Prospects of integrating publicly accessible urban green space for enhancing livability of a commercial area: Case study on Chaktai, Chattogram, Bangladesh

Urban green spaces, such as parks, playing fields and recreational gardens etc are commonly regarded as the lungs of a city.However, rapid urbanization and migrations towards cities in Bangladesh is causing congestion, lack of open spaces leading to high occupancy especially in commercial areas which is impacting city dwellers' well-being .To understand this situation, Chattogram in particular, Chaktai commercial area is identified for further investigation.By analyzing and surveying, using Non-Participatory Observation and interviews, this study aims to evaluate the possibility of creating public accessible green spaces in this particular area and put further recommendations to reinvigorate this area into a built environment with better living condition for its users.