Description: Making Spatial Change in Pakistan Cities Growth Enhancing

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Making Spatial Change in Pakistan Cities Growth Enhancing

Cities' development matters to Pakistan. It is central to economic growth, job creation and quality of life. This is also one of the core themes in the 2011 Government of Pakistan Framework for Economic Growth (FEG). This paper explores the co...

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Main Authors:	Yuen, Belinda, Choi, Songsu
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY AIR QUALITY BUILDING MATERIALS CARBON CITIES CITY PLANNING CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEFICITS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES DEVOLUTION DISTRICT GOVERNMENTS DRAINAGE SERVICES DWELLING DWELLING UNITS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS ECONOMICS EFFECTIVE USE EMISSIONS EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT REFORM HABITAT HOUSING HOUSING DEMAND HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING NEEDS HOUSING PRICES HOUSING SHORTAGE HOUSING STOCK HOUSING SUPPLY HOUSING UNITS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INFLATION INFLATION RATES INNER CITIES LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKET LAND MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND POLICIES LAND PRICES LAND SPECULATION LAND SUPPLY LAND TITLING LAND TRANSACTIONS LAND TRANSFER LAND USE LAND USE PLANNING LAND USE REGULATIONS LAND VALUE LARGE CITIES LAWS LEGISLATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MARKET PRICES MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL HOUSING POLICY NATURAL RESOURCES NEW TOWNS POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHT PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY VALUE PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PURCHASING POWER REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY REAL ESTATE MARKETS REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS REGIONAL CITIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RENT CONTROL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL POPULATION SEWAGE SLUMS SMALL TOWNS SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SQUATTERS STREET CHILDREN SUBDIVISIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE USE TAXATION TOWN PLANNING TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT URBAN URBAN AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN AREAS URBAN DESIGN URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DWELLERS URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN ECONOMY URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN EXPANSION URBAN GROWTH URBAN HOUSING URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LAND URBAN LIFE URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNERS URBAN PLANNING URBAN PLANNING EDUCATION URBAN POLICIES URBAN POLICY URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN RENEWAL URBAN RESEARCH URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBANISM URBANIZATION VILLAGES WATER SUPPLY ZONING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/19309506/making-spatial-change-pakistan-cities-growth-enhancing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17879

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Summary:	Cities' development matters to Pakistan. It is central to economic growth, job creation and quality of life. This is also one of the core themes in the 2011 Government of Pakistan Framework for Economic Growth (FEG). This paper explores the conditions for growth-enhancing spatial change in Pakistan s cities. Cities' development matters to Pakistan. Two strands of analysis are developed. First, it reviews the performance and impact of land use planning in Pakistan's cities while understanding the institutional culture and rules of the game of urban development practices. Given limited availability of urban data, much of this analysis is based on Pakistan's most urbanized province: Punjab, and large cities, primarily Lahore and Karachi. Second, it uses meta-analysis to suggest an agenda of policy options and priorities that could strengthen Pakistan's prudent implementation of spatial potentials and help materialize its cities' creative capital.Following the introduction the paper examines the critical role cities have in Pakistan's economy and development performance. It provides an analysis of Pakistan's current approach to urban development, examining Pakistan's urban planning and development institutions, legislation and practices with the view to identify critical consequences and constraints hampering balanced urban development. Consequently it offers an agenda of objectives and policy options based on international best practices and key actions to address those constraints and guide spatial change in Pakistan's cities. Lastly, it concludes that successful urban transformation requires political will, a sense of urgency and a commitment for shared action.