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HUMAN SETTLEMENT
PLANNING OFISLAMABAD
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Geography :
Part of the Potohar Plateau.
Undulating terrain with small patches ofalluvial plains especially along the Soan and
Korang rivers.
Location: North-eastern part of Pakistan in Islamaad !apital "erritory
Cliate:#umid Su-tropical
"he whole area is also dissected y local streams anddrains that originate from $argalla and $urree hills % are signi&cantin drainage system.
"he area slopes from north to south.
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Pakistan needed a capital that waseasily
accessile from all parts of thecountry.
Karachi' a usiness center' was also considered unsuitale partlyecause of
intervention of usiness interests in government a(airs.
Nee! O" A Ne# Capital
Karachi was located at one end of the country making itvulnerale
to attacks from the )raian Sea.
Karachi started showing the sign of agglomerationwith conse*uences of unhygienic conditions seriouslye(ecting
the health of the government servants.
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!lose pro+imity to the e+isting uran area of
,awalpindi helped in the development ofIslamaad y providing the access to e+isting transportnetwork" road/ % supplying laour for thedevelopment.
Site &election '
"he availale site near ,awalpindi i.e present dayIslamaad was
chosen owing to various advantages which were 0
,awalpindi was already main military center %accommodated initial government o1ces and personnel.
"opographical conditions such as a foothill of
#imalayas from 2344-2544 ft. aove sea level % presence of river
D i !i ) h C " D li *
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It was proposed thatIslamaad
and ,awalpindi will e+pand dynamically towardssouthwest along with their centrecores lue area- spine of central
facilities/ ene&tting from each otherwith least possile adversee(ects in tra1c.
Do(ia!i& ) the Concept o" Dynapoli& *Dynaetropoli& '
reek architect-planner !. ). 6o+iadis planned thecity of Islamaad on his concept of dynametropolis.
#e regulari7ed grid layout on which the city was togrow sector y sector' with each sector and su-sector having
its own residences' shops and parks.
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It was proposed that all three component of$etropolitan area will
e connected y four ma8or highways 2944 ft. wide/'$uree
#ighway now Kashmir #ighway/' Islamaad #ighway'Soan
#ighway and !apital #ighway' meeting at right angles
of which
only two highways Kashmir and Islamaad/ haveeen uilt till
now.
Islamaad will serve mainly administrative andcultural functions. ,awalpindi will remain theregional center serving
industrial and commercial functions.
Street have e*ual width and they cross each other atright angle.
G i! I P tt
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Gri!+Iron Pattern '
"he city was conceived into grid-iron patternsdeveloped into 9 km + 9 km sectors segregated y the hierarchy of wide
principal roads 344 ft./ comprising Islamaad and ,awalpindi area.
"he Islamaad !apital "erritory I!"/ is divided into Islamaad!ity and Islamaad ,ural:
-Islamaad Uran )rea city proper/ including institutional and industrial area4 km9/
-"he rural area divided into 29 union councils which arecomprised of 2;; villages .
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"he sectors are lettered from ) to I'and each sector is divided into fournumered su-sectors.
Islamaad city is divided into &ve ma8or 7ones: =one I'=one II' =one III' =one I?' and =one ?.
=one I consists mainly of all the developed residential
sectors while =one II consists of the under-developed residential .
#ousing is provided in grid-iron pattern sectors ondisciplined hierarchy of communities according to their incomegroups with four communities clustered around an
enlarged shopping center at the centre.
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Tran&port Net#or, '
@ocal and collector lowspeed roads' widesidewalks' pedestrianroads and icycles laneswith green elts areprovided.
Tran&port '
"he grid-iron pattern of sectors was served y a hierarchically structured road network comprisinga width of
2944' 344' ;44 ft intersecting at right angles.
) speedy and free tra1c can e maintained utwith
disadvantage of no short- cuts provision.
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)sence of institutional framework resulted in administrativefragmentation' !6) managed Islamaad in a much etter way
as compared to ,6) managed ,awalpindi ut since oth thesecities have many interdependent aspects' they e(ect each otherdirectly .Aor instance Nala @ai' once a fresh water stream' connect thetwo in such a way that the regular rains and Boods have directimpacts upon oth with one city is seen impacting the other.
Pro-le& Face! '
"he plan has focused on uilding hardware physical infrastructure/ as compared to develop softwareinstitutional
framework/ necessary for implementing the plan.
CD population of Islamaad city has een noted toe residing in its ;< s*uatter settlements or Katchi Abadis withslum like situation.
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$e"erence& '
www.cda.gov.pk en. wikipedia.org
THE END
THAN. %OU
Sa8ida I*al $aria and $uhammadImran' planning of Islamaad and,awalpindi: what went wrongE
)dul Shakoor Sindhu ',awalpindi and Islama$ulti #a7ard ,isk $apping ' pulished y ,ural
6evelopment Policy Institute ,6PI/.