Integration of services at the metropolitan level : a case study of city district government, Lahore–Pakistan

Abstract EN

In World, most of the developing countries are experiencing a high population growth rate.

As a result the population of these countries is increasing at a much faster rate than ever before.

This rapid increase in population has radically boosted the urbanization phenomena in small towns as well as big cities.

Resultantly, the towns are being converted to cities, then metropolitan cities and those metropolitan cities into mega cities.

This rapid population increase exerts huge pressure on the already available basic services.

These pressures then force the line agencies to take remedial measures in form of an efficient provision of basic services to residents of these cities.

The services provided can best be utilized if planning is done on wide area basis.

Likewise the quality of services can be increased if the line agencies keep an eye on the population growth trends.

This paper highlight services provision mechanism at the metropolitan level.