Lahore has been expanding its urban boundaries exponentially as shown below.
The Urban boundary of Lahore in 2013 was 37,142 hectares, increasing at an average annual rate of 3.6% since 2000 and 3% since 1991, moving from a south eastern spread towards a circular outward growth today.
The population of Lahore is concetrated in the central strips of the Old city as shown below.
The Population of Lahore today is 11.13 million with an increasing growth rate. The population density is the highest in the oldest parts of the city as shown.
This map helps trace the growth of infrastructure and capital in Lahore
The trend of the concentrations of capital, health care facilities, infrastructure including roads and metro lines all coincides around the central localities of the city center. The map defines these development patterns through the time.
The map concludes the dichotomies in the development and capital movement in the city of Lahore.
The analysis of the health facilities concentrations and the population densities suggests the areas of urban problematics in Lahore. The metro lines add to these areas of conflicting realities that shape the premise of the site of selection, Anarkali.
The map is created by the incidents of destruction reported by the development projects in Lahore.
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