Editing Dhaka (section)

=== Cityscape ===
[[File:Dhaka 14th March (32595709004).jpg|thumb|Cityscape of Dhaka]]
Except [[Old Dhaka]], which is an old [[bazaar]]-style neighbourhood, the layout of the city follows a grid pattern with organic development influenced by traditional South Asian as well as Middle Eastern and Western patterns. Growth of the city is largely unplanned and is focused on the northern regions and around the city centre, where many of the more affluent neighbourhoods may be found.<ref name="Sohn Moudon Lee pp. 115–128">{{Cite journal |last1=Sohn |first1=Dong Wook |last2=Moudon |first2=Anne Vernez |last3=Lee |first3=Jeasun |date=4 April 2012 |title=The economic value of walkable neighborhoods |journal=Urban Design International |publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=115–128 |doi=10.1057/udi.2012.1 |issn=1357-5317 |s2cid=109091026}}</ref> Most of the construction in the city consists of concrete [[high-rise building]]s. Middle-class and upper-class housing, along with commercial and industrial areas, occupy most of the city. However, nearly one third of Dhaka's population lives in [[slum]]s, as of 2016 (see below).<ref name=":1" />

Dhaka does not have a well-defined [[central business district]]. [[Old Dhaka]] is the historic commercial centre, but most development has moved to the north. In 1985, the area around [[Motijheel Thana|Motijheel]] was considered the "modern" CBD, while by 2005 [[Gulshan Thana|Gulshan]] was considered the "newest" part of the CBD. Many Bangladeshi government institutions can be found in [[Motijheel Thana|Motijheel]], [[Segunbagicha]], [[Tejgaon Thana|Tejgaon]], [[Karwan Bazar]], and [[Sher-e-Bangla Nagar]].<ref name="Siddiqui2010">{{Cite book |last1=Siddiqui |first1=K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqTeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT32 |title=Social Formation in Dhaka, 1985-2005: A Longitudinal Study of Society in a Third World Megacity |last2=Ahmed |first2=J. |last3=Siddique |first3=K. |last4=Huq |first4=S. |last5=Hossain |first5=A. |last6=Nazimud-Doula |first6=S. |last7=Rezawana |first7=N. |publisher=Routledge |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-317-05400-9 |pages=6, 12 |access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref>

Much activity is centred around a few large roads, where road laws are rarely obeyed and street vendors and beggars are frequently encountered.<ref name="Sohn Moudon Lee pp. 115–128" /><ref name="Kalabamu 1987 pp. 123–131">{{Cite journal |last=Kalabamu |first=Faustin T. |year=1987 |title=Rickshaws and the traffic problems of Dhaka |journal=Habitat International |publisher=Elsevier BV |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=123–131 |doi=10.1016/0197-3975(87)90063-4 |issn=0197-3975}}</ref>

For much of recent history, Dhaka was characterized by roadside markets and small shops that sold a wide variety of goods.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Seabrook |first=Jeremy |url=https://archive.org/details/incitiesofsouths0004seab/page/221 |title=In the Cities of the South: Scenes from a Developing World |publisher=Verso Books |year=1996 |isbn=1-85984-081-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/incitiesofsouths0004seab/page/221 221]}}</ref> Recent years have seen the widespread construction of shopping malls.<ref>{{Cite book |title=World and Its Peoples |publisher=Marshall Cavendish Corporation |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7614-7631-3 |page=489}}</ref> Two of the largest shopping malls in the city and the wider South Asian region are the [[Jamuna Future Park]] and [[Bashundhara City]].