Community Space and Social Sustainability

The transformation of space from low-rise to high-rise has had a tremendous impact on the form and structure of today s Dhaka city, Bangladesh. This high-rise urban dwelling style has ushered in a new socio-cultural era in Dhaka. This scenario is not compatible with our traditional culture; rather it ignores our social values. The focus of the study is to analyze the spatial organization of the community space of high-rise apartment buildings in relation to the high-rise community-based organizations that are responsible for managing, maintaining and keeping the social harmony through various active performances. With these assumptions, the study develops a conceptual framework based on relevant theories and concepts and aims to analyze thereby the socio-spatial context and evaluate the findings regarding the issue of social sustainability. There have been two case studies on two high-rise apartment buildings in Dhaka city. The study shows how quality community space and active social organization can maintain and promote social sustainability within high-rise apartment buildings in Dhaka city of Bangladesh.

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The author is a faculty of BRAC University. Before joining BRACU, she was a faculty of Khulna University, from where she obtained her bachelor of Architecture degree. She completed her M.Sc in Urban Planning from the University of Hong Kong.The content of the book is the dissertation in her master's degree. Dr. Mee Kam Ng was her supervisor.