Proposed Land Use Plan of District Peshawar
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2019 Urban Policy and Planning Unit – Provincial Land Use Plan (PLUP) Planning and Development Department Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Proposed Land Use Plan of District Peshawar MESSAGE FROM CHIEF SECRETARY i MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This report– Land Use Plan of District Peshawar is a structure obstruct for planning Provincial Land Use Strategy for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is an immense assignment which not just coordinated information base all sectors considered and their current issues yet, in addition, contains critical proposals and suggestions for spatial, monetary and social area advancement. We acknowledge the cooperation of the Project Manager (Spatial Planning & Coordination) Mr. Adnan Salim, Senior Urban Planner Urban Policy and Planning Unit for his ongoing input to the study process, review of report drafts, and support of and contribution to the consultation process. We also thank other officials of PLUP, Urban Policy Unit and various line departments for extending all cooperation and support for completion of this Land Use Plan for District Peshawar (2019-2039). Ms. Fareen Qazi, Deputy Manager GIS PLUP, is actively involved in this project right from the inception of this task and provided valuable inputs towards GIS mapping, review of different report drafts and preparation of different presentations. We are grateful to the efforts of all concerned officials of PLUP for their guidance in conducting Land Use Plan of Peshawar. We are also grateful to Plnr. Adnan Shaukat and Plnr. Muhammad Nazeef Pasha, Assistant-Spatial Planning and Mr. Nangraiz Khan, Map Cartographer for the abilities of work in imagery capturing, processing and field surveys for the data collection, gathering and preparation of the background report, and GIS work in proposals as well. We also thankful to Mr. Sulaiman Khan and Mr. Muhammad Adnan, Statistical Investigators who contacted with all linked and concerned departments for data collection. We are also thankful to Plnr. Seemab Jalees, Assistant-Spatial Planning for the preparation of this booklet of Land Use Plan Peshawar (2019-2039). The active involvement of the member of the team ensured that information used is accurate and complete and that the study process is undertaken in an efficient and very effective manner. We are sincerely appreciative of all the efforts of staff PLUP, Urban Policy and Planning Unit, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM CHIEF SECRETARY ................................................................................................................... I MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................... II ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .....................................................................................................................................III TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................... IV LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................................................. X LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................................................. XI LIST OF MAPS XIV ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................... XVI CHAPTER. 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE ............................................................................................................... 1 VISION ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................................... 1 PLANNING PARADIGM .............................................................................................................................. 2 SECTROAL COVEREAGE ............................................................................................................................. 2 THE PROJECT AREA ................................................................................................................................... 2 CLIMATE ................................................................................................................................................... 4 GEOLOGY .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Seismic Conditions .......................................................................................................................... 9 ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Air Pollution .................................................................................................................................. 11 Water Pollution ............................................................................................................................. 11 Noise Pollution .............................................................................................................................. 11 Industrial Pollutants Areas ............................................................................................................ 12 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................ 12 FLOODS ................................................................................................................................................... 13 Short-Term Plans ........................................................................................................................... 15 Long-Term Plans ........................................................................................................................... 15 Flood Management....................................................................................................................... 16 WATER LOGGING AND SALINITY ............................................................................................................. 18 Future Plans .................................................................................................................................. 19 WATER RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................ 21 Surface Water ............................................................................................................................... 21 Ground Water ............................................................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER. 2: EXISTING LAND USE DISTRIBUTION ........................................................................................... 25 GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................. 25 LAND USE DISTRIBUTION IN OVERALL DISTRICT ..................................................................................... 27 iv ZONE-WISE LAND USE DISTRIBUTION ..................................................................................................... 30 Land Use Distribution in Northern Zone ........................................................................................ 32 Land Use Distribution in Southern Zone ........................................................................................ 34 Land Use Distribution in Urban Area ............................................................................................ 36 CHAPTER. 3: POPULATION ............................................................................................................................. 39 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH TREND ............................................................................... 39 MIGRATION ............................................................................................................................................ 40 Conventional Migration ................................................................................................................ 40 Transient Migration ...................................................................................................................... 40 POPULATION FORECASTS ....................................................................................................................... 41 DENSITY PATTERN .................................................................................................................................. 42 AGE-SEX DISTRIBUTION .......................................................................................................................... 43 CHAPTER. 4: PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN ....................................................................................................... 44 OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................