Due to the macroeconomic impact of globalization, the urbanization of Bangladesh is suddenly triggered up. Poorly managed urbanization is having greater social and environmental costs, most starkly evident as an increase in urban poverty. Additionally, spatial distribution of urban poverty is creating a tremendous impact on the land use of the cities through influencing the economic structure. Consequently, planning and managing cities have become almost impossible. Therefore, there is a great scope of having improved policy & management knowledge to contribute in the development process of...