As the population of Lahore is increasing day by day and its central hub is getting densely populated, people are demanding for new neighborhoods with self-contained facilities. Therefore new neighborhoods are being developed outside the main city with self-contained facilities. This report is about a neighborhood design of an area in Shadira, Lahore with detailed features and facilities including residential houses, market, shopping centers, parks and open spaces, streets and public buildings.

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A COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN REPORT
Figure 1 Land Use Map

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Group Members
Sr. # NAMES REG #
1 MUHAMMAD AHMAD MUSTUFA 49
2 ASAD ULLAH MALIK 16
3 MUHAMMAD JUNAID ABBAS 66
Acknowledgement
First of all, we would thank Allah Almighty because whatever we are, whatever we
do, whatever we did and whatever has been done by us is solely due to Him and
Him alone and rest all are his creatures which He created to assist us.
We would like to express our very great appreciation to Mrs. Rubina Hussain for her
valuable and constructive suggestions during the planning and development of this
research work. Her willingness to give her time so generously has been very much
appreciated.
Finally, we wish to thank our parents for their support and encouragement throughout
our study.

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“There is no logic that can
be superimposed on the
city; people make it, and it
is to them, not buildings,
that we must fit our plans.”
― Jane Jacobs

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INTRODUCTION
As the population of Lahore is increasing day by day and its central hub is getting
densely populated, people are demanding for new neighborhoods with self-
contained facilities. Therefore new neighborhoods are being developed outside the
main city with self-contained facilities. This report is about a neighborhood design of
an area in Shadira, Lahore with detailed features and facilities including residential
houses, market, shopping centers, parks and open spaces, streets and public
buildings.
Located on the G.T. Road (a.k.a. Old Ravi Road), in North West part of Lahore, the
land is spread over an area of 4 km2. With its plain topography and Ravi river flowing
adjacent to it, the sector has an amazing and beautiful landscape.
Figure 2 Location of the Land w.r.t to Lahore city shown with a black dot
Lahore city is expanding across the North-South direction. The new sectors being
developed are linked to N5, Raiwind road and Ferozpur road. The land for IHS lies
along the belt of River Ravi. The land is best suitable for neighborhood development
because recreational and historical facilities, like Noor Jehan and Jehangir’s Tomb,
are closer to this area. The total area of the sector is 150 acres. The neighborhood is
designed under Lahore Residential Sector Zoning Building control Regulation 2005
and National Reference Manual. The sector is designed by keeping in mind location
of river Ravi, railway track, accessibility to Metro Bus Terminal and highway. Schools,
parks and masjids are at five minute distance, masjid and class three shopping
centers have their own space parking. The sector is divided into 2 sub sectors with
each sub sector having centrally located elementary school, parks, playgrounds and
shopping center.
Rectangular street pattern was used.

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DEMERITS OF RECTANGULAR STREET PATTERN:
 It is unsuited for application in areas of even gently rolling topography, where it may require
excessive amounts of cut and fill for street construction and excessive grading for the
development of building sites;
 It may create costly drainage problems
 It may make the establishment of street and alley grades difficult.
 It may be un-stablising influence since it allows heavy traffic to shift readily from street to
street.
 It may be monotonous if applied over large areas without interruption
 And is considered by some to be aesthetically unsuited to use it in residential areas.
ADVANTAGES OF RECTANGULAR STREET PATTERN:
 The widespread use of rectangular street pattern may be attributed to its powerful
advantages
 It is simple to “design” and to lay out, providing efficient lotting.
 It is well suited for applications in commercial core areas because traffic can shift readily
from street to street, a desirable feature in such areas.
 It facilitates the use of one-way streets.
 It is orient for people to orient to and is readily house numbered.
 It increases safety by reducing the traffic speeds and reduces the severity, if not the
number, of accidents.
PLANNING
There is no “normative” land use allocation at the city scale nor ideal pattern of
distribution of activities. The proportions and form of the city scape are the
resultants of past and present socio-economic forces.

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Figure 3 Master Plan of Lahore
LAND SUBDIVISION
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0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
1930 1950 1970 1990 2010 2030 2050
POPILATION/SqKm
YEARS
Population/ Sq Km Vs Years
Linear (Population/ Sq Km Vs
Years)

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Land subdivision is one of the most important determinant of different urban
patterns e.g. Curvilinear, rectangular, etc. It is far more detailed that Zoning Plan.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The project has Green and Clean Environment, civic amenities including
mosque, school, club House (Including facilities of swimming pool, squash courts,
Tennis courts, Badminton Courts, Indoor games and Gym etc. the housing scheme
has parks, Children Play land, Open Air Restaurant around the river Ravi with a
walking Trail, Cricket & Football Ground, Modern Shopping Malls, Modern
Landscaping, Walkways, Jogging track around Cricket and Football grounds,
Enquiry Office, Higher Level Amenities provided.
Infrastructure Facilities include minimum 35 ft Wide Streets and 64 ft Wide
Boulevards, Predesigned Services Ducts, Underground Electricity & Sui Gas System,
24/7 Potable Drinking Water, Efficient Drainage & Sewerage System, Solid Waste
Management System, Broadband Optical Fiber Network, Environment Friendly
Planning & Development and Positive Energy Waste Treatment Plant.
Special Security arrangements include Gated community with sub security
sections, Bio and Face recognition access at central gate, Guest reception area at
central gate , Video Conferencing in between House and central gate, Database
of servants, regular visitors and criminals etc., Wireless communication between
guards and central office, and Camera’s at street corners with recording system
Environment & renewable energy is the added feature of the scheme as it
would have Zero or Least Emission Houses, Bio-gas Generation at Combined Waste
Treatment Plant, Treated Effluent for Gardening & Road Washing., Solar Street Lights
and Communication Panels, Solar Panels at Roof Tops for Domestic Use, Solar Heaters
for Water Heating and Rainwater Harvesting for Flushing Toilets.
It would also be equipped with Broadband (Telecom, TV & Internet) having
Fiber to the home (FTTH) network for all type of communication, telephone network
with internal free access, Broadband high speed internet, High speed gaming for
children, HDTV & TV on demand, Distance learning for homework from community
school, Digital Library, Books, and videos, Communication media for Traffic control
system and Communication media for Security system
For the first time, IHS is introducing water metering and billing through digital
metering as a pilot project. IHS will provide 8-10 different designs based on Eco
Architecture to be developed. The proposed designs of the housing Units would have
low energy footprint incorporating the contemporary green building concept.

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SCHOOLS
EDUCATION

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Education is the most vital investment for socio-economic advance. Usually all
schemes of Lahore have 1 primary and 1 secondary school in their subsectors. We
have also planned in a similar way. In Pakistan, the minimum threshold size of schools
is effected by
 Different participation rates (between male/females, urban/rural populations,
and regions)
 Very different population densities (within and outside cities, between
provinces)
Keeping in view the above factors we planned our schools for large
catchment areas while realizing that these are designed for the compact
environment of large cities.
TYPE OF INSTITUTION
SITE AREA
(hectares)
SITE AREA
(ft2)
Minimum
Tolerable
Site Area/
Student in
large Cities
(ft2)
Maximum
Tolerable
Distance
for
farthest
Students
(Km)
Primary School 0.65 70466 108 1
Secondary School 0.47 50158 161 2.45
Total Area= 120624
Our planned Secondary Schools weren’t located near Major busy roads
carrying fast traffic. We also focused on locating primary schools where they were
served by pedestrian routes which did not involve crossing major roads. Schools were
located close to community facilities such as clinics, mosques and public open
spaces.

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Generally followed hierarchy of educational institutes:
HEIRARCHY OF EDUCATION SYSTEMS
Universities
Vocational Training Institutes
Polytechnics
Degree Colleges
Intermediate Colleges
Secondary Schools
Primary Schools
Figure 5 Secondary School Figure 4 Primary School

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HOSPITALS /
CLINICS

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Hospitals were designed with the aim to provide 10 beds for 1000 persons from the catchment
area.
GENERAL HEIRARCHY OF HOSPITALS
We planned a 100 bed hospital near the CBD on
an area of 0.35 hectares (.i.e. 37673.69 ft2).
.
Teaching Hospitals
General Hospitals
District HQ Hospital
Tehsil Hospital
Community Hospital / Polyclinic
RHC (Rural Heath
Centre)
BHU (Basic
Health Unit)
Dispensary
Figure 6 Hospital

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ROADS /
STREETS

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There are many road classification systems; most are oriented
to the culture of the country of origin. Classification of urban
roads previously used in Pakistan was adopted, based on their
function, volume of traffic, type of traffic and position in
network.
Road widths were decided in the following manner:
 Secondary Roads (width = 106 ft)
 Local Roads
o Local Access Roads (width = 64 ft)
o Streets (width = R.O.W = 35 ft)
ROAD TYPES Widths / R.O.W Function / Purpose
Secondary Roads 150 ft
These roads provide
access to major
geographical sub-
sectors and may
carry large traffic
volumes.
LocalRoads
Access 64 ft
They provide access
to individual
premises and blocks
Streets 35 ft
Their use and
ownership is
considered to be a
communal extension
to the adjoining
properties.
Road type Width of road ( ft) Length of road ( ft) Area of road (sq ft)
Secondary road 106 1847 195782
Local (Land Access) 64 20033 1282112
Local (Streets) 35 21589 755615
Total = 2233509

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9%
57%
34%
DISTRIBUTION OF ROADS
SECONDARY ROAD
LOCAL (Land Access)
LOCAL (Streets)

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MOSQUES

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`Mosques are a major component of the community
facilities available at local neighbourhood level. Socially they
perform wider functions than simply accommodating religious
services. They are a focal point for a community that’s why we
located most of our Mosques near or in residential areas. We
also calculated that the maximum walking distance to the
nearest Mosque wasn’t more than 500 m for any resident living
in a locality of a mohalla. As our population for the whole sector
did exceed 7000 person (according to our householf
population estimates) we did incorporate a Markazi Mosque, in
our Green Belt along the River Ravi and many Mohalla Mosques
in the sub-sectors of IHS. We took precautions that a Mohalla
Mosque was designed for people ranging from 5000-6000 on a
plot measuring 600-700 sq. metres and was adjacent to open
space.
Figure 7 Markazi Mosque along the River Ravi
MARKAZI
MOSQUE

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OPEN SPACES

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554987 ft2 (5.2 ha) is the total planned open spaces comprising
the parks as well. We took care that the open spaces of our
planned neighborhood were more than 7 % of the total usable
area.
We provided Neighborhood Level Playgrounds with a
combined playfield of 1.63 ha.
Figure 8 Samples of open spaces for Parks

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PUBLIC
SERVICES

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PUBLIC SERVICES
 Fire Brigade
o (town committee with 5000-25,000
people,
o equipment=one tanker with pump,
o location=shed near town committee
office,
o water source = tubewell )
 Petrol Station
o (or service station,
o located on 100 ft plus width road,
o front side was 190 ft,
o Total Area = 11600 ft2 )
ENTERTAINMENT
 Water Sports Amusement
Park
o Area = 47701 ft2 (.i.e. 0.44
ha) Figure 10 Water Amusement Park
Figure 9 Fire Brigade and Petrol
Station

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LAND USE DISTRIBUTION
Themes Categories
Area
(ft2)
No.
of
plots
Household
size
Population
residing in it
Residential
Apartments
High Income 85059 3 216 648
Middle
Income
88000 4 360 1440
Low Income 33000 3 324 972
Housing
5 Marla
(25x45)
564750 510 6 3060
10 Marla
(35x65)
1230775 541 6 3246
1 Kanal
(50x90)
450000 100 6 600
River Side
Round Houses
84664 22 6 132
TOTAL 2534428 1183 10098
Commercial
Central Business District
(CBD)
378000 84 12 1008
Local Commercial Centre
of Residential Areas
112500 25 6 150
Total 490500 109 1158
Total Population = 11256
Note: As we were planning IHS solely as a residential housing
scheme that’s why we didn’t incorporate any Heavy Scale
Industry. All the percentages satisfied the standards specified
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40%
8%
36%
4%
9%
3%
DISTRIBUTION OF LAND
HOUSING/RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL
ROADS/STREETS
EDUCATION, HEALTH &
OTHER COMMUNITY
FACILITIES
24%
52%
24%
DISTRIBUTION OF RESIDENTIAL ZONE
Low Income Residential
Medium Income Residential
High Income Residential

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Figure 12 High Income Luxury Apartments
Figure 11 Medium Income Apartments
Figure 13 Central Business
District (CBD)
Figure 14 Railway Line passing
through the scheme. Two Level
Crossing are provided which will be
guarded 24/7
`Figure 15 Low Income Apartments

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Figure 18 MEDIUM INCOME RESIDENTIAL HOUSES: 10 Marla Residential Plots along with High Income River Side Round Houses at
the Bottom-right
Figure 19 LOW INCOME RESIDENTIAL HOUSES: 5
Marla plots
Figure 16 HIGH INCOME RESIDENTIAL HOUSES: 1 Kanal Plots
Figure 17 Graveyard

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LANDUSEPLAN

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