| Author | Mushtaq, Shakeeb |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no. HS- 86-13 |
| Subject(s) | City planning--Pakistan--Lahore
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| Note | A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The establishment of industries outside the major urban centres as
a result of decentralization policy implemented by the Government of
Pakistan in the early 1970's is a major concern of the physical planners
these days. The objective of the government to achieve population decentralization through industrial industrialization has not been achieved
as most of the industries do not provide housing facility to their workers
so most of the workers are bound to commute daily to their workplaces.
Like other urban centres, Lahore, the second largest metropolitan city
in Pakistan is facing the same problem where mass commuting of industrial
workers is taking place from central parts to the industrial estate established near Kala Shah Kaku along the National Highway. A study on the
feasibility of resettlement of industrial workers was conducted by John
(1983) which showed that almost fifty percent of the workers numbering
to 7,600 are willing to resettle in the Lahore-Muridke Industrial Corridor
near their workplace preferably in Muridke. The study recommended that a
plan for the development of Muridke Town should be prepared and phased
resettlement of the workers to the town by developing area development
schemes should be carried out.
Basing on the above recommendation, this study focuses on the preparation of resettlement scheme with an overall framework of an outline
development plan. Information on the existing condition of town was
gathered from different sources. A broad outline development plan for the
town with a planning horizon of 15 years was prepared. The area requirement for various uses in terms of both locational and allocational
standards was determined for the estimated target population of 176,000
by the year 2001, which included the natural increase in the existing
population and the prospective resettling industrial workers from Lahore.
The resettlement of the workers has been ?reposed to take place in
three phases. They will be accommodated in the sites and services projects
proposed in the plan. Various plot sizes ranging from 72 sq. m. to 420
sq . m. have been provided for different income groups. Affordability
analysis for low-income plots have been carried out which show that the
workers and the low-income beneficiaries from the town can afford a house
if a site with infrastructure is provided by a development agency on
controlled rates and a loan for building a house on easy installment is
also made available to them. The development outlays for the project also
indicate that the whole project can be self- financed with nominal seed
capital requirements from the provincial and central governments. |
| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kammeier, Hans Detlef |
| Examination Committee(s) | Archer, Raymon W. ;Yapa, Lakshman S.
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | Lahore, Pakist an
Canadian International Development Agency
Broad Based Development Program (CIDA-BBDP) |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1986 |