Classification of cities

QUESTION TIME

What is a city?

What is a town?

What is peri-urban?

How many people typically live in rural areas?

QUESTION TIME
 QUESTION TIME

Does Bangladesh have a megacity?

What are key types of city in Bangladesh?

Is Comilla a city corporation? Is it a metropolitan?

What is the earning of a class C municipality?

Global
These cities are key locations within the world economy,
acting as crucial centers for the global trading of goods and
services.

Mega

city with over 10 million inhabitants

Metropolis
A metropolis, from the Greek for ‘mother city’, was
initially the places from which settlers were sent to
discover, and colonize other areas.

It has since developed into a descriptive term for large cities

that are key centers of national and regional socio-
economic activity, sharing many of the same characteristics
with a global city.

Small towns/cities
Name a Global city

Name a Mega city

Do you know a Metropolis

Tokyo London
Dhaka Khulna
Classification of cities: Bangladesh context
34% of the total population lives in urban areas
Bangladesh's largest city has a population of over 10 million.

Cities in Bangladesh
 Zila Parishad

Upazila
Parisahad

Rural and Union Parishad

urbanising area
LGI
City corporation Metropolitan
Urban
Non metropolitan

A
Municipalities
B

C
Cities in Bangladesh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_City_Corporation
s_of_Bangladesh

List of city corporation

1 Mega city, 12 City Corporations and 9 Metropolitans
Paurashava Annual Income in BDT (Own source)
class

A 6 million +

B 2 million

C Who does not meet the above criteria or <2.5 million

Source: Islam, 2015

http://www.lged.gov.bd/UploadedDocument/UnitPublication/10/686/List%2
0of%20Paurashava_City%20Corporation-28May2019.pdf

Classification of municipalities
 QUESTION TIME

Does Bangladesh have a megacity?

What are key types of city in Bangladesh?

Is Comilla a city corporation? Is it a metropolitan?

What is the earning of a class C municipality?