ANALYSIS OF MAJOR HAZARDS ON HUMAN HEALTH IN KHULNA CITY
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https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2008.9.2.0731-LKeywords:
Hazards, human health, stress and KDAAbstract
Being a developing country of the world, Bangladesh is overwhelmed with various environmental problems. The rapid increase in urban population has made a tremendous claim on the already over utilized civic facilities and created a state of disequilibrium in the urban environment. The overall environmental condition and human health condition in urban areas were miserable because of the absence of proper planning and lack of different basic services necessary for decent living in the urban area. This research identifies the major hazards that affect human health of Khulna City and find out the information about major hazards such as high population density, unhealthy housing condition, fire, bad sanitation system, improper water supply, improper solid waste management, unhygienic food, industry, insufficient health facility, water logging, noise and odour condition of the city. This study also finds out most stress areas of the city which affect human health. This research also finds out that only 33.77% people live in low and moderate stress areas. The city dwellers often suffer from several diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery and skin diseases.
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