How to Transform Urban Planning in Punjab | Urban Unit, GIS, Land Use Rules, Waste Management

Описание: In this in-depth conversation, we sit with Dr Nasir Javed, one of the most influential voices in Pakistan’s urban governance, public sector reforms, GIS innovation, and institutional development.

This part of the interview focuses on:

How Urban Unit Punjab was created in 2005

Why he redesigned PC-1 to remove outdated bureaucracy

Introducing modern, specialist-based structures in government

The transformation from a World Bank project to a full policy think tank

How the Urban Unit became the largest GIS provider in Pakistan

Launching Punjab Land Use Rules (2009)

Developing modern frameworks for building rules, land use, solid waste, and water

Creating Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC)

Why institutional capacity in LDA, TMA, CDA, and local governments collapsed

Problems in Pakistan’s housing societies, development control, and governance

Why cities must be designed around public transport—not cars

How mindset, institutional development, and transport planning shape sustainable cities

Urbanization as the key to economic development in Pakistan

This episode offers rare insights into:
✔ Urban policy failures
✔ How systems collapse
✔ Why GIS and data matter
✔ How to fix planning in Lahore, Karachi, Punjab & KP
✔ How Pakistan can build modern, livable, resilient cities

A must-watch for students, planners, policymakers, environmentalists, civil servants, and anyone interested in urban reforms, climate resilience, development, and GIS-based planning in Pakistan.#UrbanPlanning #UrbanUnit #DrNasirJaved #GISPakistan #LandUseRules #UrbanDevelopment #PunjabReforms #SolidWasteManagement #LWMC #PublicPolicyPakistan #UrbanGovernance #SustainableCities #ClimateChangePakistan #TransportPlanning #HousingSocieties #DevelopmentPakistan #EnvironmentPakistan #Urbanization #PublicSectorReform #CityManagement