Urbanization and Slum Formation

Civil Services Academy,walton Lahore

Urbanization and Slum Formation

dc.contributor.author	Civil Services Academy,walton Lahore
dc.date.accessioned	2024-11-18T15:21:50Z
dc.date.available	2024-11-18T15:21:50Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description	80 Pages.
dc.description.abstract	The formation of slums need not be inevitable with rapid urbanization. Such an argument appears to be contradicted by evidence of large slum populations in a large number of developing countries and particularly in rapidly urbanizing regions like Asia. The evidence discussed suggests that city authorities faced with rapid urban development lack the capacity to cope with the diverse demands for infrastructural provision to meet economic and social needs. Not only are strategic planning and intervention major issues in agenda to manage rapid urbanization, but city governments are not effectively linking the economic development trajectory to implications for urban growth and, hence, housing needs. In the following discussion, a case study is presented in support of the argument that city governments have to first recognize and then act to establish the link that is crucial between economic development, urban growth, and housing. This is the agendum that has been largely neglected by city and national governments that have been narrowly focused on economic growth with the consequent proliferation of slum formation as a housing solution.
dc.description.sponsorship	Civil Services Academy Walton, Lahore
dc.identifier.uri	https://digitallibrary.punjab.gov.pk//handle/123456789/130362
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Civil Services Academy,walton Lahore
dc.title	Urbanization and Slum Formation
dc.type	Book