REVIEW OF LITERATURE
CHAPTER-TWO REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Therc has been little invcstigation and rcsearch on Kutcha baza.rs in Bangladesh Attempts are made to stL1dyliterature of pu.blished and L1npublishedmatcrials of local studies as well as from abroad. Research lor all possible local studies was made to trace the development and pattern of unauthorized Kutcha bazars in Dhaka City
Ahmed (1989) in hIS ,tudy identified and demarcated the different market centers found on the main thoroughfares of the city of Gaya in India. Attempt is also made to examine of hierarchical system of market centers and study their spatial pattern within the municipal limits of the city of Gaya, The study of hierarchy of retail market centers within the city of Gaya was based upon analysis of the relationship between the number of establishments and the number of business types.
Khatun (1988) examined tbe distribution pattern and characteristics tf the perishable food markets in Sylhet urban area The study revealed that distribution pattern of the markets is strongly associated with population distribution and communication facilities of the town, It is also evident that road network plays the most important role in collecting perishable foods from surrounding thanas as well as other districts. The study showed that most of the bazars have grew up spontaneously without any conscious planning and governmental assistance. As a result most of the bazars are in very bad shape and government is being deprived of huge amount ofrevenue
Khan (1963) in his 8tudy determined the trade areas of the food markets to investigate their functions and to examine their layouts. Here some guidelines and suggestions have been offered. The service areas should be within walking distance because most of people purchase meat. fish and vegetables everyday. The location of the markets should be done after conducting tratlic COlint at the focal points. With the rapid growtb of Dhaka City, the existing markets have become too small to meet the growing needs. Vegetable stalls have sprung up 011both sides of roads leading to the markets, The houses around the markets are being converted into shops, The residential quality of the area is being affected because of growing unauthorized shops, Also the parking and traffic conditions have become a great problem in the
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already congested area of the market~ Solution of these problems lies in establishing more markets in appropriate places after proper survey.
Gaile (1988) in his study presented that Kenya's rural trade center was designed to use small towns to stimulate market expansions in areas of high-unmet agricultural potential. The logic of the program is consistent with a formula-based method presented there, The method i~ helpful for planners who sort locations for investments in small town. Geographical technique!' are used in this method to delimit market areas and define some of their characteristic!'. This methodology distinctly acknowledges the importance of rural-urban linkages in developing decisions, The .specific approaches to these location choices should be adaptable to other developing
countries attempting to expand markets
Huq (1974) carried out a sy"tematic ~tudy on the distributional pattern of Banks in Dhaka City, Her study is based on of analytical approach and showed that the location of banks in Dhaka City were clustered near the CBD and the number of Banks decreases with the increase of distance from CBD The techniques used for analysis of loeation pallern of Banks were the nearest neighbor techniques.
Islam (1972) studied the "Planning of shopping centers for greater Dhaka City". His study was also a normative type and recommended more new shopping centers in the City
Shaha (1979) studied the hierarchy of central place~ in "Intra. Urban central places;
Centrality study of Markct cemers as a planning tool" Her study was also a nonnative type and recommends the beller utilization of the commercial structure for overcoming stress and imbalance problems prevailing in the market centers. First order to lower order market centers are necessary for better transportation network, easy access and the cost involved in acquiring goods and services facilities should be m,mmum
Mollah (1975) studied on the "Commercial Structure of Dhaka City with special Reference to Retailing", His study was a normative type and the study discovered that the market centers are nOt properly distributed both in terms of loeational and
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hierarchical di~trihution and also the market centers are greatly overcrowded becau~e of1ocationai problem.
Hoque (1986) studied the '.Formuiatlon of Planning Guide lines for location of vegetables markets in the city of Dhaka" His stlldy was of a normative type and recommends the principles for the selection of a vegetable market within the Dhaka City with the aim of enabling the provision of some guidelines for estab~shment of
fllture market centre in the cities of Bangladesh. He suggested a new model, which has been, developed considering the ~hortcomings of the existing markets of Dhaka City and the aspects of vegetables marketing, The model can be used for any future vegetable markets development [!oth sellers and buyers ,hould be considered in any construction of markets in the future,
Akin (1964) Studied the" The evolution and analysi~ of the retail structure of Lagos, Nigeria" The study dlscovered that the markets are ,pecialized retail centers. The fact is that they handle almost all the trade in foodstuffs, vegetables and animal products, The study showed lhat most of the markels have survived and continued to play an important role in neighborhood retailing, One of the intere~ting discoveries of the study is the relationship that exi,ts between the location of neighborhood business streets and [he markets
Jahan & Kamal (1999), studied the spatial distribmion of public facilities with the help of the quadrat method in map ana1y"is, The method provides an etllcient means for evaluating [he map distribulion of points, The application of the method has provided us with valuable results, which could be useful for planning purpose. The public facilities under the study have been di~lributed eilher randomly or in an aggregated manner (1e. clustered) Randomne~s has heen observed in the distribution of markets The spatial distribulion of market. has been found random The important point Ihat emerges !Tom thi~ analysis is that for Scbools, Colleges and markets there lies a uniform probability of occurrence over the city area as their distribution js random.
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