Dhaka, Bangladesh

Question 1

Population density per km2

Answer 1

20,000

Question 2

X3 reasons for rapid growth

Answer 2

• natural increase
• rural urban migration (rural poverty)
• landlessness (flooding)

Question 3

Proportion of Bangladesh’s garment employees living in Dhaka

Answer 3

80%

Question 4

Unemployment rate

Answer 4

23%

Question 5

% of labour self-employed

Answer 5

33%

Question 6

What type of labour is common in poor households?

Answer 6

child labour

Question 7

Who is excluded from much work in transport, services and trade?

Answer 7

women

Question 8

How many EPZs in Dhaka?

Answer 8

2

Question 9

How many industries in Dhaka’s EPZs?

Answer 9

413

Question 10

Name of one of Dhaka’s EPZs

Answer 10

Bashundhara City

Question 11

% classified as poor in DHaka

Answer 11

28%

Question 12

% classified as extremely poor in Dhaka

Answer 12

12%

Question 13

% living in permanent housing

Answer 13

5%

Question 14

Number living in slums in DHaka

Answer 14

4.2million

Question 15

% of slums w/ government school

Answer 15

25%

Question 16

NGO which provides transport and income-generation loans to help migrants return to their rural villages?

Answer 16

Ghore Fera

Question 17

Type of system where domestic innovation and income can be generated

Answer 17

micro-credit schemes

Question 18

What would corporation w/ local communities result in?

Answer 18

trust in legal system

reduction in violent crime

Question 19

Method being promoted to tackle air pollution

Answer 19

use of clean-gas stoves

Question 20

Heavy reliance on what type of system to gain water

Answer 20

tube wells

Question 21

What materials are combusted for cooking heat?

Answer 21

wood and dung

Question 22

consequences of combusting wood and dung for cooking heat?

Answer 22

air pollution + illness

Question 23

% connected to public sewer system

Answer 23

27%

Question 24

What type of water enters the general use water systems?

Answer 24

almost all industrial + agricultural waste, untreated

Question 25

poor management of water has cost what $$$ including health costs

Answer 25

US $670million

Question 26

When was a ban on two-stroke rickshaws to tackle air pollution put in place?

Answer 26

2003

Question 27

What ban was put in place in 2003 to tackle air pollution?

Answer 27

two-stroke rickshaws

Question 28

What type of fuel has there been a ban on?

Answer 28

leaded petrol

Question 29

Name a consolidating megacity

Answer 29

Nairobi

Question 30

What is Nairobi doing that is sustainable for its population?

Answer 30

• providing security of tenure

- providing government grants for slum upgrades

Question 31

Name an immature megacity

Answer 31

Kabul