Farzana Faiza Farha
Specialization
Transportation Policy and Planning
Academic Biography
Farzana Faiza Farha is working as a Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET. She earned her Bachelor's degree from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET in 2022 and is currently pursuing her Master's degree at the same institution. Her area of interest mainly lies in the field of transportation policy and planning. She has worked on diversified domains of urban planning, including travel behavior, traffic impact assessment, transit-oriented development, public transportation planning, green space management, wetland protection and management, livelihood resilience, political economy, and participatory planning.
Contact
- Email: farha@urp.buet.ac.bd
- Email: farzanafarha.urp@gmail.com
Educational Information
- Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Continuing
- Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (BURP), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2022
Research Accounts
Consultancies
- Research Assistant, “Political Economy of Urban Green Spaces of Dhaka City,” funded by the Compass Program under the US Forest Service International Programs. 2022
Research Interests
- Travel Behavior
- Transit-Oriented Development
- Livelihood Resilience and Coping Strategies
- Political Economy
- Public Transportation
- Participatory Planning
- Green Space Management
- Wetland Protection and Management
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Nur-E-Faeeza Ankhi,
Abdullah Al Mujtabe,
Nabanita Chowdhury,
Saiba Alam,
Md Shohanur Rahman,
Mohammad Shakil Akther,
Neelopal Adri,
Farzana Faiza Farha
Formal management structure of informal market: A case study of Bou Bazar of Dhaka, Bangladesh Elsevier, Cities, 2025 Publication Type: Journal Article View Summary/Abstract , Publication Link
The increasing importance of the informal market economy as a livelihood strategy in urban areas across developing countries, particularly in Bangladesh, secures an important position for the low- and middle-income people of a city. This study focuses on Bou Bazar market of Dhaka, Bangladesh, to examine the spatial, temporal, and managerial dynamics of a market characterized by a unique structure that combines both formal and informal elements of a market. Thus, it allows the investigation of a distinct type of market model, which has the potential to perform better than pure informal markets. The study involved Focus Group Discussion with different stakeholder groups, a series of interviews, and the utilization of different Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) tools for data collection. Qualitative analysis was employed through clustering, grouping, and comparison within the collected data. Key findings include increased vendor diversity driven by growing demand, efficient use of public space with limited operating hours, improved vendor satisfaction through balancing their autonomy, external management with stakeholder collaboration and a discretionary policy of service fee which could not be assigned to any useful purpose other than exploitation. The study suggests that formal management of any informal market offers comparative advantages to ensure inclusive economic growth that can be a beneficial learning for other developing countries as well.
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Farzana Faiza Farha,
Farabi Sarker Shanto,
Fyrooz Anika Khan,
Maria Mehrin,
Asif Khan,
Nawshin Tabassum,
Paromita Nakshi
Exploring the changes in travel behavior between the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka Elsevier, Transport Policy, 2024 Publication Type: Journal Article View Summary/Abstract , Publication Link
The COVID-19 outbreak created immense disruptions in our daily lives. Travel is one of the major areas severely impacted by the pandemic. Bangladesh experienced two waves of COVID-19 between March 2020 and July 2021. Although several studies focused on significant changes in the travel behavior of urban road users before and during the pandemic, hardly any research examined the differences between the two waves. Hence, it was important to study the differences in travel behavior between the two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic to understand how the effects of travel restrictions, health concerns, and the severity of the pandemic on people's travel decisions change over time. This study intends to investigate the changes in travel behavior between the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Dhaka and the factors that influence these changes. Data were collected through online questionnaire surveys using the Google form. Voluntary response and convenience sampling techniques were used to collect responses from 447 people in Dhaka. Descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests were conducted to analyze the data. In addition, two multinomial logistic models were developed to identify the factors behind the changes in travel behavior. This study reveals that work and shopping trips increased, whereas work-from-home and online shopping somewhat decreased during the second pandemic wave compared to the first pandemic wave. Most non-car owners who reduced their use of public transportation during the first pandemic increased their use during the second wave. There was no significant increase in the use of active transport modes for work and shopping trips in Dhaka. The perceived risk of COVID-19 infection was relatively lower during the second wave, influencing the respondents to travel more frequently for work and shopping purposes. Ensuring more adaptive public transportation, flexibility to work from home, and creating supportive infrastructures for active transport modes might help to provide a safe, affordable, and efficient transportation system for all during the future waves of the pandemic and other unprecedented events.
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Farzana Faiza Farha,
RJ Biva,
M Mehrin,
MA Ali,
Md. Musleh Uddin Hasan,
Nawshin Tabassum,
Paromita Shome
Livelihood Resilience and Coping Strategies of Selected Rural Households in Bangladesh During the Covid-19 pandemic -, 13th World Congress of the RSAI, Virtual Conference, Moroccan Section of the Regional Science Association International, 2021 Publication Type: Conference Paper View Summary/Abstract , Publication Link |