Ms.
Afroza Ahmed obtained a Bachelor's in Architecture and
Master's in Urban and Regional Planning from Bangladesh
University of Engineering & Technology (BUET). She also
performed a postgraduate course on Architecture and
Development from LUND University, Sweden in 1995. She
started her architecture career in 1987 in a leading
private consultancy firm in Dhaka. She also taught at
the Mohila Polytechnic Institute, for one year (1988-89).
Ms. Afroza was involved as a national Consultant with
the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Planning Project
from 1992 to 1995. During her professional life with
DMDP, she also initiated a pilot project on Land Readjustment
Techniques in Dhaka. In 1996 she worked as a Physical
Planner with the Local Government Engineering Department
(LGED). For the last 3 years Ms. Afroza has been working
in the hygiene behaviour change programme with CARE-Bangladesh
and currently with UNICEF as a Project Officer in Water
& Environmental Sanitation Section.
The
Dhaka Metropolitan Development Planning (DMDP)
Project started in 1992 and came to an end in
1996 UNDP and the Government of the People's Republic
of Bangladesh jointly funded the project The Project's
planning components are comprised of the following
four aspects
Structure plan Urban Area Plan Detailed Area Plan
and Instruments for Implementation.
Ms. Afroza Ahmed was directly involved
in the preparation of Urban Area Plan
of the DMDP project
One of the objectives of the Urban Area Plan is
to prepare reference documents for all infrastructure
agencies like Water Supply Authority, Dhaka Electric
Supply Authority, Titas Gas, Roads & Highways
etc. and also to check the coherence of future
expansion of these utility services with the expansion
of Dhaka city
The
Land Readjustment Pilot project was a component
of Detail Area Plan
of DMDP project This is an infrastructure
development tool, especially suitable for low-density
fringe areas where private landowners
contribute a certain portion of their land to
have standard roads.
Ms. Afroza Ahmed initiated this pilot project
in one of the fringe areas of Dhaka City She organized
the community to plan their infrastructure layout
including standard road layout
using the land readjustment process.
