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Md Waliullah

Lecturer
Specialization

Urban and Regional Planning

Academic Biography

Md Waliullah currently works at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET. He completed his Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning(BURP) from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET and is doing his Master of Urban and Regional Planning(MURP) in the same department. His research interests are Smart Cities, Applied AI/ML, Spatial Data Science, Environmental Remote Sensing, Urban Sustainability, Urban Health, and Smart Urban Management.

Contact

Email: waliullah@urp.buet.ac.bd
Email: waliullah49bang@gmail.com

Educational Information

Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Continuing
Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (BURP), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2021

Research Accounts

Consultancies

Worked as research assistant in the Project “Needs assessment of Local level Institutions on SDG Localization initiatives to implement Agenda 2030 in the context of adaptation project planning”, Funded by GIZ

Research Interests

Smart City
Applied AI/ML
Spatial Data Science
Environmental Remote Sensing
Urban Sustainability
Smart Urban Management
Urban Health

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Sayeda Laizu Aktar, Moon Islam, Nazifa Anzum, Sarah Tahsin, Md Waliullah, Md. Musleh Uddin Hasan *Modal Shift Potential of Different Mode Users Due to Introduction of the First MRT in Dhaka: A Prelaunch Study* Springer, Urban Rail Transit, 2024 Publication Type: Journal Article View Summary/Abstract , Publication Link Dhaka city is experiencing tremendous growth in traffic. Until recently, the city’s demand for traffic was entirely served by public buses, a mix of motorized and non-motorized paratransit, and private personalized transport. The first ever rail-based metro, mass rapid transit (MRT), namely MRT Line 6, was partially inaugurated on 28 December 2022. Authority expects that there will be visible modal shift. However, MRT systems in many Asian and European countries are attracting much lower private motorists than what is expected. Moreover, in Dhaka, a unique mix in road-based transport with public transit and varieties of paratransit and private personalized vehicles intensifies the uncertainties involved in modal shift. Therefore, based on a field survey done before four (04) months of the partial inauguration of MRT Line 6, this study intends to explore the modal shift potentials of different mode users to a completely new mode and the modal choice factors. The analysis of the results finds overall, 75% of all mode users are willing to shift, while para and public transit users are comparatively more willing than private personalized vehicle users. However, such willingness comes up with one or more conditions: comfort, reasonable fare, reduced total travel time, less crowd, etc. The study finds that affordability, availability, and accessibility factors have an influence on their modal shift behavior. Also, results from binary logistic model identify significant impact of several sociodemographic, trip- and accessibility-related factors influencing modal shift choice. Findings from this study explain the optimism regarding MRT by different mode users and inform the decision-makers about their course of actions including different interventions, strict and carrot approaches to hold on to the potential shifters and attract more.
Md. Hamidur Rahman, Niaz Mahmud Zafri, Fajle Rabbi Ashik, Md Waliullah, Asif Khan *Identification of risk factors contributing to COVID-19 incidence rates in Bangladesh: A GIS-based spatial modeling approach* Elsevier, Heliyon, 2021 Publication Type: Journal Article View Summary/Abstract , Publication Link Background: COVID-19 pandemic outbreak is an unprecedented shock throughout the world, which has generated a massive social, human, and economic crisis. Identification of risk factors is crucial to prevent the COVID-19 spread by taking appropriate countermeasures effectively. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the potential risk factors contributing to the COVID-19 incidence rates at the district-level in Bangladesh. Method: Spatial regression methods were applied in this study to fulfill the aim. Data related to 28 demographic, economic, built environment, health, and facilities related factors were collected from secondary sources and analyzed to explain the spatial variability of this disease incidence. Three global (ordinary least squares (OLS), spatial lag model (SLM), and spatial error model (SEM)) and one local (geographically weighted regression (GWR)) regression models were developed in this study. Results: The results of the models identified four factors: percentage of the urban population, monthly consumption, number of health workers, and distance from the capital city, as significant risk factors affecting the COVID-19 incidence rates in Bangladesh. Among the four developed models, the GWR model performed the best in explaining the variation of COVID-19 incidence rates across Bangladesh, with an R2 value of 78.6%. Conclusion: Findings and discussions from this research offer a better insight into the COVID-19 situation, which helped discuss policy implications to negotiate the future epidemic crisis. The primary policy response would be to decentralize the urban population and economic activities from and around the capital city, Dhaka, to create self-sufficient regions throughout the country, especially in the north-western region.
Niaz Mahmud Zafri, Md Nurullah, Meher Nigar Neema, Md Waliullah *Spatial accessibility to healthcare facilities in coastal region of Bangladesh* John Wiley & Sons, Inc., The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2021 Publication Type: Journal Article View Summary/Abstract , Publication Link Though equal and easy accessibility to healthcare facilities are a fundamental right, people of the coastal region often get poor accessibility to healthcare facilities. This research aimed to assess the spatial accessibility to healthcare facilities in the coastal region of Bangladesh. Patuakhali district was selected as the study area. Accessibility to three levels of healthcare facilities: Community Clinic (CC), Upazila Health Complex (UHC) and District Hospital (DH) was measured individually using Geographic Information System (GIS) adopting the simple distance measures. Finally, overall accessibility to healthcare facilities was measured by overlaying accessibility to all three levels of healthcare facilities according to their relative importance. The findings of this study showed that a significant portion (70%) of Patuakhali district had high accessibility to CC; whereas, almost 60% and 40% of the area had poor accessibility to UHC and DH, respectively. Furthermore, 40% and 28% of the area of Patuakhali district had low and high accessibility to overall healthcare facilities, respectively. Furthermore, accessibility to healthcare facilities was found very poor in rural areas, char areas, and seashore. Thereafter, it is recommended to provide an UHC in every upazila and a DH in the southern part of Galachipa upazila to ensure high spatial accessibility of healthcare facilities.

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