URBANIZATION AND SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT IN BANGLADESH: AN APPLICATION TOWARDS MODIFIED GROWTH POLE MODEL

Abstract

The modified growth pole asserts that urbanization and spatial development are
interrelated process. The principal objectives of this study are to examine the broad
rudiments of the modified growth pole theme and to examine the roles of six
ecological variables on urbanization and spatial development in Bangladesh. The
six hypotheses underlying this study were tested for both urbanization and spatial
development separately and for the years 1974 and 1991. The modified growth
pole model is examined in this study by employing multiple regression analysis.
Results of this study provided an insight to the growth pole theory and its
applicability in the Third World dual economic conditions. It is observed from the
study that both urbanization and spatial development are inter-linked and
urbanization accelerates the process of spatial development.