Karachi is the biggest mega city of Pakistan and hosts more than 18 million people. It is the capital of Sindh, and also the hub of the country’s commercial activity. Most of the businesses that operate in the country have their head offices in Karachi, as well as various factories, manufacturing plants, and a wide range of retail and service sectors. It also hosts the country’s main port and hence is the capital of trade as well. It’s fast pace of technological and infrastructural development, along with the various educational and economic opportunities, the city has attracted a huge amount of migrants from other cities and rural areas. As such, it is of paramount importance to understand the situation of the city. If it does not function to its potential, it not only creates nuisance for the local citizens, but it becomes troublesome for the entire country and can have drastic effect on a national level. Karachi is the fastest growing mega city in the world. Its population has increased by more than 100 percent from 11 million (the 1998 census figure) to 22 million when the last house count was conducted. As such, Karachi contains 10 percent of the population of Pakistan and 22 percent of its urban population. In addition to population, there are other reasons for Karachi’s importance. It contains 32 percent of the country’s industrial base, generates 15 percent of GDP, 25 percent of federal revenues and 62 percent of income tax. It contains powerful federal
• Assess the likelihood of expansion – in this phase the probability of the success of expansion will be analyzed in order to make a final decision regarding next steps of expansion. • Analyze the entry strategy and offering details – this step will contain all the strategies including marketing strategy making and the details of products that will be offered in Pakistani market. Like alcoholic products can’t be sold in Pakistani retail shelves considering that it is forbidden in Pakistan. All the legal and legislative things will be handled in this phase in order to advance towards final expansion. 9.
The social problems that urbanization and industrialized in the late 19th century created was slums. “Forty-two men and women in a room not more than twelve feet square, and in the corner on a heap of dirty straw lay a woman with a newborn babe” (Related Document 1, pg. 275). Immigrants were living in an overcrowded tenement and having to pay high rent. They lack access to clean water for drinking, garbage and sewage system. Most of the people who live in the slums became the victim of crime and diseases.
Learning Journal Unit 6 UO People Buss 4403 Business Policy and Strategy Dr. Jelenny Marquez May 17, 2023 Pakistan is a country with a diverse population and is located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. The country is currently undergoing a significant transformation, with the emergence of technology, entrepreneurs, and global networks. This has opened a range of strategic choices for businesses looking to invest in the country. For example, McKinsey & Co's latest report on the Pakistani ecosystem revealed that the country has been named one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia.
Cities improve due to innovation, but humans residing in them may not. The Industrial Revolution was a period in time where new inventions helped labor become less taxing and more efficient in the South. On the other hand, the North developed urban cities, which attracted many people. Urban cities had become the epitome of civilization: ease of life and wealth was present, but not available to everyone. To elaborate, these urban cities provided job opportunities to women.
Some findings have revealed that cities around the world are growing large. Could you outline the possible causes and predict consequences? Do you believe that the cities around the world are growing large? What are the consequences of uncontrolled cities population rapid growth? While urban sprawl has been taken as a positive development in many newly emerging cities, it is increasingly perceived as a threat to rural environment and considered as a trigger for numerous urban problems.
Urbanization, or the growth of cities, erupted during the Industrial Revolution. Cities were a place of work, innovation, and technology. Over the course of fifty years (1850-1900) more and more people moved to the cities, which caused more and more problems in them. With these problems came solutions, and those solutions led to change. These changes could be good like movements to get cleaner water or having plumbing.
Depending on different countries, proximity to markets, raw materials, wage rates, quantity and quality of the labor supply, general business climate, tax rates, internet access, total operating costs, barriers on political, business, cultural, and international trade agreements are different. Even though in the same country, the different city presents various population trends, competition, clustering, compatibility with the community, local laws and regulations, transportation networks, police and fire protection, the cost of utilities and public services, quality of life that would extremely affect the expansion and growth of entrepreneurs. We can conclude that the geographical location extremely affects the traditional industry. In
The development of the world’s largest airline terminal was an impeccable example. The Sheikh’s forceful strategies targeted at turning Dubai into a global business hub were almost yielding fruits by 1970s, as Dubai’s population has grown rapidly to make the city one of the most populous business hubs in the world. The city’s population grew rapidly from the 1960s to 1980s, thanks to Sheikh’s good economic development strategies that expanded the city. Applegate and Norris (2016) assert that by 2014 the city had over 2 million residents. A good population is favourable for the success of businesses, especially the type of businesses that depend on local customers.
Interestingly, electricity in Gwadar is supplied by Iran, and people have to go to Karachi to get a reasonable medical treatment.1 The people of Gwadar do not have good schools, colleges, universities and technical institutes to equip people with necessary skills to administer different projects and run the city effectively. With the prevailing situation one has a right to ask what exactly is being built in Gwadar? And more appropriately, how can people concentrate on other issues when they don’t have basic facilities like clean water and basic medical
Some advantages can be a better social integration, opening up new markets, whereas adversities are many, ranging from creating congestion to higher urban unemployment problems. In many cities, overcrowded lanes, increasing pollution, generalized security concerns and a rising cost of living are negatively influencing the everyday experience of its citizens. The most vivid consequence is creation of more and more slums with poor living conditions which have grown exponentially in the last two decades. According to the 2011 census, roughly 1.37 crore households in India live in slums with no proper provision for housing, water, electricity and healthcare. On the flip side can a turnaround be expected in the near future?
The first way to address this issue is to address the source of the need for rapidly increasing urban areas; population growth. Data from the Population Research Bureau (2011) shows that the current (and projected future) centers for the most explosive population growth have a significant overlap with the areas of highest poverty and mortality. Through increased support in the areas of healthcare, education and food stability we can accelerate these areas through their current place in the Phases of Demographic Transition (Haub & Gribble, 2011). The goal is to stabilize these localities concerning fertility rates and population growth through increased prosperity and
8. Urbanization: • Urban population: 99% of total population (2016 est.) • Rate of urbanization: 3.0% annual rate of change (2015 est.) • Major cities – population: DOHA (capital) 344,939 (2016) 9. Sex ratio: • At birth: 1.02 male(s) / female • 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s) / female • 15-24 years: 2.75 male(s) / female • 25-54 years: 4.8 male(s) / female • 55-64 years: 3.37 male(s) / female • 65 years and over: 1.5 male(s) / female • Total population: 3.29 male(s) / female (2014 est.)
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INTRODUCTION Geo Politics is defined as the impact created by a country on other neighbouring countries due to its Geopolitical position. This impact also affects the politics of the region as a whole. Pakistan is at a location which is of great importance in political ,strategic and economic sectors. It has been centre of activities of great powers since the start and has witnessed intervention of three great powers i.e Britain, USSR, and USA. Pakistan is located in Southern Asia and shares border with four countries which include India, Afghanistan, China and Iran all of which are of great importance in the international politics and play a major role in it.