Moula Bux Peerzado|Habibullah Magsi|Muhammad Javed Sheikh
Land use conflicts and urban sprawl: Conversion of agriculture lands into urbanization in Hyderabad, Pakistan
Sindh Agriculture University|Sindh Agriculture University|Sindh Agriculture University
growing population urbanization impact land around world therefore study conducted find nexuses urbanization agricultural land conversion study area thus population study area hyderabad district sample size 192 respondents primary secondary data used study hyderabad leading fro urban population density per km2 pakistan second world 40000 people per km2 2nd largest urban city sindh 6th country hyderabad districts overall population increased 44 percent last 36 years 1981 2017 additionally qasimabad subdistrict affected subdistrict process urbanization hyderabad district 3508 acres agricultural land converted followed latifabad subdistrict 1064 acres hyderabad city subdistrict 562 acres hyderabad rural subdistrict 342 acres according affected individuals point view 70 percent agricultural land sold converted urbanization hyderabad district average income respondents rs 86000 860 us literacy ratio 83 percent average family size 6 average age 48 years 41 percent affected people jobs public private 21 percent respondents daily wage laborer 17 percent engaged personal business 16 percent agricultural farming five percent sources income superposition land create shortage food fibre growing population well germinate socioeconomic infrastructural issues mega city also country study tool policy makers future generations