7 | 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 | 𝑳𝒂𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏 2050 & 𝐑𝐔𝐃𝐀 لاہور ماسٹر پلان 2050 | Kamil K Mumtaz

7/10 | Conversations | 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 | Urbanisation | 𝑳𝒂𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏 2050 & 𝐑𝐔𝐃𝐀 لاہور ماسٹر پلان اور رُوڈا 2050 | Kamil K Mumtaz
'Session 7, Urbanisation. This is a live project that is based on much the same thinking as covered in previous sessions, applied in this case to regional and urban planning. In the remaining sessions I would like to focus on concrete implementable interventions at the regional and urban scales.'
'From its initial deliberations, the citizens’ consultation led to recognizing that the pursuit of the modernist development paradigm - of endless economic growth based on industrialization - has resulted in unsustainable urbanization, extreme poverty, income inequalities, social disintegration, economic collapse, and an ecological crisis of unprecedented proportions; Consequently, the ad-hoc group replaced the slogan of cities as “engines of economic growth” with a vision of Lahore as a “center of urbanity and civilization,” serving its host region in a symbiotic, not extractive or parasitic relationship.' Kamil Khan Mumtaz (excerpt from the paper on the Lahore Master Plan 2050)
A series of 10 sessions, online & in person, on 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 specially in the context of Pakistan with Prof. Ar. Kamil Khan Mumtaz, April to June 2024.
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 The Master Plan:
The case presented below is the city of Lahore, where I live, and the data is from the Master Plan for Lahore Division (MPLD) 2050, which is currently a work in progress. I am an architect in private practice and, as a member of the Lahore Conservation Society, am associated with the MPLD as a member of the Supervisory Committee, on a voluntary basis.
Among the outstanding features of MPLD 2050 are first, that it places citizens’ participatory planning at the core of the process; second, it places prosperity, based on an equitable and balanced economy rather than growth, as the goal of the plan; and third, it introduces a dynamic process of monitoring, review and updating.
The process was initiated in November, 2018, by the Commissioner Lahore Division, Mr. Mujtaba Piracha, who invited a cross-section of concerned citizens and relevant departments to meet with the LDA to identify key issues, and propose strategies for addressing these issues through a citizens’ participatory planning process. This was followed by the Commissioner’s note on “redefining the mandate of LDA in the light of new and emerging realities…” and in May, 2019, Vice Chairman LDA, Mr. S.M. Imran invited a wide cross-section of Lahore’s citizens to discuss and advise the LDA as to their ‘Vision’ for Lahore .
From its initial deliberations, the citizens’ consultation led to recognizing that the pursuit of the modernist development paradigm - of endless economic growth based on industrialization - has resulted in unsustainable urbanization, extreme poverty, income inequalities, social disintegration, economic collapse, and an ecological crisis of unprecedented proportions;
Consequently, the ad-hoc group replaced the slogan of cities as “engines of economic growth” with a vision of Lahore as a “center of urbanity and civilization,” serving its host region in a symbiotic, not extractive or parasitic relationship.
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