Rapid urbanization and changing land values in mega cities: implications for housing development projects in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bandung: Journal of the Global South

Table 5 Land filling in restricted areas by public developers.

Land/housing development project	Number of developed plots/apartments	Land conversion/water body filling	Acts/policies violated
Purbachal new town of RAJUK	21,780 plots	2490 ha of FFZ and high value agricultural land converted to housing projects	Water body preservation Act 2000 which declares lakes as environmentally critical areas FFZ, agricultural land and retention pond policies of DMDP
Jhilmil project of RAJUK	1800 plots	154 ha of FFZ and High Value Agricultural land converted to housing projects
RAJUK Uttara Model Town 3^rd phase	150 plots	Filling up of 300 ft wide lake
RAJUK Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara project	400 plots	Filling up of Gulshan-Banani lake which narrowed down the lake from 500 ft to 80 ft
NHA apartment project	3360 apartments	18 ha of Banani-Mohakhali lake filled up