Abstract:
Kitchen market that means traditional retail market has always been an
integral component of everyday lifestyle for the people of Dhaka city,
Bangladesh. Its importance is profusely intensified in urban areas. In
topmost cases, the supplies of these markets are not manufactured in the
urban areas. So the kitchen market performs as a connecting platform of
several functions. In a broader sense, it remains directly connected to the
overall annual economic growth of a nation. Through ages, the necessity of
the kitchen market is perpetual whereas its envelope characteristics i.e.
shape, size, pattern, spatial organization is changing. Experiencing several
metamorphic phases, presently it is config.d in the form of super-shops.
Along with the present trend of modern lifestyle, the number of super-shops
is on the rise. At present the urban population is densifying. Simultaneously
the number of super-shops is swallowing to meet the demand. But land is a
precious limited resource in any urban area. Now the question arises
whether the portion of land or space used by a community for super-shops
functions or kitchen markets is meeting the proper return on investment
(ROI). We need to know that which financial category of population is
served by the existing traditional kitchen markets and the super-shops. The
main objective of the research aims at finding out the spatial utilization of a
traditional kitchen market and modern super-shops. Furthermore a
comparative overview between these two would be presented. The end
result o f t his research m ay lead u s t o k now w hether which one between
these two types gives the more ROI and may prevail in the future. A
quantitative research method of data analysis is used for the research.
