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25. Ethics and Professionalism in Planning Practice: An Experience from Dhaka

Authors : Shakil Akther, Ishrat Islam

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Abstract

Ethical and professional dimensions of planning practice deal with the art and science of urban planning, in its many aspects. Ethics in planning are the values, standards, and philosophies that planners live by. Ethical planning helps planners establish codes of professional behaviors, and collectively ethics which translated into institutional, government policies and programs. In Dhaka, planning practitioners struggle with three priorities, i.e. environmental protection, economic development and social equity in the context of a fast paced urbanization and limited resources. In this chapter, we explore how the ethical issues of planning were perceived by the professionals, academics, civil society, media, government and politicians during the preparation, monitoring and implementation of Detailed Area Plan (DAP) of Dhaka Metropolitan Area.

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Footnotes
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In Bangladesh land parcel maps are known as Mouza maps. Mouza is the lowest level of aerial unit of land since Mughal period in Bangladesh. Every land parcel belongs to one Mouza and larger mouzas have two more sheets to cover all the land parcels belongs to map.
 
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Metadata
Title
Ethics and Professionalism in Planning Practice: An Experience from Dhaka
Authors
Shakil Akther
Ishrat Islam
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Urban and Regional Planning and Development

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-31775-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-31776-8

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31776-8_25