A Comparative Review to Reform Urban Planning System in Pakistan

Implementation of cities’ development plans is a continuous failure in Pakistan. Uncontrolled urbanization and an ineffective development plan system has placed enormous hurdles on the way to wholesome progress. Until now enough attention has not been paid to radically review the present system of physical planning or to ascertain reforms from a good practice. This research examines the development plan system of UK in order to find lacunae and gaps within the urban planning system of Pakistan. A list of parameters was developed from the contents and format of the key components of urban development plans of UK. Beside these parameters legal provision and institutional assessment were also made for deeper understanding in both cases. Consequently, many areas for reforms are identified in our system of urban planning. A reformation mechanism for the system is formed to enable urban planner to avoid further chaos in cities of Pakistan.