Author: Hafiz Syed Hamid Arshad
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Diss. no.RD-19-01
Year: 2019
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (Ph. D.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2019
Examination Committee: Jayant Kumar Routray (Chairperson); Avishek Datta, Mokbul Morshed Ahmad (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Pakistan is experiencing the highest rate of urbanization in its history. Large cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi are facing negative impacts of urbanization top of the list is environmental deterioration particularly in high density neighborhoods. Medium cities in Pakistan are going on the same track with high rate of population growth and unmanaged urbanization. Speedy actions are needed to be taken to maintain and enhance the quality of life in medium cities particularly environmental quality in residential neighborhoods before the cities grow so big and complex that damages become irreparable. This study proposed Urban Agriculture (UA) as a solution, as multitude of social, economic and environmental benefits have been claimed for Urban Agriculture (UA) in the literature, in both high and low-income countries. This study assessed the scope and potential ofUA in a medium city of Pakistan. The study took under consideration the existing urban growth pattern, policy perspective, communities’ perspective and planners’ vision to find the overall scope of urban agriculture in the study area. Broadly the aim of this study is to make a comparative analysis between home gardeners and non-gardeners focusing on three types of residential neighborhoods in a medium city with assessment of land use change pattern against the current policies and urban planners’ perspective. Urban growth pattern was assessed in the study area over the period of 15 years (2002-17) by using LULe change analysis. ERDAS IMAGINE tool was used for raster analysis using supervised classification method. Urban planning policies were reviewed for assessing the capacity of policy to protect and enhance urban green areas. Later on, questionnaire survey was conducted in three socioeconomically differentiated communities to compare the scope and potential of UA with respect to neighborhood characteristics, households’ socioeconomic status and motivation and perception of people. The study found a huge land use trans
Scholarship Donor(s): Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan; Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship
Note: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Regional and Rural Development Planning, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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