Islamabad, a town planning example for a sustainable city

Frantzeskakis, IM

dc.contributor.author	Frantzeskakis, IM	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:52:03Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:52:03Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.issn	17433541	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/35817
dc.subject	New cities	en
dc.subject	Sustainable city	en
dc.subject	Sustainable transportation	en
dc.subject	Urban planning	en
dc.subject.other	capital city	en
dc.subject.other	conference proceeding	en
dc.subject.other	land use planning	en
dc.subject.other	quality of life	en
dc.subject.other	sustainability	en
dc.subject.other	town planning	en
dc.subject.other	transportation planning	en
dc.subject.other	Asia	en
dc.subject.other	Eurasia	en
dc.subject.other	Islamabad [Islamabad (ADS)]	en
dc.subject.other	Islamabad [Pakistan]	en
dc.subject.other	Pakistan	en
dc.subject.other	South Asia	en
dc.title	Islamabad, a town planning example for a sustainable city	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.2495/SDP090081	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/SDP090081	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	Islamabad, the new Capital of Pakistan, planned by Constantinos A. Doxiadis and Doxiadis Associates in the late 1950s, is now a fast-growing city of about 1.5 million inhabitants, forming, together with the adjacent old city of Rawalpindi and a National Park, a Metropolitan Area (Greater Islamabad/Rawalpindi Area) of about 4.5 million inhabitants. This paper presents the combined land use-transportation planning of Islamabad, within the broader framework of the C.A. Doxiadis Ekistics theory. An evaluation of the results follows, based on a visit by the author and on more recent information. The advantages of the clear hierarchy of residential communities, of the related functions and of the transport system are apparent in the segregation of the various categories of movements (i.e. high/low speed Road Traffic, Public Transport, Bicycles, Pedestrians, etc.) and in the reduction of trip lengths. They will be more and more apparent as the urban area expands and the population and car ownership increase. With proper management of traffic and demand, the road network will not be subject to the capacity and related serious environmental problems observed in almost all large cities of the world. The present quality of life in Islamabad is made apparent from the satisfaction expressed by the people who live and work there and by the wish of others to reside in the new city. Islamabad is a ""unique"" example of a large new city ""planned for the future and built for the present"", fully respecting the long-term planning. © 2009 WIT Press.	en
heal.journalName	WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.2495/SDP090081	en
dc.identifier.volume	120	en
dc.identifier.spage	75	en
dc.identifier.epage	85	en