Impact of brick kilning industry in peri-urban Bangladesh

Abstract

The paper reports a study of brick kilning in peri-urban Dhaka, Bangladesh. The study concerns the adverse environmental effects of the industry which appears to be acting regardless of legal constraints.

Keywords:

• Bangladesh
• Brick kilning
• Environment
• Pollution

Acknowledgements

First and foremost, we would like to thank Dr Michael Brett-Crowther, the Editor, for comments and suggestions to develop the manuscript in its final form. We are also grateful to the reviewers for their time and support. Our profound gratitude goes to the respondents who shared their experiences and insights about the actual effects of brick kilns. We offer our sincere thanks to Martin Swapan Pandey, a senior sub-editor at The Daily Star, who made many helpful comments and edited a draft. This self-financed study was a joint effort by the authors.