Addressing Environmental Issues through Integrated Environmental Planning : Creating Spaces for Coop

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Addressing Environmental Issues through
Integrated Environmental Planning Creating
Spaces for Cooperation

• Abid Hussainy
• Urban Unit
• PD

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Who are we?

• I am interested in the Future because that is
  where I am going to spend the rest of my life
• ( Charles Kettering)

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The Urban Unit

• unit within the PD Department to provide
  technical support in urban issues, staffed by
  professionals in the fields of urban planning,
  urban transport, SWM, WSS, institutional
  development, etc etc.
• To Realize the Vision 2020 of the GoPb
• Is working with technical assistance from the
  WB, support of the Punjab Govt and close
  collaboration with the LGs, in consultation with
  all the stakeholders towards a common goal of
  sustainable development .

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The Urban Unit Vision

• When the future historian shall write the history
  of Cities in Punjab, s/he shall divide it into 2
  distinct phases
• Cities before the Urban Unit
• Cities after the Urban Unit

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The Dream Merchants Cleaner and Greener Lahore
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Vision

• For any dream to come true, the 1st condition is
• To have a dream
• We help cities Dream for the future

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Dream Merchants

• Yes we are dream merchantsBUTWith a
  difference..
• We provide After Sales Service as well
• We help in turning the dreams into Reality

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What the Urban Unit can do for Cities ?

• Prepare plans Strategies
• Carry out studies
• Provide technical support
• Facilitate Financing spending
• Capacity building
• Any other collaboration

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Urban Unit .

• Our role is to build the capacity of cities to
  shape and protect their own future.  We want
• empowered and confident cities , with higher
  levels of democratic participation and citizen
  engagement for Urban Development
• work together with Cities to offer more choice
  and quality in public services
• address the issues of Transportation, Solid
  Waste, Water Supply and Sanitation, and Land use
  Planning

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Lahore Cleaner and Greener

• Addressing the issues of common property
  resources like Air and Water which are being
  polluted Property Rights through Education
• Learning and adopting local Public Participation
  Model for Environmental Issues Multi
  stakeholders Partnership
• Scale up innovative model addressing
  environmental issue and testing the principles

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UC 60 Spatial Location
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Learning Model for Integrated Environmental
Planning UC 60
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Environmental Issues
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Potential Partner for Sustainable Development

• WASA- service provider
• Urban Unit , Government of Punjab (regular)
• Community
• Civil Society

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WASA Lahore

• Have prepared a water supply scheme only
• Sanitation is still an issue not address
• Social mobilization and community is less
  emphasized element in the project
• Technical and hardware project

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Urban Unit approach is

• an integrated planning approach to environmental
  planning and project design in which community
  well being is focused by
• social capital mobilization
• community development
• provision of water and sanitation services
• Education and research
• Partnership for learning

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Anjuman Samaji Behbood (ASB)
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Learning Partners

• WASA
• Urban Unit
• ASB
• City District Government Lahore

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UC 60 Project aims to

• Mobilize communities for internal component
  financing of Water and Sanitation System
• WASA external component
• 100 water metering
• 24/7 water supply
• Education and Communication
• Research in Hygiene Education and Conservation

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Potential Outcome

• Test and Refine Urban Partnership model for
  Environmental Management between Service
  provider, Regulator and Civil Society
• Internal and external model for WSS and Municipal
  services
• Learning for Integrated Planning for Cleaner and
  Greener Lahore
• Potential for Scale up in Lahore and other large
  cities of Punjab- Pakistan

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Thank you
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• Thank you for listening