Urbanism in Pakistan: A Glimpse into Issues and Remedies

Abstract

A major side effect of the unprecedented speedup in world population growth today is the ever-increasing concentration of population in cities the world over. Given the current rate of population growth of Pakistan being higher than those of many developing countries, twelve cities with population of more than four hundred thousands have emerged, thus aggravating the infrastructure in those newly formed establishments. The pull factor of rural-urban flow, inter alia, is the concentration of modern activities in urban areas or alternatively the poor development of the rural areas. Rapid industrialization has further created opportunities as well as many problems for both rural and urban people. This paper attempts to explore various parameters of urbanism and consequent issues arising thereof with proposed solutions are being critically analyzed.