Tod for Improved Urban Livability: Opportunities for Dhaka City

Abstract

Transportation infrastructure often shapes a city’s urban form. Thus, the social, economic, and environmental elements, as well as the  quality of life, are all influenced by a city's transportation infrastructure to some extent. Considering this subsequent benefit planners  and policy makes around the world are adopting Transit Oriented Development (TOD) as an effective mechanism to bring the  synergistic benefit to ensure improved accessibility along with improved livable environment around the stations. This study has a quest to explore the relationship between TOD and livability. Furthermore, this tried to look at the livability improvement opportunity  of Dhaka through TOD planning around MRT stations. Mirpur 11 were considered as case station to explore the opportunity spatially  under the mutually exclusive variables (Density, Diversity and Design) from both TOD and Livability theories. The findings revealed a  huge opportunity of livability improvement if the TOD elements are crafted and planned carefully.