With the continuous expansion of the city, green spaces and water bodies are being replaced by housing, commercial spaces and industrial infrastructure. Dhaka city has barely 5 per cent greenery available while the livable city should contain 25 percent greenery of its total area (Siddiqua, 2017). These factors are contributing to generating heat stress, water shortage and unbearable pollution in Dhaka City. Blue spaces are evident to reduce heat stress, micro climate variability and pollution in many of the Asian countries such as Korea, Japan and China. Thus,Dhaka has a huge opportunity in adapting blue spaces associated with residence.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 11, 2019 11:24 UTC