Rural settlement planning: A study on developing compact village in Keota union under Rajapur Thana under Jhalakathi District
1.1 Background of the study With the pre-occupation of population explosion and its impacts on urban areas, less prominent, perhaps has been concern with the prevailing conditions for human settlements in rural areas in Bangladesh . The rural settlement of Bangladesh is characterized by ancient Agrarian rural economy. River network play a vital role to develop rural settlement in Bangladesh . The spontaneous development of rural settlement related to the natural growth of a particular area. It can be termed as a ‘natural settlement’. Modern innovations are changing the traditional practices and influence the rural settlement. Slow developments in rural areas are visible in present. Many rural settlements remain out of influence of the central places where the central places consider as a most ideal for efficient services. So that the rural area remain ignored to give services. Some problems are existent in rural settlement pattern: unplanned growth, less facilities nee