Improving Sustainable Pedestrian Facilities in Congested Urban Areas Adapting Breeam Assessment: A Case of Dhaka, Bangladesh
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The persistence of the paper is to learn the role of walkable roads in the sustainable development of Dhaka City. Accordingly, a documented investigation through effective sources has been employed to demonstrate this study. The outcomes prove that walking can lead to sustainable urban growth from various aspects. Also, Pedestrian Facilities –which are the focal background of walking- act as focal arguments of growth in Dhaka city and have a great influence on adjusting and motivating their breeam assessment. Today due to the land kerb, lots of thick urban areas are facing pressures and difficulties, such as traffic jamming and lack of public open space. This study emphasizes finding means to condense pedestrian delay. This work presents a real scenario for sustainable pedestrian facilities through breeam assessment and offers comfortability in Urban Areas.
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