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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.

HI

STO$%


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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

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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/.

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