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Impact of garment industries on road safety in metropolitan Dhaka
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posted on 2006-01-01, 00:00 authored by M S Hoque, Ashim DebnathAshim Debnath, S M S MahmudThere 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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Traffic Safety in Developing Countries. Conference (2006 : Dhaka, Bangladesh)Series
Traffic Safety in Developing Countries ConferencePagination
489 - 498Publisher
Accident Research Centre (ARC), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)Location
Dhaka, BangladeshPlace of publication
[Dhaka, Bangladesh]Start date
2006-08-22End date
2006-08-24Language
engPublication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereedEditor/Contributor(s)
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Traffic Safety in Developing Countries 2006Usage metrics
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