TOD Planning in Dhaka: Challenges of Land Ownership for Redevelopment around MRT Stations

Abstract

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is a globally accepted trend to integrate transport 
and landuse in a best suitable way. However, although the application principles are 
similar, there are difference challenges from context to context. Especially in case of 
brownfield areas where development already has taken place, TOD implementation is 
quite a challenge than the greenfield one. There are different cases like Hong Kong, Japan, 
USA, Singapore, and many more that have successfully implemented TOD and set the 
examples. One of the reasons behind their success was their land market and planning 
system. However, different research identified Dhaka’s weak planning and private land 
ownership system as the constraint for TOD implementation. This study has tried to look 
at land redevelopment especially land readjustment challenge in the current land market 
and planning system of Dhaka. The finding suggests how the role of private land 
developers my bring solution to the current challenges.