Gwadar

Gwadar forms the center point of CPEC related activities of Pakistan. Historically, Gwadar has been an under developed area and a small city. CPEC is expected to bring major changes in the way city grows, appears and is used in future. This page specifically examines spatial and temporal changes in the future Gwadar metropolitan area.

2017 urban expansion - Gwadar

Gwadar Metropolitain Area

Source: Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI)

Metadata Data - Date: December 30, 2016; Visualization Date: January 12, 2017; Sensor(s): Landsat 8 - OLILC81550432016365LGN00_B2-7_Composite_pansharpened

Gwadar City zoom in view

Source: Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI)

LC81550432016365LGN00_B2-7_Composite_pansharpened

Metadata Data - Date: December 30, 2016; Visualization Date: January 12, 2017; Sensor(s): Landsat 8 - OLI

 Gwadar city urban extents - 2017

 Gwadar city urban footprint and urban extents - 2017

Gwadar city urban footprint - 2017

AREA ANALYSIS OF GWADAR urBAN GROWTH - 2017

Indicator	Sq. km
Gwadar Urban footprint - 2017	4.97
Gwadar Urban extents (includes urban open space) - 2017	9.38
Gwadar Urban land consumption coefficient - 2017 = Urban Extent / Urban Footprint	1.89