Spatial Adversities of the Commercialization of Main Roads

A Case Study of Main Road, Samanabad, Lahore

  • Umair Zia Malik National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Saima Gulzar University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Mutahir Awan University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32350/jaabe.12.03
Keywords: Samanabad, land-use commercialization, spatial adversities of commercialization

Abstract

Abstract Views: 223

The negative impacts of land-use commercialization on built environment were studied in this research. Data was collected from the target population residing on Main Road Samanabad, Lahore. Data was collected through stratified sampling technique and analyzed in SPSS. The variables were correlated to draw conclusions. It was discovered that it is not only the tangible infrastructure that is responsible for the degradation of the built environment but intangible factors such as the existing policy on acquiring No Objection Certificate (NOC) also cause its deterioration. Furthermore, site-specific regulatory procedures need to be implemented. These loopholes were identified and organized in terms of their urgency of action and recommendations were prepared according to the research findings.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Bosworth, C. E. (2004). The new Islamic dynasties: The chronological and genealogical manual. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Burns, W. (1959). British shopping centres: New trends in layout and distribution. London: Leonard Hill Books.
Cartwright, R. M. (1980). The urban design of urban space. London: The Architectural Press.
Ezdi, R. (2007). The dynamics of land use in the Lahore inner city: A case for Mochi Gate. Lund, Sweden: Lund University Pub.
Housing and Physical Planning Department, Govt. of Punjab. (1993). Policy regarding commercialization of residential plots, Lahore. Lahore: Author.
Hameed, R., & Nadeem O. (2014). Haphazard commercialization: A potential threat to sustainable commercial development in metropolitan cities? The case of Lahore. Research paper presented at the First International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESDev), Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Department, Government of the Punjab. (2001). The Punjab Commercialization of Properties Rules-2001. Lahore: Author.
Khan, A. A. (1994). Commercialization in the city of Lahore. (Unpublished Term Paper, Guided Individual Study). Lahore: CRP Department, UET.
Kilbridge, M. D., Block, P. O., & Teplitz, P. V. (1970). Urban Analysis. Boston: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University.
Lahore Development Authority. (1984). Building Regulations. Lahore: Author.
Lahore Development Authority. (1997). Building Regulations. Lahore: Author.
Lahore Development Authority. (2002). Building Regulations. Lahore: Author.
Lahore Development Authority. (2007). Building Regulations. Lahore: Author.
Lahore Improvement Trust. (1936). Lahore: Today and tomorrow. Lahore: LIT Publication.
Local Government and Rural Development Department, Government of the Punjab (2004). The Punjab Local Government (Commercialization) Rules-2004. Lahore: Author.
Nadeem, O. (1997). Impact of linear commercialization on traffic flow. (MSc. Dissertation, Department of City and Regional Planning, UET). Lahore: Author.
Naz, N., & Anjum, G. A. (2007). Transformation of main road, Gulberg, Lahore from residential to commercial. Lahore: NED, University of Engineering and Technology.
NESPAK; LDA. (2004). Integrated master plan for Lahore - 2021. Lahore: Lahore Development Authority.
Qadeer, M. A. (1983). Lahore: Urban development in the third world. Lahore: Vanguard Books.
Rehman, A. (2013). Mapping Lahore: Tracing historical geography of a city through maps. Lahore: Al-Mezan Publishers.
Shahzad, K. (2008). Commercialization and its impact on the built environment: The case of study is main boulevard Gulberg, Lahore (Master Architecture Dissertation, Department of Architecture, UET). Lahore: UET.
Talbot, I. (2006). Divided cities: Partition and its aftermath in Lahore and Amritsar. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Thornton, T. H. (1873). A brief account of the histories and antiquities of Lahore (Part 1). Lahore: Government Civil Secretariat Press.
Published
2018-12-12
How to Cite
Malik, U. Z., Gulzar, S., & Awan, M. (2018). Spatial Adversities of the Commercialization of Main Roads. Journal of Art, Architecture and Built Environment, 1(2), 33-71. https://doi.org/10.32350/jaabe.12.03
Issue
Vol 1 No 2: Fall 2018
Section
Articles

JAABE follows an open-access publishing policy and full text of all published articles is available free, immediately upon publication of an issue. The journal’s contents are published and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license. Thus, the work submitted to the journal implies that it is original, unpublished work of the authors (neither published previously nor accepted/under consideration for publication elsewhere). On acceptance of a manuscript for publication, a corresponding author on the behalf of all co-authors of the manuscript will sign and submit a completed Copyright and Author Consent Form.

Copyright (c) The Authors