MASTER PLAN TO DEVELOP MURREE A POLLUTION FREE TOURIST TOWN 2031 JUNE, 2013 EXISTING SCENARIO Volume 1 Table of Contents: FOREWORD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ACRONYMS / ABBREVIATIONS: LIST OF FIGURES, MAPS& PICTURES: LIST OF TABLES: CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION: ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND: ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 PROJECT RATIONALE:............................................................................................................................ 2 1.3 VISION STATEMENT: .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.4 PROJECT OBJECTIVES: ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 EXPECTED OUTCOMES: ........................................................................................................................ 5 1.6 MASTER PLAN COMPONENTS: ......................................................................................................... 5 1.7 MASTER PLANNING PROCESS & GUIDING PRINCIPLES: ........................................................ 6 CHAPTER 2- ENTOURING MURREE: AN INFOGRAPHIC ACCOUNT: 10 2.1 POPULATION DYNAMICS: ................................................................................................................ 10 2.2 TRIBES&CASTES IN MURREE: ........................................................................................................... 12 2.3 LITERACY: ................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.4 CLIMATE: ................................................................................................................................................... 14 2.5 TOPOGRAPHY /TERRAIN: .................................................................................................................. 16 2.6 LAND USE GROWTH: ........................................................................................................................... 16 2.7 REGIONAL CONTEXT: .......................................................................................................................... 16 2.8 ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT: ..................................................................................................................... 18 2.9 LIVELIHOOD CONTEXT: ...................................................................................................................... 19 2.10 TOURISM ATTRACTING ACCOUNT: .............................................................................................. 19 2.11 GOVERNANCE /INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK: ....................................................................... 20 2.12 A GENERALISED PROBLEM ASSERTION: ...................................................................................... 26 CHAPTER-3: EXPLORING EXISTING SCENARIO; STUDY AREA PROFILING: .............................29 3.1 LOCAL CLIMATIC SYSTEMS AND VARIABILITY: ....................................................................... 29 3.2 GEODYNAMICS, SEISMOLOGY & LANDSLIDING: .................................................................... 31 3.3 TOPOGRAPHY / TERRAIN: ................................................................................................................. 37 i 3.4 HYDROLOGY: .......................................................................................................................................... 37 3.4.1 WATER: SOURCES, STORAGE & DELIVERY: ...................................................................... 40 3.4.2 CONSUMPTION: ......................................................................................................................... 40 3.4.3 TARIFFS: .......................................................................................................................................... 42 3.4.4 QUALITY: ........................................................................................................................................ 43 3.4.5 WATERSHED: ................................................................................................................................ 43 3.5 LANDUSE / URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROFILE: ........................................................................... 43 3.5.1 LANDUSE CLASSIFICATION: ................................................................................................... 43 3.5.2 COMPOSITION: ........................................................................................................................... 50 3.5.3 AGE OF BUIDINGS: ..................................................................................................................... 52 3.5.4 CONDITION: ................................................................................................................................. 52 3.5.5 NUMBER OF STORIES / HEIGHT: .......................................................................................... 53 3.5.6 OWNERSHIP: ................................................................................................................................ 55 3.5.7 QUALITY OF INTERIOR FINISHES: ........................................................................................ 55 3.5.8 ACCESSIBILITY:............................................................................................................................. 58 3.5.9 FAÇADE’ / URBAN DESIGN VALUE: ..................................................................................... 58 3.5.10 UTILITIES INSTALLED: ............................................................................................................. 58 3.5.11 PLOT AREA COVERAGE: ........................................................................................................ 59 3.5.12HEALTH / SAFETY ASPECTS:.................................................................................................. 59 3.5.13OWNERSHIP TYPE: .................................................................................................................... 60 3.5. RANGE (HOSPITALITY): .............................................................................................................. 60 3.5.15 QUALITY OF SERVICE (HOSPITALITY) .............................................................................. 61 3.5.16 LEISURE / RECREATIONAL/ OPEN SPACES: ................................................................... 61 3.5.17 TOURIST ATTRACTING HERITAGE: .................................................................................... 63 3.6 INFRASTRUCTURE PROFILE: ..................................................................................................... 66 3.6.1 PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: .................................................................................. 66 3.6.2 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE: ...................................................................................... 73 3.7 TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION AND PARKING: ................................................................................. 78 3.7.1 ROAD NETWORK: ...................................................................................................... 78 3.7.2 TRAFFIC: ...................................................................................................................... 81 3.7.3 PARKING DEMAND ASSESSMENT: .......................................................................... 94 3.8 TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE: ................................................................................................... 95 ii 3.9 TOURISTS: ................................................................................................................................... 99 3.9.1 VISIT/TRIP WISE CLASSIFICATION: ........................................................................ 101 3.9.2 AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY: .................................................................................. 102 3.9.3 TOURISM INVENTORY: ........................................................................................... 103 3.9.5 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES TO ATTRACT PEOPLE ………………………………………… 106 3.9.4 INFORMATION DISSEMINATION……………………………………………………………… 103 3.10 ACCESSIBILITY & CONSTRAINTS: ........................................................................................ 110 3.11 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: ....................................................................................................... 111 3.12 QUALITEST ASSESSMENT: .................................................................................................... 112 3.13 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION & CONSULTATION: ..................................................................... 119 3.13.1 PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETING: .................................................................... 120 3.13.2 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION WORKSHOP: .................................................. 121 3.13.3 PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE CONSULTATION: ...................................................... 125 3.14ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE: .................................................................................................. 126 3.14.1 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES: .................................................................................... 128 3.14.2 AGRICULTURE: ......................................................................................................