Urban planning is a process that has been shaping up the systems of governance and patterns of social lives within cities. The process is dynamic and tends to the growing needs of urban societies. With the growing trends of urban population, the needs and demands also alter. Influx of populations is a crucial element in exerting pressures on the available resources within any urban setting. A need to keep balance between the growing needs and the marginal resources is hence essential. Urban planning thus plays a pivotal role in justifiable resource distribution.
The patterns of urban growth show an overwhelming increase during the recent years. As according to …. by the year…. , … percent of the world’s population will reside in industries.
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Most essential of all, the demand for land use planning becomes ever so evident in the backdrop of urban development.
Lahore is the second most populous city of Pakistan following Karachi. The total population is Lahore according to the .. census was … according to a recent estimation by … the current population of this city is …. Showing an overall increase of … within a span of … years. This has resulted in the relentless expansion of the city boundaries besides resulting in the increase of per square population density in the
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Urban planning has eight procedural theories that remain the principal theories of planning procedure today and include the rational comprehensive approach, the incremental approach, the transactive approach, the communicative approach, the advocacy approach, the equity approach, the radical approach and the humanist or phenomenological approach. Strategic Urban Planning over past decades have witnessed the metamorphosis of the role of the urban planner in the planning process.
According to Mas, J.F, et al 2004, Zhao, et al 2004, Dwivedi et. al. (2005) land use and land cover caused by anthropogenic activities and natural modifications have largely resulted in loss of agricultural field, deforestation, biodiversity loss, global warming and increase of natural disaster and flooding.
Sustainable community development incorporates the principles of maximizing economic stability, enhancing environmental sustainability and ensuring social
After examining all of the problems associated with urban sprawl it is hard not to
This is due to the concern for urban development vision that takes consideration of material well-being as well as depends on more pluralistic, cooperative and welfare provision rather than the state-centered model. However, the communicative model and new urbanism theories are still applicable by extracting both strengths which allow planners to be more skillful in being a medium to negotiate and persuade participants as well as to produce realistic and attractive urban design in future development projects. In my opinion, the planning theory should be flexible so that it could be adapt with any urban changes due to the development trend that usually differs from time to time. Planners should also be more critical in choosing the best alternative to adapting better planning theory in implementation of planning practices.
Urban change that will benefit the greatest number of people will require a change in how we view the world. For these urban changes to occur, we need larger structural changes in how we conduct business and how political decisions are made.
According to the US Census Bureau report (2012), urban areas are defined as a densely residential, commercial, and other non-residential areas that account for more than 50,000 people. In the US urban population increased by 12.1 percent between 2000 and 2010. In general, urban population account for 80.7 percent of US total population. Other studies also indicate that urban areas are the engines of the United States of America’s economy, creating big opportunities for the entire population in the country. In fact, America’s top hundred urban areas alone comprise at least 75 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Urban areas connect consumers and suppliers together in a relatively close proximity leading driven innovations,
* Urban Professional^s recognition of the increased variability, robustness, and interest in both the urban area and their work. * Conservation Activist^s commendation of the lower consumption of resources, and reduced pressure on sensitive environment areas, suggestive of a reduction in urban sprawl. * The Development Industry^s equations of profit established through better and higher levels of land use. Essentially urban consolidation proposes an increase of either population or dwellings in an existing defined urban area (Roseth,1991). Furthermore, the suburban village seeks to establish this intensification within a more specific agenda, in which community is to be centred by public transport nodes, and housing choice is to be widened with increased diversity of housing type (Jackson,1998).
One of the most common problems in big cities is overpopulation. Today we are seeing
A general situation of urbanization trend in developing countries and developed countries is increasing. In 18th Century only 3% of the world total population lived in urban areas but as projected in 2000 this number will increase at above 50% (UN as cited in Elliot, 1999, p. 144). According to UN (as cited in Elliot, 1999, p.144), it is figured that the total urban population in developing countries has increased from approximately 400 millions people in 1950 to approximately 2000 millions people in 2000. At the same time, total urban population in developed countries is double...
Beall, Joe. Basudeb, Khasnobis. Kanbur, Ravi. Urbanization and Development: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Oxford University Press, 2010.
Planning is an approach towards the problem solving rationally. It can be taken as a remedial tool for creating change in the current situation in a systematic and efficient way. A problem in the planning profession will be The solution found by planners to varied situations in practice is very dependent on the certain criteria like social, economic, environmental, and political. The evaluation of a solution on these criteria defines the success of a solution. The new definition of the planning problems was given by Rittle and Webber in their path breaking article (Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning).
The concept of community development can be understood as a set of values that collectively consists of equality, justice, learning, reflecting, participation, political awareness and sustainable
...As a member of the Third World, Korea has experienced quite an extreme urbanization. During the time when it was becoming more urbanized, it could achieve a massive economic development. But it also suffered from various urban problems as traffic, pollution, and housing shortage. The government’s effort to restrain urban population growth and develop more balanced society was a good try yet not so successful in reviving rural areas and solving urban problems. The developing countries, which still are in the early stages, can learn a lesson from the urbanization of Korea and develop adequate plans to handle intense urban expansion in the future. Future studies can compare Korean government plans with more successful population redistribution plans in other parts of the world and give suggestions to less developed states about proper plans responsive to urbanization.
...population distribution designed to reduce the rate of rural-urban migration appears to have had limited success in many developing countries. Policies must be directed at altering the rural economy in order to slow the rate of urban sprawl. Broad land use planning and changing of planning standards and governmental procedures would go a long way to reduce many of the problems that face urban populations in the developing areas, especially Africa. Urbanization can cause a lot of problems for a city or even a country. It can cause cities to become overpopulated which are known as mega-cites, and cause problems with living arrangements and finding a job. Urbanization can also cause health problems. Urbanization is supposed to be good for developing countries on the rise but with this rapid growth in Africa, these problems can become a major concern in the future.
An increase in human population can influence our economy. Some of the factors that are affected are unemployment, poverty and the restriction of economic expansion. When the population increases, the cost of health, education, and other areas of urban growth are affected. Unempl...
‘Development that meets the needs of the present with the ability for the future generation to meet their own needs.’ (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987) Sustainable development requires three key components: economy, society and environment, sustainable development can be success through striking balance in those factors. These three components are indispensible, they compel to depend on each other. On the other words, we can only gain a decent and energetic environment and society if the economy is strong with a healthy a stable growth rate.
Just like above, sustainable development helps a lot in dealing with problems caused by urbanization.