Assistant Professor
Anutosh Das is an Early Career Researcher and Urban Planner turned climate enthusiast passionate about research in climate change issues and their impacts on the environment. As a researcher and practitioner, he wishes to comprehend the interplay between haphazard urban growth and the environmental Sustainability of cities from a global, inclusive standpoint. Mr Das started his career as an Academician at the Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Bangladesh in 2016 where he rose through the academic ranks to his current position. He is a graduate of Urban Planning from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and earned an MSc. degree in Urban Planning from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) as an ADB-JSP Fellow. To highlight his vivid professional career, he is an affiliated member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as well as a Member of the Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP). He is an Editorial Board Member of the Planning and Development, Journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) and a Member of the exquisite Regional Science Association International (RSAI). As an interdisciplinary researcher, he is predominantly interested in effecting positive change globally in cities and urban environments. Mr Das’s research interests are diverse but all revolve around Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis, Mitigation and Adaptation Planning with a core focus on Green Growth, The Economics of Climate Change, Natural Resource Management and Regional Econometric Analysis. His related research at the intersection of Urban Planning and Natural Resource management has been published in top policy, economics and urban studies journals. His profound academic and professional background focuses on the sound assimilation of the global economic and socio-political context in addressing evidence-based solutions for congruent urban development. His research mainly seeks to address how Economic Tools and Policy Instruments can mainstream governance issues as an adaptive measure toward global climate change.
Project Title: The Economics of Non-Renewable Natural Resource Depletion Externalities: Lessons from Groundwater
Overdraft in the NorthWestern Region of Bangladesh.
Funding Source:
Young Professional Research Grant, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Bangladesh.
Grant Period: 2022-2023
Research Grant No: DRE/7/RUET/574(58)/PRA/2022-23/05
Urban & Regional Planning
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
Urban & Regional Planning
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
| SL | Authors | Title | Publisher Details | Publication Year | Type |
| 1 | Anutosh Das, Sumita Roy | The New Institutional Economic Approach to Land Development Game: Integrating Transaction Cost and Efficient Institutional Framework in Synergic Urban Land Use-Transport Development Model | Heliyon, Elsevier | 2023 | Journal |
| 2 | Anutosh Das, Sharmin Akter, Sumita Roy, Mohammad Shahriyar Parvez | Probing the Potential of Community-Based Transportation Facilities in the Developing Countries: A Case of Community Managed School Van Service in Dhaka City | ICERIE 2023: 7th International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation, and Education | 2023 | Conference |
| 3 | Mirza Md Tasnim Mukarram, Quazi Umme Rukiya, Mirza Md Tahsin Mukarram, Anutosh Das | GIS-based Spatial Assessment of Post COVID Water Quality Status of Turag River for Water Resource Conservation in Bangladesh | Journal of Environmental Issues and Climate Change | 2023 | Journal |
| 4 | Jenifar Selim, Tanmoy Dev, Sharmin Akter, Anutosh Das & Md. Sakib Zubayer | Assessment of River Erosion’s Situation on the Basis of Influence Area: A Case Study on Gaibandha, Jamalpur and Sherpur District of Bangladesh | Springer Nature | 2022 | Book Chapter |
| 5 | Das, A., Kashem, S., Hasan, M. | Using market mechanism to stimulate sustainable use of non-renewable environmental resource, groundwater in Barind Tract of Bangladesh | HKIE Transaction (Taylor & Francis Online) | 2021 | Journal |
| 6 | Anutosh Das, CHAN Lok Hang, LEONG Sin Ying, MAN Ho Yin, NGAN Pak Lun, TANG Yuen Ting, TSANG, Tsz Man, TSE Yi Lam, | Strategic Planning Approaches, Processesa Practices: International Review and Lessons To Learn for HK 2030+ | DUPAD,HKU | 2021 | Journal |
| 7 | Anutosh Das,Chan Lok Hang, Chan Yik Fung, Cheung Kin Yi, Leong Sin Ying, Leung Yik Lun, Lok Tsz Yin, Ng Cheuk Yee, Ngan Pak Lun | Planning For an Age-Friendly Kowloon City | DUPAD,HKU | 2021 | Journal |
| 8 | Anutosh Das, Sumita Roy, Md. Shahriyar Parvez, Md. Musleh Uddin Hasan | Decentralized activity centers in rural Bangladesh: A step towards effective emergency situation management in the post-pandemic cities | Journal of Urban Management (Elsevier) | 2021 | Journal |
| 9 | Anutosh Das, Mohammad Shahriyar Parvez, Md. Sakib Zubayer, Md. Shakil Ar. Salan | A Generic Methodology for Dynamic Short Run Regional Econometric Analysis in Bangladesh | Journal of Bangladesh Studies | 2021 | Journal |
| 10 | Das A. | Public Housing in the Global Cities: Hong Kong and Singapore at the Crossroads | Urban and Regional Planning | 2021 | Journal |
| 11 | Mohammad Shahriyar Parvez, Anutosh Das, Md. Sakib Zubayer | Evaluating Local Economic Structure Through An Integrated Approach Of Location Quotients And Shift-Share Analysis: Lesson Learnt From Narayanganj District, Bangladesh | MIST Journal of Science and Technology, Volume 8, Issue 1, ISSN 2224-2007 | 2020 | Journal |
| 12 | Shajibul Haque, Muhtasim Ahmed, Shahariar Rahman, Anutosh Das, Faria Afrin Zinia | Potentiality of Water Transport as Future Mode of Transportation: Designing A Probable Network To Create A Place of Recreation in Rajshahi City Corporation | 5th International Water Conference 2020, Organized by ActionAid, Bangladesh | 2020 | Conference |
| 13 | Shajibul Haque, Anutosh Das, Faria Afrin Zinia | Spectacular City Planning Peruses Transport Circulation to Create A Place of Fluid Landscape Paradise : Introducing Water Transport As Future Mode Of Transportation in Rajshahi City Corporation, Bangladesh | International Conference on Earth and Environmental Sciences & Technology for Sustainable Development (ICEEST 2020) | 2020 | Conference |
| 14 | Das, A. | Land Readjustment as an Instrument for Governing Megacity’s Urban Sprawl and Ecologically Critical Areas: A Reflection on the Experimental Upshot from Bangladesh | Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners | 2020 | Journal |
| 15 | Anutosh Das, Faria Afrin Zinia, Md. Sakib Zubayer, Md. Abdus Salam, A. Latif Patwary | Flyover’s Contribution in Aggravating the Traffic Problems of Megacities: A Synthesis of Mogbazar-Mouchak Flyover in Dhaka, Bangladesh | Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners | 2020 | Journal |
| 16 | Das, A. | Urban Planning in the ICT Age: The Chronicle of Evolution | Planning and Development : Journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) | 2020 | Journal |
| 17 | Das, A. | Low Carbon Growth, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Nexus: The Tale of Hong Kong | Journal of Environmental Engineering and Its Scope, Vol. 2(3), 1–10. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3598294 | 2020 | Journal |
| 18 | Faisal, A., Akter,A., Chowdhury, N., Das, A., Zinia, F. | Dependency of Urban People on Private Motorized Vehicles: A Critical Measurement in Bangladesh | Journal of Geographical Studies, 3(1), 24-35. 10.21523/gcj5.19030103 | 2020 | Journal |
| 19 | Faisal, A. A., Haque S., Roman, M. U., Hossain, N., Das, A. | Impact on Community Livelihood Pattern Extrating Common Pool Resources Driving Toward Treagedy of Commons: A Participatory Approach of Local Water Channel, Bangladesh | International Conference on Resource Management for Inclusive Development. Pune, India | 2020 | Conference |
| 20 | Das, A. | Bridging the Urban Divide: A Critical Review of Bottom-Up Communicative Planning Measures in Bangladesh | International Journal of Town Planning and Management ISSN: 2456-5253 Vol. 6: Issue 1 | 2020 | Journal |
| 21 | Hasan, M. M., Alam, A., Mim, A. M., & Das, A. | Identifying User Satisfaction Level of Road services: A Focus on Rajshahi City Bypass Road, Bangladesh | Transportation Research Procedia, 48, 3132-3152. Elsevier | 2020 | Journal |
| 22 | Islam, M., Kashem, S., Morshed, S., Rahman, M. M., Das, A. | Dynamics of Seasonal Migration of Rural Livelihood | Advanced Journal of Social Science, 5(1), 81-92. | 2019 | Journal |
| 23 | Islam, M., Islam, R., Das, A. | Evaluation of Divisional Growth Disparities in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Regional Employment Sector | International Journal of Rural and Regional Planning Development, Vol. 4( 2), 27-35 | 2019 | Journal |
| 24 | Nahar, A., Kashem, S., Das, A. | Regionalization of Bangladesh: A Key to Identify Regional Disparities of the Pattern of Population Distribution | Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, 4(1), 5-9, ISSN: 2637-4358 | 2019 | Journal |
| 25 | Das, A., Salan, S. A., Zubayer, M. S. | Regional Competitiveness Analysis: A Prime Focus on Region's Spatio-Functional Gap and Median Population Threshold Assessment | International Conference on Urban and Regional Planning, Organized by Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) ,Dhaka,Bangladesh, 05-06 October, 2019, PP. 541-549, ISBN: 978-984-34-7970-9. | 2019 | Conference |
| 26 | Parvez, M. S., Saifullah, M., Das, A., Zubayer, M. S. | An Analytical Approach to Measure the inequality in physician distribution of Bangladesh using Gini Coefficient | The 16th Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization Summer Institute (New Landscape of Data and Sustainable Development), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, July 2019. | 2019 | Conference |
| 27 | Zubayer, M. S.,Roy, S., Ferdous, L., Das, A. | Inequality in Employment Distribution in Bangladesh: An Assessment with Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient | The 16th Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization Summer Institute(New Landscape of Data and Sustainable Development), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, July 2019. | 2019 | Conference |
| 28 | Mohammed, M., Shatil, A., Das, A. | Global Environmental Politics and Developing Nations' Climatic Vulnerability Nexus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Proceeding of the International Conference on Climate Change, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 09-10, 2019. | 2019 | Conference |
| 29 | Juy, N., Akter, A., Das, A., Zubayer, M. S. | An Analytical Approach to Measure the Dissimilation of Private Banking Sector in Bangladesh | International Conference on Urban and Regional Planning, Organized by Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) ,Dhaka,Bangladesh, 05-06 October, 2019, PP. 600-607, ISBN: 978-984-34-7970-9. | 2019 | Conference |
| 30 | Khatun, A., Akter, S., Das, A., Zubayer, M. S. | Delineation Of Economically Potential Regions Through Economic Competitiveness Analysis | International Conference on Urban and Regional Planning, Organized by Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) ,Dhaka, Bangladesh, 05-06 October, 2019, PP. 513-522, ISBN: 978-984-34-7970-9. | 2019 | Conference |
| 31 | Selim, J., Dev, T., Das, A., Zubayer, M. S. | Assessment of Total Forest Land of Bangladesh | International Conference on Urban and Regional Planning, Organized by Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) ,Dhaka, Bangladesh, 05-06 October, 2019, PP. 523-530, ISBN: 978-984-34-7970-9. | 2019 | Conference |
| 32 | Nahar, A., Shuvo, I., Rahman, H., Rahman, M., Das, A. | Identification of the Trend of Agricultural Land Transformation Using PRA Tools: A Case Study of Rajshahi | nternational Conference on Urban and Regional Planning, Organized by Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) ,Dhaka,Bangladesh, 05-06 October, 2019, PP. 236-245, ISBN: 978-984-34-7970-9. | 2019 | Conference |
| 33 | Ahmed, B., Kelman, I., Kamruzzaman, Mohiuddin, H., Rahman, M., Das, A., Fordham, M., Shamsudduha, M. | Indigenous people’s responses to drought in northwest Bangladesh | Environmental Development, ELSEVIER, Volume 29, March 2019, 55-66, ISSN 2211-4645 | 2018 | Journal |
| 34 | Das, A. | The Changing Face of a Megacity’s Key Industrial Hub in Bangladesh: Towards Assessing its Emerging Transformation Pattern for Congruent Future Urban Development | Jahangirnagar University Planning Review, Volume 16, June, 2018, pp. 53-70, ISSN 1728-4198 | 2018 | Journal |
| 35 | Islam, M., Islam, R., Das, A. | Ascertaining Regional Disparities in Living Condition through Formal Regionalization: An Instance of Bangladesh | Plan Plus, Volume 8 (15-24), 2018, ISSN 1608-7844. | 2018 | Journal |
| 36 | Hossain, N., Das, A., Labib, S., M., Mohiuddin, H. | Recognition of Rural-Urban Linkage through Understanding the Potential Impact of Growth Center: A Case Study of Paragram Hut, Nawabganj, Dhaka | SSRN Electronic Journal, (1556-5068), http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3273297 | 2018 | Journal |
| 37 | Salan, MSA., Rahman, N., Rahman, S., Hossain, N., Hossain, N., Das, A. | Formulation of Community-Based Strategies to Mitigate the Impact of a New Road Construction on Housing and Environment | International Journal of Town Planning and Management, Volume 04, Issue 02, 2018 (48-58), eISSN 2456-5253. | 2018 | Journal |
| 38 | Nahar, A., Chakma, R., Uddin, N., Das, A. | Existing Situation of on Street Parking and Impacts on Effective Carriageway Width and V/C Ratio: A Case Study of Rajshahi City Corporation Area | International Journal of Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2018, pp. 33-42. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20180602.12 | 2018 | Journal |
| 39 | Hasan, M., Ganguly, B.,Chowdhur, S. R., Rahman, G. A., Sami,S., Sultana, J., Kafy, A., Das, A. | Analyzing the Impact of Land Use and Roadside Informal Activity on Transportation System: A Case Study in Rajshahi City Corporation, l of TransportBangladesh | International Journaation Engineering and Traffic System, Vol. 04, No. 02, 2018, PP. 18-31, eISSN 2456-2343 | 2018 | Journal |
| 40 | Nazmun, L., Islam, M., Tisha, S., Das. A. | Formal Region Delineation on the Basis of Agricultural Productivity and Growth Center | Trend in Civil Eng & Arch, 3(1), 358-363. DOI: 10.32474/TCEIA.2018.03.000155 | 2018 | Journal |
| 41 | Tonoy, N. A., Nazir, N. B., Das, A., Zubayer, S. | Environmental Regionalization of Bangladesh: A Case Study Based on Reserve Forest, Water Body, Brick Kilns, Rainfall and Temperature | Annual Conference on Regional Science, 2018 (ACRS2), Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25-26 October, 2017. | 2018 | Conference |
| 42 | Akter, N., Akter, A., Das, A., Zubayer, S. | Formal Regionalization of Bangladesh: Dependency on Agro-based Industry | Annual Conference on Regional Science, 2018 (ACRS2), Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25-26 October, 2017. | 2018 | Conference |
| 43 | Mohammad, M., Siam, A., Das, A., Zubayer, S. | An Analysis on Diversification of Health Condition in Bangladesh through Formal Regionalization | Annual Conference on Regional Science, 2018 (ACRS2), Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25-26 October, 2017. | 2018 | Conference |
| 44 | Faisal, A., Akter, A., Das, A., Hossain, N., Tonoy, N., Khan, H., Siam, I. | A Move Towards Sustainable Urbanism: Reconnecting the City with Urban People Through a Vibrant Riverfront Landscape Design | International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 8, Issue 11, November-2017 , ISSN 2229-5518. | 2017 | Journal |
| 45 | Zerin, S., Roy, S., Akter, N., Mahbuba, S., Nazir, N., Das, A., Hossain, N. | Towards An Eco-Friendly Campus Design: A Place for Vibrant Activity Space and Scenic Beauty | International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 8, Issue 11, November-2017 , ISSN 2229-5518. | 2017 | Journal |
| 46 | Das, A., Hossain, N. | Appraising Climate Change Impact Mitigation Standards to Ground Realities: The Lessons from Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Funded Projects | International Conference on Disaster Risk Mitigation, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 23 - 24, 2017. | 2017 | Conference |
| 47 | Fordham, M., Ahmed, B., Kamruzzaman, Mohiuddin, H., Rahman, M., Das, A., Shamsudduha, M., Kelman, I. " | Precarious Resilience: Gendered Lessons from Drought in North-West Bangladesh | Gender Policy Brief, Gender and Disaster Network, GDN, RUET and UCL | 2017 | Journal |
| 48 | Das, A., Haque, A., Salam, A., Taher, Sk. | A Study on Development Trend of Tejgaon Industrial Area | Bangladesh Planning Research conference (BPRC), Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5-6 February,2016. | 2016 | Conference |
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