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Land-Use, Street Configuration And Pedestrian Volume:The Case Of A Historic Town, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, Naimul Aziz

NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)

This study explores the relative connections among pedestrian movement patterns, land use and street configurations by analyzing the pedestrian volume, existing land use patterns as well as the street configuration of Mymensingh. Mymensingh is a historic town in Bangladesh which was established by the British Colonists more than 200 years ago along the river Brahmaputra. The street patterns of Mymensingh was developed by the fusion of the wide streets made by British Colonists and the narrow streets made by the local inhabitants. The juxtaposition of these street patterns created a unique type of street configuration in Mymensingh. According to Space …