Effects Of Urbanisation In Karachi

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ROZAIN JAMALI
BBA 5-C
131199
Urbanisation in Karachi

Abstract
The megacity Karachi, as a globalized complex, is the business capital of Pakistan and had been the government capital until 1958. Karachi is confronting over the years with rapid growth of urbanization. The researchers, planners and administration need to identify and rectify the problem of urbanization prevailing since independence but more serious over the past two decades. This report analysis the trends of urbanisation in karachi, the role of katchi abadis and slums, Urban sprawl , serious impacts on the environment , social problems and the role of the state to fulfil the obligations which they owe to the public by successfully achieving the planned policies to eradicate the …show more content…

However, an ultimate consequence of urbanisation appears as an increase in population. There may be many reasons for the population explosion but the declining land productivity, rising expectations for higher wages, and a search for better living conditions are the prominent motivations for migration from less developed areas towards developed areas. In case of Pakistan census records show that the rate of urban population increase has risen from 17.7 percent in 1951 to 32.5 percent in 1998. Karachi, the most populated city of Pakistan has sufficient worth to be considered as a case study because of two reasons. Firstly, large spatial expansion and enormous increase in population in a short span of time, secondly, the bizarre appearance of Katchi Abadies (temporary settlements) and their amalgamation in the urban …show more content…

The reason apart from Influx of refugees from India is its essence to persuade people from all around the country to migrate to Karachi for better education, economic opportunities, living standard , health and safety and etc.
It is certainly considered as a serious problem, due to unrestricted movement within a country, certain areas or regions grow faster, mainly due to in- migration. Consequently, their population growth rates would be higher than the national average, while other areas experience a slow growth rate due to out-migration. In a developing country like Pakistan, such migration generally takes place for economic reasons, from the rural to the urban areas, resulting in higher growth rate in the latter Urban Population trends in Karachi(Historical data)
Information taken from the “Growing urbanisation: Shifting sands”
DR NOMAN AHMED
“Urban Slums” Arif Hasan

Arif Hasan gives an in depth analysis of urbanisation on karachi and gives the historical changes in karachi’s population in his case Karachi.
Year Population +/- over previous population survey
+/- percentage Average annual growth rate
1941 435,887 135,108 44.90 3.70
1951 1,137,667 701,780 161.00 11.50
1961 2,044,044 906,377 79.70 6.05
1972 3,606,746 1,562,702 76.50 5.00
1981 5,437,984 1,831,238 50.8

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