COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN KHULNA CITY: Emerging problems in context of regulatory arrangements

Commercial activities identify as major characteristics of the urban areas. In the developed countries commercial establishment arranges with a planning manner that guide by the urban planning proforma. But in Bangladesh where natural development prevails all over the urban areas, commercial establishment haphazardly develops without any planning manner. As a result, congestion on the through fare, environmental hazards dominate by such type of development.

Locational importance of the commercial establishment increases the business performances and healthy living environment. Different type of commercial establishments is viewed in the urban areas of Bangladesh. Different type of structural condition and building materials also involves with this. Such difference presents building heights, locational criterion, uses of the premises and importance of the goods transacted. It also varies according to the importance of the area, land value, population density, accessibility and government control. The urban area where governmental control is efficient and rigid the scenario quite improved there.

Market, shop, office, godown, service center, etc. considers as commercial establishment. But the contemporary regulations could not include all type of commercial developments. Therefore, a large number of developments maintain their activities without prior approval of the government. The prescribed regulations, which enforces by the authorities, are out dated. Enforcement procedures also in primitive system. In consideration of the entire scenario, it is said that the problems available with the commercial establishments due to the lack of appropriate regulations and disputed enforcement procedures.

The study emphasizes on the contemporary regulatory arrangements related with the physical development rather than commercial transaction of the establishments. Present scenario, role on the urban development, involvement of the regulations, problems on the enforcement procedures of the commercial establishment is the major elements of this study. A guideline also prescribed according to the problems identified through this study.