TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the socioeconomic and infrastructure development disparity–a case study of city districts of Punjab, Pakistan
AU - Rana, Irfan Ahmad
AU - Bhatti, Saad Saleem
AU - Arshad, Hafiz Syed Hamid
PY - 2017/9/2
Y1 - 2017/9/2
N2 - Socioeconomic and infrastructure development are the major sectors linked to prosperity of any region, while disparity in these sectors, in certain instances, hinder economic growth. This paper outlines an approach to examine development disparity in both spatial and temporal dimensions. A comparative analyses of socioeconomic and infrastructure development disparity among five city districts of Punjab province of Pakistan helped testing the proposed methods. The data variables and time periods (2002, 2007 and 2012) were selected based on the policy programmes introduced by the governments to reflect the closest factual position. Analyses revealed that development disparity prevailed, and the provincial capital (Lahore) remained the most developed. Moreover, the policy scrutiny indicate that despite the introduction of several national level policies and programmes, local Municipal Administrations have been incapable at handling the development issues. The proposed approach proved useful, and robust enough to be tested in a different regional setting.
AB - Socioeconomic and infrastructure development are the major sectors linked to prosperity of any region, while disparity in these sectors, in certain instances, hinder economic growth. This paper outlines an approach to examine development disparity in both spatial and temporal dimensions. A comparative analyses of socioeconomic and infrastructure development disparity among five city districts of Punjab province of Pakistan helped testing the proposed methods. The data variables and time periods (2002, 2007 and 2012) were selected based on the policy programmes introduced by the governments to reflect the closest factual position. Analyses revealed that development disparity prevailed, and the provincial capital (Lahore) remained the most developed. Moreover, the policy scrutiny indicate that despite the introduction of several national level policies and programmes, local Municipal Administrations have been incapable at handling the development issues. The proposed approach proved useful, and robust enough to be tested in a different regional setting.
KW - Development disparity
KW - infrastructure
KW - Pakistan
KW - socioeconomic
KW - urban
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018796904&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19463138.2017.1320286
DO - 10.1080/19463138.2017.1320286
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018796904
SN - 1946-3138
VL - 9
SP - 346
EP - 358
JO - International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
JF - International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
IS - 3
ER -