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Geo-informatics is a term portraying the integral role of GIS, Remote Sensing, GPS and Surveying. The magic of this wonderful set of tools timely realized by the planners in developing and developed countries. Today, Geo-informatics must be an integral part of a successful Planning Department in many countries . Speed, efficiency, and accuracy in i...
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Cities all over the world, particularly in developing countries like Pakistan, are experiencing rapid urban growth and changing socio-economic profile. Present study was conducted to investigate the trends of urban growth and socio-economic development in Gujranwala, the prominent industrial city, 5th largest city of the Punjab and 7th amongst the big populous cities of Pakistan. By making comparison of its structure with overall socio-economic structure of the Punjab Province, selected indicators were considered viz. population size, housing facilities and urban growth patterns. Data was obtained from various sources and efforts were made in order to realize the behavior of urban growth and socio-economic development. Results revealed that city had better place regarding its educational, health, housing and human development scenarios. But noticeably, a small proportion of population could have access to safe drinking water, sanitation etc. The urban growth patterns suggested the increasing urban population due to migration and natural increase of population, though overall growth rate was declining. Resultantly, city was spatially expanding in north, west and east directions since 1947 to present.
The Government of Pakistan, realizing the potential benefits of the IT for the development of the country, has embraced IT as a key to modernizing public organizations. Information Technology has been adopted with the aim of broad-based involvement of the key stakeholders in running the affairs of government. The research paper is aimed to investigate the significance of the e-Government technology in modernizing the public sector organizations. The paper has analyzed the application of E-Government technology in improving the coordination and communication between the public sector organizations. The research has done on the basis of three hypotheses. The hypotheses have been analyzed on the basis of collected data from those public organizations where the e-Government Technology is being used for the purpose of modernizing public sector organizations.
