Functional relationship between Circulation and Land use in the CBD of Khulna city: An urban design perspective
Landuse of Ground floor in the CBD of Khulna City Abstract Urban Design is a special approach to planning which inherit the capability to provide environment friendly city appearance. This study depicts the application of urban design technique to achieve better circulation system and land use pattern for the CBD of Khulna city. Khulna is the third largest city of Bangladesh and Khulna CBD is the core business center of it. It is expanding day after day but its intra circulation provision is remaining unplanned and the land use is uncontrolled. So, this study aims to open up feasible urban design treatment for achieving such land use and circulation system for Khulna CBD which is more functional. The functional level of circulation and land use of the CBD of Khulna city has been analyzed on the basis of urban design criteria: permeability, legibility, robustness, visual appropriateness, richness, personalization as well as urban design elements: land use, building forms and