COMPARISON OF URBAN FORM PARAMETERS OF LAHORE WITH ITS NEIGHBORING CITIES

Abstract

Urban form is the spatial imprint of urban transportation and associated land-use. It
may be computed by various measures i.e. population density, employment density, Mix Density
Index, Entropy Index, accessibility index, etc. No study has been conducted to explore the urban form
of cities in Punjab. The objective of this studywas to compute and explain the urban form and compare
its urban form variables in Lahore with neighboring Towns i.e. Ferozewala, Kasur, Pattoki, Sharaqpur
and Muridkey. Lahore being the largest populated city of Punjab havinga monocentric and dense urban
structure has changed during the last several years, preliminary analysis showed that Lahore has sprawl
type of urban form whereas Muridkey, Kasur, Sharaqpur, Pattoki and Ferozewala have different types
of urban forms varying from polycentric to monocentric. The urban form variables have the larger
values for Lahore as compared to other neighboring cities. For making policy decisions related to
different sectors like Transportation, Health and Education etc.it is recommended to conduct a
thorough longitudinal study of urban form and to formulate the policies accordingly.