“Worlding” Bangladeshi urbanism through water

Figures & data

Figure 1. Hatirjheel Lake. Photograph by Shreyashi Dasgupta, 2016. CC BY 4.0.

Photograph of Hatirjheel Lake at dusk, showing a curved bridge stretching across the water and leading toward high-rises on the other side of the lake.

Figure 2. People crossing the Gulshan-Banani Lake by raft. Photograph by Shreyashi Dasgupta, 2016. CC BY 4.0.

Photograph of Gulshan-Banani Lake, showing a cluster of tin-shed houses on stilts on the opposite side of the lake. In the middle of the lake, three men are paddling an improvised, plastic-covered raft with their hands.

Figure 3. Rickshaws navigating the flooded streets of Dhaka (faces blurred to prevent identification). Photograph by Annemiek Prins, 2017. CC BY 4.0.

Photograph of a flooded yet sunny street, showing busy traffic and a long queue of colorful cycle-rickshaws slowly plowing through the water. The picture focuses on a cycle-rickshaw driver who is approaching from the opposite direction. His passenger, a young girl, is holding a purple-pink umbrella to protect herself from the sun. The faces of people have been blurred to prevent identification.

Figure 4. Rickshaws parked next to a drainage canal. Photograph by Annemiek Prins, 2022. CC BY 4.0.

Photograph of a shallow canal, with garbage accumulating on the left side under a structure of bamboo. Next to it, a few empty rickshaw carts have been parked on a patch of dirt. On the other side of the canal there are green bushes and apartment blocks.