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Adequate knowledge of Environmental Sustainability is essential to the success of its global efforts. A
following study investigate the level of awareness of environmental sustainability in a developed city of
Lahore, Pakistan. Data for the study was generated through the questionnaire’s surveys across randomly
selected adult inhabitants. Of the entire questionnaire, respondents responded according to their
perceptions. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were conducted. Descriptive analysis showed
that most of the respondents had the knowledge of Environmental Sustainability. It is recommended that
information on Environmental Sustainability should be made available and be widely disseminated,
especially its impacts and that international communities in conjunction with the national government
should take charge of the control and of the associated risks. Further investigation is required to assess the
strategies for coping and adapting to the effects of Environmental Sustainability in the area being studied.
efficiently restored and recycled, these features evaluate data. The data that was collected from
can fetch about significant energy reserves. all the sources, primary and secondary, official
or field survey and user‟s perception survey, is
Considering historic buildings and structures
analyzed at this stage. In this step, all the data
original climatic adaptations, today's sustainable
collected from different ways are combined to
technology can increase inherent sustainable
show results. Following type of data analysis
characteristics of buildings without compromising
methods were used.
inimitable historic character. Maintenance and
Conservation retain our land's history and QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
culture thriving and we learn much from the
Quantitative analysis involves the techniques by
approaches and practices of those who came
which the researcher converts data to numerical
before us. Besides it, because of our threatened
forms and subject them to statistical analyses.
environment and depletion of resources, it is
imperious that we make sustainable living a part The Performa‟s and questionnaires used for
of our daily lives. The community benefits of survey and user perception survey were analyzed
quantitatively. Accordingly, the collected data is
both preservation and sustainability are very
classified in an explanatory way with help of
clear and should work together. Reviewing the
frequency tables and graphs. Sustainability
current form of better interpretation for the
ratings were derived for both study areas after
social standards and environmental benefits of
conserving historic structures will be a good start. detail data analysis. Reliability analysis is
carried out to find out the internal consistency of
The Walled City of Lahore covers an area of the factors selected which are responsible for bad
256 ha with a population of 200,000.The Walled environment within the areas.
City of Lahore also known as Old City, forms
the historic core of Lahore, Pakistan. The city EXAMINING THE RELIABILITY OF
was established around 1000 CE in the western VARIABLES BY CRONBACH’S ALPHA
half of the Walled City which was fortified by a
A research analyst must deploy a rational,
mud wall during the medieval era. Unplanned
authentic, and proven test and use a well-
and unintended commercialization persisted to
designed questionnaire to convey accurate
be a very immense issue of the Lahore city as
assessments and interpretations regarding social
the most of the city‟s residential zones
issues (Mohsen Tavakol and Reg Dennick,
specifically inside the Walled City have been
transformed into commercial zones. It not only 2011). Another domineering scale that the
damages the city‟s old infrastructure, architecture, Cronbach‟s alpha is a Likert scale which uses a
but has also given birth to traffic congestion, questionnaire for respondent‟s response and is
amplified pollution by producing more vehicular widely used for determining the reliability and
movement. This research study will address the internal consistency of the test and scale. Range
environmental issues of Walled city and will 0 to 1 is the typical value of the Cronbach‟s
apply assessment tools to them. alpha and it assumes that internal consistency
exists amongst indicators if its Coefficient is
CALCULATING SAMPLE SIZE near to 1.0(George and Mallery, 2016).
Population of Walled city (Bhatti Gate) = 36533
The table 4.3 shows the value of cronbach alpha
By applying Slovin’s Formula: whose value is above 0.7 and the number of
n = N / (1 + Ne2) items selected.
Confidence Level Reliability Statistics
e= 100 % - 95 % = 5% = 0.05 Cronbach's Cronbach's Alpha Based
N of Items
n =36533 / 1+ 36533 (0.05)2 Alpha on Standardized Items
.731 .738 27
= 36533/ 91.335
= 399.95400 The correlation coefficient is used to assess the
degree of reliability. The test is reliable as it
Population of Walled city (shah Alam) = 28711
shows a high positive correlation with value of
= 394.5400 0.3. A researcher is expected to consider the
DATA ANALYSIS relevance and quality of a chosen instrument on
which the research questions are formed (National
Data Analysis is the process of systematically Research Council Committee on Scientific
applying statistical and/or logical techniques to Principles for Educational Research, 2002).
describe and demonstrate, concentrate and Conventionally, quality can be understood in
terms of notions like validity (the range to range to which an instrument is considered to
which an instrument measures what it claims give the exact measured product when
instead of something else) and reliability (the measurements are repeated) (Taber, 2013).
Item-Total Statistics
Scale Mean Scale Corrected Squared Cronbach's
if Item Variance if Item-Total Multiple Alpha if Item
Deleted Item Deleted Correlation Correlation Deleted
Environment sustainability is necessary to
64.56 101.946 .275 .499 .723
achieve for development of city?
Water supply is not proper in the area 63.88 96.612 .389 .632 .714
Clean water is not Accessible in the area 63.80 95.111 .468 .521 .708
Area must have treatment plant for clean
64.42 100.610 .306 .315 .721
water
Sewerage system of area is adequate 63.47 105.868 -.026 .510 .741
Proper disposal of waste is carried out in
63.40 110.848 -.239 .671 .756
area
Discharge of waste is done on daily basis 63.22 107.143 -.087 .683 .748
Septic tank is regularly disposed by
63.20 107.475 -.099 .382 .746
authority members?
Waste is burned in place near to your
63.41 104.083 .044 .493 .738
home?
Waste is disposed on roads randomly? 63.74 96.518 .400 .518 .713
Area have poor drainage system? 63.91 96.527 .417 .559 .712
Traffic congestion is faced in an area? 64.22 97.850 .388 .534 .715
Uneven Noises cause disturbance in daily
64.19 98.398 .303 .512 .720
life?
Air pollution is causing many diseases? 64.77 100.967 .360 .564 .720
Water stayed on roads after heavy rain? 64.19 94.741 .506 .634 .706
Neighborhood Parks are accessible? 63.82 106.351 -.054 .377 .745
Factories are near to residential areas? 63.73 100.846 .207 .569 .726
Green and healthy environment plays a
64.81 104.014 .106 .530 .731
major role in development of area?
How would you rate Law enforcement 63.39 95.957 .403 .733 .713
How would you rate Neighborhood
63.45 97.301 .359 .628 .716
Security
How would you rate Garbage collection 63.63 97.387 .308 .761 .719
How would you rate Roads/highways/
63.38 97.450 .378 .749 .715
streets
How would you rate Parks and recreation 63.63 97.448 .344 .634 .717
How would you rate Sidewalks/ pedestrian
63.70 94.717 .394 .712 .712
Safety
How would you rate Storm drainage 63.93 94.530 .519 .639 .705
How would you rate Street lighting 63.45 95.745 .404 .641 .712
How would you rate Outdoor activities 63.72 95.638 .391 .676 .713
diagnosing socio-environmental issues and inter- quantitative methods– they are highly important
linkages (Whyte, 1977). Studies have shown that due to the incorporation of factors other methods
perceived changes in the environment are neglect (Elliot, 1999). Individual characteristics
instrumental in policy design and sustainable affect perceptions, but they also affect the
resource management (Ayeni and Olorunfemi, individual‟s actual food and water availability
2014). Even though environmental perceptions and consequently matter in terms of necessary
may be categorized as subjective judgments political action (Eduful., 2015)
because they are not based on scientific
AVAILABILITY OF CLEAN WATER
Figure1.
Source: surveyed by author
As the condition of utility amenities is far of clean water. On the average, 95.111%
deteriorated, the pipelines for clean water supply responses are recorded which states in the
are full of rust. The figure 4.1shows that majority inaccessibility of clean water at Shah Alam and
of the respondents agree with the unavailability Bhatti Gate localities.
Figure2.
Walled City is basically the notable area of in figure 4.2 people have been living here since
Lahore which is now old city Lahore. Before many years. The remarkable percentage of
Indo-Pak separation, this area was the hub of the respondents have been living in Shah Alam and
central market place adjacent to residential Bhatti Gate areas for more than 25 years. This
areas. Still, there are many families living here makes the area historically rich.
before the independence of Pakistan. As shown
Figure3
The fundamentals of a city development utterly sustainability develops. It is one of the most
rest on sustainable factors within the city. Carbon significant pillars over which a developed city
footprints, economic, environmental, infrastructural, grows. Henceforth, a vast number of people are
agricultural, and societal changes are the topmost strongly agreed in the development of the city
elements that make the city run on the treadmill based on environmental sustainability. 50% of
of higher development ends. (Hamed and the population of case study area strongly agree
Mohsen, 2015) environmental sensitivity is the that environmental sustainability is necessary to
central point around which the model of urban achieve development of neighborhood
The condition of residential areas in all over the minor difference between the neutral and agreed
Walled City Lahore is deficient with a proper responses in the condition of the sewerage system
sewerage system. The latrine channels discharge in Bhatti Gate. By and large, open dumps and
uncovered which runs alongside the dwellings‟ seepage discharge has no proper means of treatment
boundary in major part of the area. There is a before the final discharge in the soakage pit.
Figure4.
The downtown area of Lahore is full of fashioned manual work is used which has been
timeworn methods to collect waste through the discarded a long ago in other parts. The comparison
residential and commercial nodes. As the streets of residential and commercial stats clearly
are narrow, hence waste transport can only go in shows that people are not satisfied with the proper
some areas. Whereas, there are still those old collection of waste in their respective areas.
Figure5.
There are underground septic tanks in the walled department. Respondents of the Shah Alam
city which are more of the deteriorated conditions. market are disagreed with the method and time
The sweepers are called upon when the people management to clean septic tanks while a vast
consider making it clean. However, there is as proportion of the respondents in Bhatti Gate
such no proper on-time cleaning by the local give a neutral response.
Table3
Frequency Percent
Strongly agree 32 8.0
Agree 115 28.7
Neutral 88 22.0
Disagree 105 26.3
Strongly Disagree 60 15.0
Total 400 100.0
Usually, inhabitants burn the waste in their slack methods henceforth the treatment of waste
terraces whereas people living in Bhatti Gate does not pass through the proper channel to
responded that the masses are burned near their discard the toxic waste and all the waste are
dwelling units. As the overall system of burned together near dwelling units.
collecting and disposing of waste is full of old
Table4
Frequency Percent
Strongly agree 72 18.0
Agree 152 38.0
Neutral 80 20.0
Disagree 84 21.0
Strongly Disagree 12 3.0
Total 400 100.0
As stated above, walled city is the ancient piles at the corner of each road. Respondents are
Lahore with old fashioned methods of living and agreed that there is not an allotted dumping
trading. People dispose of waste at the open dumps station to dispose-off hence people throw waste
of streets and roads. There are fewer numbers of randomly on roads.
disposal barrels and a large number of trash
Figure6.
A drainage system is the image of an area which areas. People living in Shah Alam and Bhatti
needs to depict a clearer look of the overall gate are agreed that there is no upright condition
draining structure. Most of the drainage systems of drainage infrastructure which leads to the
in walled city are oddly constructed with no community involvement in the cleaning and
proper check and maintenance. This leads to the maintenance of the drainage system.
malfunctioning of wastewater removal from the
Figure7.
Traffic condition is enough troublesome in experience traffic congestion large time of their
entire Lahore city especially when it comes to day and it becomes heftier when a loader of
the narrower roads and streets. Bhatti Gate has a heavy vehicle passes by. Most respondents are
maximum 30-40 ft. wide roads while the streets agreed that there is intense traffic congestion in
are 8-15 ft. only. This creates a drastic condition Bhatti Gate.
when the peak hour come. People of Bhatti Gate
Figure8.
Markets are always full of people and it widened areas. Being the focal point of sale and
becomes more severe when it comes to less trade, Shah Alam faces absurd stagnant of
traffic for hours during peak hours. Whereas the absent in some places which add to the cluster in
situation during the normal routine is still the traffic. People working in Shah Alam are
pathetic. Additionally, traffic management is agreed against the traffic congestion in the area.
Figure9.
As the area is congested and most populous with shed of loud noises. Besides the minor
uneducated persons who blow horns and play difference between the number of people agreed
music on loudspeakers stridently and and strongly agreed about the availability of
unconditionally. This creates intense noise pollution uneven noises in their areas, the noise overall
within the areas. Any person coming outside condition is alarming.
finds it quite troublesome to drive under the
Figure10.
Walled City area was developed before Indo- less. Till now, the area is not developed much
Pak separation when there was no segregation of and there are few neighborhood parks in the
plot sizes. There are 1 Kanal plots are adjacent whole walled city. The graph clearly shows that
to 5 Marla plots and only rich has private gardens respondents are agreed that there are not
and parks inside their property. This made the sufficient parks available inside Bhatti Gate.
need for commonly shared neighborhood parks
Figure11.
The concept of parks and gardens in the spaces as an integral part of planning. This can
commercial are is prevailing these days which be seen today as the number of parks as
was uncertain a decade before. Being the old expressively low inside Shah Alam. A sharp
commercial hub, the focus of Shah Alam number of responses can be seen through the
development was on the construction and graph stating that people are agreed about the
expansion of markets which never include green unavailability of parks.
Figure12.
The unplanned areas of Bhatti Gate and Shah some of them are running on the ground floor or
Alam are full of mismanagement and in the basement of the dwelling units. People
malfunctioning of the local authorities and living in the Shah Alam area used to give their
governing bodies. As the segregation of land property on rents at the ground floor and
uses are difficult to perceive, the ubiquitous mix basement levels being residents on the upper
of land uses can be seen from the start till the floors. However, residents of Bhatti Gate
end of the area. Residential-cum-commercial is responded that there are factories running in
the most common land use type find in both their streets for which no governing body do
Shah Alam and Bhatti Gate area. There are anything to regulate them.
factories running beside the dwelling units even
Figure13.
The first notion that comes in mind about the health conditions area drastic in the area. There
Walled City Lahore is about its historically and are garbage drums and signboards hamper the
architecturally significant buildings of the beauty of the area. A clear mark can be seen in
Mughal era. This built-up area has more tiny the graph shows that people are strongly agreed
dwelling units and least or no green fields in with the unavailability of a green and healthy
some of the areas. Noise level, pollution, and environment in Shah Alam and Bhatti Gate.
Figure14.
The governing bodies and law enforcement enforcement agencies are working in some areas
agencies are inactively operational in the areas. highlighted by the higher governments. But, on
People are violating laws and regulations the lower level, the condition is alarming.
immensely on an hourly basis which makes Henceforth, people have neutral views about
challenging to streamlining of laws. Law law enforcement in their area.
Figure15.
Parks and recreation facilities are the integral facility is simply difficult to accommodate when
part of a neighborhood which amplifies the people are suffering from huge space problems.
overall health. All the parks and recreational Henceforth, respondents gave average remarks
facilities are getting built on the major point in against the availability of parks and recreation
Lahore. Walled City Lahore is congested facility in their respective areas.
enough that the availability of any recreational
Figure16.
Rain and storm water harvesting has quite to the lower areas. Both, at Shah Alam and
potential in water sustainability. Walled City is Bhatti Gate, has poor storm drains and people
comparatively upper area than other parts and use their buckets to collect rainwater for their
there is no proper drainage for collecting and own purpose. The community does not do
storing rainwater, hence either all the water anything to stock storm water for any purpose.
flush off through the sewer channels or run off
Figure17.
The streets and roads are narrow and only one bulbs. Henceforth there is no much need to add
bulb illuminates the whole street. Another point more lights. As far as the current situation is
is that people stay late at night and work at later concerned, people are happy with the
hours as well which also lower the demand for availability of lights and rank it “Good” inside
more street lights as they use their own light Bhatti Gate.
Figure18.
Signboards as the significant element in detailing are many other countries and regions where
and marking the top nodes. Shah Alam is full of both BREEAM and LEED will expand their
signboards yet most people still do wall chalking presence over the next decade as a result of
and banners to advertise something. There is a both increased demand and active promotion.
slight difference in the views of people about Market forces and „branding‟ will, in the
the rating of signboards in Shah Alam. fullness of time, invariably play a role in
Most people rate them “Poor” saying that on- dictating the extent to which voluntary
time removal is necessary whereas some rated systems become de facto international
them “Average” and “Fair” to be used for getting approaches and influence how domestic
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Citation: Aisha khan, Saqib Raza, Sadaf Bilal Ansari, Roohi Naeem, Talha Sabir, “Evaluating the
Environmental Sustainability of Walled City Lahore”, Journal of Architecture and Construction, 2020, 3(1), pp.
1-14.
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