Abstract:
Everyone, in the remotest rural area, has neighbors. Social relations between
neighbors are a significant form of social exchange. The study of
neighboring, neighborhood care is important for several reasons." We can do
without our friends but we cannot do without our neighbors"- goes the
popular saying. Certain groups in society- those who lack social power,
women, the poor, socially isolated elder- depends on various forms of
support and care in order to maintain an independent existence and not enter
institutional care. The mobility and heterogeneity of the city’s population
contributed to the general impersonality which characterized the social
relationship of urban neighbors. In this process, secondary relationship
replaced primary contact, bonds of kinship weakened and the traditional
basis of social solidarity declined. Length of residence, age, marital status,
participation in other formal and non-formal group, socio economic status
etc. influence on individual’s predisposition to make use of the existing
opportunities for neighborliness.
The study is divided into total of six chapters. In chapter 1, the research
introducers the background, objectives, justifications & methodology of the
study. Chapter 2 focuses the current literature on the topic to conduct the
research. Chapter 3 states the theoretical framework. Chapter 4 focuses the
qualitative (Sample Survey) and quantitative (case study) findings of the
study. Chapter 5 analysis the findings of both studies. Chapter 6 draws the
conclusion and suggests way out the problem.
The main objectives of my study is to find out the impact of urbanization on
the transformation of the relationship of urban neighbours and also examine,
which age group and which class play an important role in neighborly
relation. My study area is Mohammadpur in Dhaka city because of its mixedv
social characteristics. I clustered Mohammadpur area into three different
neighbourhood, Iqbal road, Chan Miah housing, Geneva camp. Each
neighbourhood represents different class of people. The study is quantitative
& qualitative in nature. My methods of data collection are survey method &
case study, techniques are questionnaire and schedule, sample size is 103.
