University of Groningen Urban planning in Lahore Groote, Peter; de Jonge, René; Dekker, Jan B.R.; de Vries, Jan DOI: 10.13140/2.1.1963.1683 IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below. Document Version Final author's version (accepted by publisher, after peer review) Publication date: 1989 Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): Groote, P., de Jonge, R., Dekker, J. B. R., & de Vries, J. (1989). Urban planning in Lahore: a confrontation with real development. (30 ed.) (Onderzoeksverslagen; Vol. 30). Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. 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For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. Download date: 29-09-2021 Urban planning in Lahore A confrontation with real development Peter Groote, René de Jonge, Jan Dekker, Jan de Vries Revised version of a Master Thesis Regional Geography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, 1988, written by Groote and De Jonge and supervised by Dekker and De Vries. "City forms and city plans are not the intended results of planners seeking to create a city of maximum quality for its users, but rather are the by-products of forces whose intended goals historically have been power or profit" Peter Marcuse: 'the grid as city plan: New York City and laissez-faire planning in the nineteenth century'; planning perspectives; 1987, nr.3. Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter 1: The research .................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Description of the research ..................................................................................................... 6 1.2 The choice of methods ........................................................................................................... 6 1.3 The choice of the area of study .............................................................................................. 7 Chapter 2: The planning idiom in Pakistan .................................................................................... 12 2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 The British idiom ................................................................................................................. 12 2.3 The modern idiom ................................................................................................................ 14 2.4. Evaluation of the different planning doctrines .................................................................... 15 2.5 The indigenous style of urban development ........................................................................ 15 Chapter 3: The planned development of Lahore ............................................................................ 19 3.1 Lahore improvement trust .................................................................................................... 19 3.2 Lahore Development Authority ........................................................................................... 19 3.3 Housing and Physical Planning Department ........................................................................ 23 3.4 The Model Town Society ..................................................................................................... 23 3.5 The Master Plan (1966) of Lahore. ...................................................................................... 24 3.6 Lahore Urban Development and Traffic Study .................................................................... 26 3.7 Land acquisition ................................................................................................................... 29 Chapter 4: The result of the planned activities ............................................................................... 33 4.1 The record of planned schemes ............................................................................................ 33 4.2 Theoretics on planned schemes ............................................................................................ 35 4.3. The development of city and schemes ................................................................................ 36 4.4 The three schemes: history and general description ............................................................. 38 4.4.1 Model Town .................................................................................................................. 38 4.4.2 New Garden Town ........................................................................................................ 41 4.4.3 Model Town Extension ................................................................................................. 42 4.4.4 Some facts about the study area .................................................................................... 43 Chapter 5: Land use ........................................................................................................................ 45 5.1 Planning ................................................................................................................................ 45 5.2 Development ........................................................................................................................ 48 Chapter 6: Roads ............................................................................................................................ 51 6.1 Planning ................................................................................................................................ 51 6.2 Development ........................................................................................................................ 51 Chapter 7 Housing characteristics .................................................................................................. 55 7.1 Planning ................................................................................................................................ 55 7.2 Development ........................................................................................................................ 58 Chapter 8 Socio-economic characteristics ..................................................................................... 66 8.1 Planning ................................................................................................................................ 66 8.2 Development ........................................................................................................................ 68 Chapter 9 Facilities and services. ................................................................................................... 72 9.1 Planning and development of public facilities. .................................................................... 72 Water supply. ......................................................................................................................... 72 Sewerage and drainage ........................................................................................................... 72 Solid waste collection and disposal ........................................................................................ 72 Electricity ............................................................................................................................... 72 Gas .......................................................................................................................................... 73 Public transport ...................................................................................................................... 73 Dispensaries, clinics and doctors............................................................................................ 75 Education ................................................................................................................................ 76 9.2 Confrontation of planned and realized public facilities ....................................................... 79 9.3 The use of public facilities ................................................................................................... 81 Religious institutions .............................................................................................................. 81 Educational institutions .........................................................................................................