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A SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL PROFILE OF LAHORE
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The paper focuses on interconnectedness of human and environment with rapidly rising urban space developments in Lahore ? the second largest city of Pakistan. The city has a long history of more than 2000 years. It reflects the developmental aspects of Mughal Era and remnants of British colonial rule. From 1999 to 2011 the growth rate of the city in terms of built up area has doubled. Thus, mounting a huge pressure on the city administration responsible of managing infrastructure and slum settlements. Due to rapid urbanization, industrialization and population growth have not just affected the quantity of groundwater badly but the quality has also become very poor. The per capita availability of water has decreased over 406% i.e. from 5600 cubic meters in 1951 to 1,038 cubic meters in 2010, following the trend, by 2020 the availability will further be shrink down to 877 cubic meters. Although the city is facing various challenges such as lack of urban development policies, soaring population, energy crises, however this paper emphasizes on socio-ecological challenges and their benefits the city could receive through proposed solutions. By adopting socio-ecological approach, the paper argues the modernity and discusses the sustainability development potential in future.
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