals the way how agricultural transformation is taking place in response to changing urban market demand and vice versa. It focuses on the input and output side scenario in rural and urban economy and finds out the flow pattern and the contribution of the communication sector on it. It also tries to find the interrelation between rural-urban linkage and the influence of growth centre on linkage by identifying the stimulus such as infrastructure development, complementary investment, and NGO investments occurred in growth centres and the surrounding area. The study finally provides some arena of potentialities for further improvement of rural-urban linkage through more efficient policies.

Keywords: Growth Center, Rural-Urban Linkage, Livelihood Diversification, Agricultural Transformation

Suggested Citation

Hossain, Nazia and Das, Anutosh and Labib, S.M. and Labib, S.M. and Mohiuddin, Hossain, Recognition of Rural-Urban Linkage Throughunderstanding the Potential Impact of Growth Center: A Case Study of Paragram Hut, Nawabganj, Dhaka (January 4, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3310282 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3310282

Nazia Hossain

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology ( email )

Kazla,Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6204
Bangladesh

Anutosh Das (Contact Author)

Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology ( email )

Kazla,Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6204
Bangladesh
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S.M. Labib

SEED, University of Manchester. ( email )

Oxford Road
Manchester, N/A M13 9PL
United Kingdom

The University of Manchester - School of Environment and Development ( email )

Manchester
United Kingdom

Hossain Mohiuddin

Student ( email )

Mirpur, Dhaka
Dhaka, DC 1205
Bangladesh

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