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FACULTY MEMBER Tanjil Sowgat Lecturer |
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Academic Qualifications: PhD in Urban Studies,Heriot-Watt University, UK, yet to complete
MSc. in Spatial Planning, Oxford Brookes University, UK, 2005
Bachelor of Urban and Rural Planning,Khulna University, Bangladesh, 2003
E-mail: tsowgat@yahoo.com , tsowgat@kuurp.ac.bd
Webpage: http://www.kuurp.ac.bd/tanjil.html
Employment Record:
1. Lecturer-Urban and Rural Planning Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh, Dec 2003- Sept 2007
2.Good Will Ambassador and field level data collector -Gender Equality Policy Group, BUET & Bangladesh and University of Alberta, Canada Institutional Linkage Project, BUET, Bangladesh, May 2003 - Dec 2003
Current Courses:
On Study Leave
Research Experiences:
1.Research consultant, Client: KU-CDMP Partnership Project, URP Discipline, Khulna University(KU), Khulna& Climate Disaster Management Project(CDMP), UNDP, Feb 2007-Aug 2007,Project Title: ‘Developing an Effective Community Based All Hazards Early Warning Dissemination UNDP System (EWDS) Considering Local Community’s Disaster Vulnerability’
2.Research Consultant, Client: Jagroto Jubo Songstha (JJS), Bangladesh ,Oct 2006 - Nov 2006,Research title: "Impact of Structural Adjustment on livelihood of the industrial workers: the case of Khulna, Bangladesh."
Publications:
1. Sowgat T. (2010) Theories of Development: Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives by Richard Peet & Elaine Hartwick: The Guilford Press, Housing Studies, Volume 25, Issue 1(Book Review).
2. Sowgat T. Wang Y.P. and McWilliams C. (2010) Ten years of poverty reduction agendas in Bangladesh and the delivery obstacles for local level urban spatial plans. International Conference on Ten years of poverty: what have we learned since 2000 and what should we do 2010-2020?, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
3. Sowgat T. (2010)Assessing pro-poorness of the income and employment related urban spatial strategies in Khulna, Bangladesh.Heriot-Watt Post-Graduate Research Conference on "Productivity, Efficiency and Optimization - Heriot-Watt University working towards a brighter future!” Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK 4. Sowgat T. and Roy S. (2008) Planning challenges in Barcelona, Spain. Plan Plus, Vol.-1, No.-3, Bangladesh, Khulna.
5. Saaed S. and Sowgat T. (2007) Financial capital of informal sector: An analysis on the informal Business. International Conference on Regional Planning, BRSA, BUET, Bangladesh.
6.Sowgat T. and Roy S. (2006) Planning Response to adapt Climate Change in Khulna City, Bangladesh. Planning Review, Vol-2, No.- 2. Jahangir Nagar University, Bangladesh.
7. Sowgat T. and Roy S. (2005) Chronological Evolution of Squatter Settlements of Dhaka from Mughal Bengal to the present. ‘Nagar Soelee’, Vol-1, No.-1, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET, Bangladesh.
8.Sowgat T. and Roy S. (2004) Localization of global approaches to make a city highway more responsive for pedestrians. International Conference Organized by Commonwealth Association of Planners, CAP Malaysia.
9.Sowgat T and Rahman R. (2003) Pedestrian traffic situation: The case of Khulna CBD.International seminar on ‘Architecture: Overcoming Constraints’, BUET, Bangladesh.