Biggest challenges facing Pakistan's urban future.

1. THE NEXT 50 YEARS FOR
PAKISTAN
-“BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING PAKISTAN’S
URBAN FUTURE”
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2.  5 Biggest Challenges:
1. Poor Housing Quality & Affordability
2. Water & Sanitation
3. Transportation
4. Health
5. Education

3. 1. Poor Housing Quality & Affordability
-Pakistan’s five largest cities will account for 78 percent of the total housing shortage by
2035.

4. 2. Water & Sanitation
-According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), 90 percent of water supply schemes in
Pakistan are unsafe for drinking.

5. 3. Transportation
-Cost of private transportation is estimated to have increased by 100 percent since 2015.

6. 4. Health
-According to Save the Children’s 2015 Annual Report, poor urban children in Pakistan
are more likely to die young than rural children.

7. 5. Education
-Like healthcare, better education in cities is explained by the private sector.

8. CONCLUSION
• References:
 [1] Background paper for World Bank (2014) Pakistan Urban Sector Assessment: Leveraging the Growth
Dividend.
 [2] Qadeer, Mohammad A. 2000. “Ruralopolis: The Spatial Organization and Residential Land Economy of
High-Density Rural Regions in South Asia” Urban Studies 37(9): 1583–1603 and Pakistan’s Runaway
Urbanization: What Can Be Done? (2014) Edited by Michael Kugelman.
 [3] The National Socio-Economic Registry (NSER), based on the Benazir Income Support Programme’s
(BISP) Poverty Score Survey (PSS) conducted in 2010, reveals that around 80 percent of the 27 million
households surveyed belong to nuclear families.
 [4] Source: United Nations MDG Indicators; McKinsey Global Institute Analysis.
 [5] These better outcomes occur because the majority of urban populations are in higher socioeconomic
quintiles, whereas the reverse is true for rural populations.
 [6] Zahid, M and Rasul, G. Rise in Summer Heat Index over Pakistan, Pakistan Journal of Meteorology Vol.
6, Issue 12

9. Thank you for your attention
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