Infrastructure Resilience in the Post Pandemic Urban Areas of Bangladesh

Being a highly populated country, Bangladesh with immense population density has always faced various challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the overall real estate and health infrastructure of it. It has been noted that the intensity of the pandemic and the number of cases and deaths are statistically higher in Dhaka metropolis and its surrounding regions, such as Narayanganj and Gazipur; identifying the urban areas as the hotspot of outbreak. Experiencing this conundrum, this country realized the necessity of having a comprehensive planning and development overhaul in these urban areas which make them resilient to any similar pandemic situation. This chapter has discussed this pandemic resiliency shift of Dhaka and other urban areas in Bangladesh. Visiting the journey from the perspective of laws and highlighting how this infrastructure resilience can be achieved through legal implementations is the key discussion of this study. Along with analyzing the current laws and policies, what new attempts and initiatives have been taken and how this works towards combatting similar crises are also discussed here. Adding the current scenario where the lack of cautiousness concerning the given factor and the consequences are explored accordingly. To get an optimum latitude of such resilience profile, the global infrastructure demo has also been compared. In an assertive tone, it can be expected that adhering to the existing laws and undertaken policies; and generating new planning and development ideas from the lesson of other states, Bangladesh can overcome the infrastructure shortcomings it had and become resilience to the future pandemic. A proper framework that discusses the overall placement of the fact, the results and the possible determination that might accelerate the footing in a better position.