Laila Siddiqua
Assistant Professor
Email:
lailasiddiqua@arch.ku.ac.bd;
Contact:
+8801717583596
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Architecture Discipline, Khulna University
Pursuing teaching and
research as an Assistant Professor in the Architecture Discipline at Khulna
University, her research addresses the socio-spatial transformation of urban
and rural environments, with a particular focus on pedestrian walkability,
informal and spontaneous public spaces, housing and settlement dynamics, and
inclusive urban design. Her work further engages with climate-responsive
planning, public health and the built environment, and landscape and infrastructure
systems. She completed her Bachelor of Architecture at Khulna University and
earned an MSc in Regional and Rural Development Planning from the Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT), with excellent academic standing. Her scholarly
contributions have been published in international peer-reviewed journals and
conference proceedings, addressing issues such as walkability,
healthcare-seeking behavior, mental health, and socio-cultural resilience in
both formal and informal settlements. She has also gained professional research
experience as a research assistant in an international project on environmental
inequality and air pollution.
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Architecture Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Master of Science (MSc), Regional and Rural Development Planning, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
Socio-spatial transformation and
spatial dynamics in urban and rural everyday spaces
Urban and rural settlement design and
planning, context-responsive approaches
Housing systems (formal and informal)
and their socio-spatial, cultural, environmental, and economic systems
Built environment and health care,
mental well-being, and environmental inequality
Landscape architecture and
infrastructure as integrated systems supporting resilience and sustainability
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1. Siddiqua, L., & Rahman, M. E. (2025). From
congestion to connectivity: Socio-spatial analysis of pedestrian walkability in
Boro Bazar and surrounding market places, Khulna. American Journal of Civil
Engineering and Architecture, 13(4), 96–102.
https://doi.org/10.12691/ajcea-13-4-2.
2. Parvin, A., Mostafa, A., Siddiqua, L., Towfique,
M. S., & Hasan, M. M. (2024). Assessing spontaneous public spaces in Khulna
city: Implications for inclusive urban design. In Proceedings of the 3rd
International Conference on Sustainable Cities and Urban Landscapes (Kyrenia,
TRNC).
3. Siddiqua, L., & Nguyen, T. P. L. (2024).
Dynamism of homestead space transformation in tidally active rural vernacular
settlements in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the Rural Sustainability in the
Asia Pacific Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand.
4. Siddiqua, L., Evan, A. A. Z., Shahriar, A. T. M.,
Moni, A. H., & Parvin, A. (2022). Designing Co-existence of
Social-Cultural-Economic spaces in traditional settlement: Learning from
Bang-Phli, Thailand. Khulna University Studies, 382-396.
5. Jahan, N., Akter, S., Heme, M. A., Chandra, D.,
Polly, A., Siddiqua, L., & Hossain, M. T. (2022). Healthcare-seeking
behaviour of marginalised older people in urban slums: across-sectional survey
study in Khulna City, Bangladesh. BMJ open, 12(11), e066376.
6. Hossain, M. T., Islam, M. A., Jahan, N., Nahar,
M. T., Sarker, M. J. A., Rahman, M. M., Deeba, F., Hoque, K. E., Aktar, R.,
Islam, M., Hossain, M. Z., Siddiqua, L., Mahbub, Z., Islam, M. N. (2022).
Mental health status of teachers during the second wave of the COVID-19
pandemic: A web-based study in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 938230.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.938230
7. Parvin, A., Siddiqua, L., Shahriar, A. T. M.,
Evan, A. A. Z., Moni, A. H., Opal, T. A., & Islam, S. (2019). (Bi Lingual). গ্রামনগর রূপকল্প - ফরিদপুরের কুমার নদ তীরবর্তী বসতির সামাজিক পারিসরিক পুনরুজ্জীবন; Envisioning
Ru-Ban: Socio-Spatial Re-Vitalization along Kumar Nod in Faridpur. Dhaka: UDD
& ArchKU.
8. Shohel, T. A., Hossain, M. T., Jahan, N., &
Siddiqua, L. (2014). Sexual Harassment through Teasing of the Adolescent Girls:
A Study on Jhenidah Municipality of Bangladesh. International Journal of
Innovation and Applied Studies, 6(3), 590.
9. Podder,
A. K., & Siddiqua, L. (2014). Housing and community development for social
cohesion. In Aspiration and ideas: Designing with context (Vol. 6, No. 3, July
2014, Chap. 10, pp. 246-247). Dhaka, Bangladesh: The University Press Limited.
The Stranger’s City. ISSN 2028-9324.