Planning and Development Research

ABSTRACT Environmental management of hospital has become a matter of major concern in recent days with the growth of health facilities in both public and private sectors of Bangladesh. Environmental management of hospitals means to manage those functions of the hospitals which can be harmful for the urban environment. Traditionally hospital waste is the major concern for environmental management of hospitals. In this study beside the clinical waste management, the locational and site characteristics of the hospitals are also studied. In Khulna City there are 7 public and 65 private hospitals and clinics. These hospitals are clustered in some particular areas which are less density populated areas. Most of them are located in the residential areas which are not suitable for city’s environment. The hospitals stand beside the road and there are no facilities for car parking and this create problems for pedestrian movement. The hospitals in Khulna City generate about 1581 kg of w

Abstract Development and management of cities is one of the major challenges of the time as  well as one of the most complex tasks of our societies. Municipalities are increasingly  becoming unable to satisfy the city dwellers with urban basic service delivery. Public  sectors in partnership with the private ones, for instance, private companies, financial  companies and business classes can work together for not only efficient service delivery  but also for municipal plan preparation and implementation in the new world order.  New governance does not mean the end or decline of the state but transformation and  adaptation of the state to the society it is currently emergence in. worldwide ideological  shift towards market principles is another explanation for the emergence of new form of  urban governance. In this context, Public-Private Partnership (PPP) might be an  effective solution in the municipal services delivery. The present study  demonstrates the prospects of PPP and