Impact of garment industries on road safety in metropolitan Dhaka

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Hoque, Md. Shamsul, Debnath, Ashim ORCID: 0000-0001-5439-7267 and Mahmud, S. M. Sohel (2006) Impact of garment industries on road safety in metropolitan Dhaka. In: International Conference on Traffic Safety in Developing Countries, 22 August 2006-24 August 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract

There are about 4,000 garment industries in Bangladesh, most of them are clustered in and around the capital city. Together they account for 75 percent of the country's export earnings and employ around 1.8 million people which is almost one half of the total industrial workforce of the country. Though it is the most important economy sector of Bangladesh, unplanned and haphazardly built garment factories are also inducing many social, housing and most importantly urban transportation problems which are a great cause of concern. This study investigates the impact of garment industries on transportation, in particular road safety issues of garment workers. Data is collected to identify the locational problems of garment factories, spatial distribution of worker residences, and their travel pattern as well as to assess their walking and road crossing problems. Finally, recommendations are put forward to tackle transport problems arising from these unplanned establishments of export oriented garments industries in Dhaka Metropolitan City

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Title in conference program: Road safety of garment industry workers in Dhaka City

Item type Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/34197
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 0905 Civil Engineering
Current > Division/Research > College of Science and Engineering
Keywords Garment industries; Pedestrians; Road Safety; Bangladesh
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