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Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview: Toward Great Dhaka -- The promise and pitfalls of urbanization -- A South Asian hub -- The cost of inaction -- A more prosperous Bangladesh -- Chapter 1 Dhaka: Dynamic but Messy -- Disproportionally important -- Strategically located -- Successful on many counts -- Three critical challenges -- A shortage of high-quality urban land -- References -- Chapter 2 Fragmented Responsibilities -- Weak urban authorities -- Ineffective coordination mechanisms -- Partial implementation of plans -- A stellar exception -- References -- Chapter 3 East and West -- Dhaka's western part -- Dhaka's eastern part -- Potential and risks -- References -- Chapter 4 Urban Development Scenarios -- Multiple proposals -- A unique opportunity -- The example of Pudong, Shanghai -- A new paradigm eastward -- Mimicking a strategic approach -- References -- Chapter 5 Modeling City Growth -- The new urban economics -- Geography, firms and households -- Deriving an urban equilibrium -- Calibrating the geography -- Calibrating firms and households -- Constructing the four scenarios -- References -- Chapter 6 Dhaka in 2035 -- A more prosperous city -- An engine of economic growth -- The distribution of gains -- References -- Chapter 7 Implementing the Vision -- Returns and financing -- The payoffs to being strategic -- Risks and mitigation -- References -- Boxes -- Box 3.1 Bashundhara Residential Area: A modern town with its own rules -- Box 4.1 The key ingredients of Pudong's success -- Box 5.1 The available studies are mainly of advanced economies -- Box 5.2 Modeling firms and production decisions: the details -- Box 5.3 Modeling households and residential choices: the details -- Box 5.4 Calibrating production and consumption functions -- Figures