1. The Lahore Project
• A citizens‟ initiative that has grown out of the strategic
framework adopted by the Lahore Conservation Society in 2006.
• To know who we are (identity), where we are
(environment), where we are coming from (history), where we
want to be (goals), and how to act for the achievement of our
goals.
Project of Lahore Conservation Society
2. Sectors
While thinking globally, we must necessarily act locally. Moreover, as
individuals, each one of us has our specific spheres of interest and
expertise in which we can participate most effectively. Thus the project
is divided into focal areas or sectors.
People
Land
Economy
Environment
Culture
Physical Planning
Utility infrastructure
Transportation
Social Infrastructure
Governance
3. Methodology
A space for the pooling and sharing of information (Data),
Free and open discussion (Forum),
Formulation of strategies (Sectors) through a process of informed
debate and concrete plans for action:
5. Global Capitalism‟s Vision
We do not share the corporate
capitalist vision of rapid
urbanization as an investment
opportunity, and cities as
employment markets, whose
expanding size provides
{ economies of scale for
profiteers who are valorized for
their contribution to the
national exchequer.
A Recipe for Disaster! Mubarak Center (Project on hold)
6. Our Vision for Lahore
A center of urbanity and civilization
A city that thrives in a symbiotic relationship with its region.
7. Our Goal
Realization of our highest human potential.
the greatest challenges of the new millennium is the conservation of our
humanity and our environment
Our humanity is defined by the universal set of qualities and values that
define what it means to be “human” – qualities such as Love,
Compassion, Justice and Beauty – not by quantities such as gross national
product, monetary wealth and material possessions
8. The City & its Region
Cities process primary raw materials, manufacture secondary products and
provide services.
Economically they are integrated with the region that produces the primary
products, and the region to which they provide goods and services.
9. Parasite & Host
In a symbiotic relationship, the value of what each takes from the other is
more or less equivalent to what it gives.
In a parasitic relationship the city extracts resources in excess of their rates
of renewal and re-generation, and produces toxic and non-recyclable waste.
10. Urban Strategies
Cities are the biggest consumers & the biggest polluters
Causes: Sustainable cities:
Mechanized transportation Pedestrian circulation
Segregation Integration
High rise Low-rise
High tech Low-tech
Low density High density
11. Physical Growth
Large, Growing &
Young Population
&
Unsustainable Physical
Growth Trends
Based on
Motorized circulation,
Single central high-rise business district and
cultural center
Low-density suburbs, segregated and widely
separated land-use zones
and
Open-ended growth in the size of its
population and physical area
12. Planning Criteria
Quantity
Variables Unit
Sustainable
cropland Area: ha/capita 0.07
Urban Density persons/ha 300
Walking speed km/hour 4
Commuting Time hours 0.5
ha/plow(animal
Max.Farm size drawn) 5
Household size persons 7
“Parametrix”, tool for Population persons 14068538
mapping and analysis of Regional
Physical Planning data. Other Uses Area % 30
Available Area km.sq 14687
13. Typical Farming
settlement Unit Quantity
Max.Farming
Derived Area
km.sq. 13
Parameters Farming
Households house 251
Farming
Population persons 1759
persons/km.
Density sq. 140
Typical Urban Settlement
Urban Area km.sq. 13
Urban
Population persons 376991
General template with a set of Lahore
variables, from which are derived Regional Land Use Division
parameters for different types of Cropland Area km.sq. 9848
Settlements, Regional Land Use; Urban Area
Community Units; Social km.sq. 469
Services; and Utility
Infrastructure. Other Uses km.sq. 3095
TOTAL km.sq. 13412
Surplus
(Deficient) km.sq. 1275
14. 40
20
While the regions of
0
Punjab
and Lahore Division have
surplus land
-20
capacities, Lahore District
is not a sustainable region.
Times
surplus/deficient
We therefore propose to
-40
take Lahore Division as
the region for the physical
and economic plan
-60
-80
Times surplus/deficient
-100
15. Proposed Regional Structure
Population Quantit
/Unit Units y
4000 Village 400
17000 Town 80 Lahore Division is a
Sustainable Region
375000 city 11
Metropolis
comprising of 18
7000000 „cities‟ 1
16. Alternate Development
Strategies
Union Council Pop. = 38282
Persons Area:
Density /hectares hectares
Highest 1500 25.5
high 700 54.7
Low 125 306.3
Lowest 37 1034.6
17. Walkable Town
Pop: 306256
Area: 4 sq. km
Density: 765/ha
Motorized
Union Council
Pop: 38282
Area: 9 sq km
Density: 42.5/ha
18. { Motorised City
Pop: 2,450,048 { Green City
Pop: 2,450,048 Density: 765/ha