Impact of Urbanization in a Town of Bangladesh: A Study on changes of Social-Cultural and Political Dynamics

Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Moshfeka Khatun, Md. Abdullah Al Helal

Abstract

The paper is an attempt to scrutinize various dynamics of socio-cultural, socio- political changes resulted from urbanization in a town of Bangladesh. The present anthropological study is based on the theoretical and methodological approaches used in the researches conduct in urban anthropology. The study has been accomplished of adopting both the qualitative and quantitative methods, and various techniques of data collection have also been used that operated quite successfully in terms of the urban social context. A survey questionnaire was adopted to collect data from 85respondents following random sampling. The study finds that the reduction of social contacts and ideational mobility has increased the feelings of insecurity of much urbanity. Interaction between kinship groups are less often authorities and economic but restricted to social, emotional relationship. In addition, different urban facilities i.e.-internet facility availibity, living in a nuclear family, legal services, borrowing money from banks and people’s affiliation with different voluntary organization have overwhelmingly implicated with the urban life of Bogra town. Urbanization process, however, of Bogra town has made great development both on the demographic and geographic sectors, and in the urban way of life people are now more closely associated with the conditions of urban life.

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