Fragmented Dhaka : analysing everyday life with Henri Lefebvres theory of production of space Bangladeshs capital city Dhaka is one of the worlds fastest growing cities passing from a population of one million to twelve million people in its extended area with three decades (1970 2000). This confronts its inhabitants observers as well as planners with contradictions that ask for redefining our ways of living in and thinking about the city. In particular Western conceptions of public space and urban societies are challenged by a symptomatic fragmentation. This empirical study observes the mega citys everyday spaces and situations directly and with a non generalising approach. By means of ethnographic field research it describes the production of enriched or multi functional spaces through everyday life practices recognising in the inhabitants appropriation and adaptation processes a potential for sustainable mixed forms of urban development. For the first time Henri Lefebvres theory of production of space is applied with all of its implications to an empirical study. City and urbanity emerge then as the result of three continuously interacting and interdependent production processes: physical mental and social. p. 4 of cover