Urban Development
Local Agenda 21 And The Asian Context
1. Preamble This is not a research paper. It draws upon my experience of dealing with urban communities, NGOs, local government and academia in a number of cities in South and South East Asia over...
Technology and Social Issues
There are three key terms in the topic of this seminar. These are (1) research and development (R&D), (2) low income housing / shelter and (3) appropriate technologies. All three terms are closely related to...
Reporting on ‘Slums’: A Case Study of Karachi, Pakistan
In low income settlements, with the second generation of low income settlement dwellers growing up, the demand for services and for a better level of service is increasing. The old process of lobbying for improvements...
Understanding Karachi: Planning and Reform for the Future
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A Master Plan for The Karachi Circular Railway at Last
Engineering Consultants International (Pvt.) Limited (ECIL) were appointed as consultants by the Government of Sindh last year for the rehabilitation and extension of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR). Over the past two months they have...
Karachi Circular Railway Update
The government of Sindh has recently appointed Engineering Consultants International (ECIL) as consultants for preparing what is termed as a Viable Implementation Plan for the Revitalisation of the Circular Railway. ECIL is a Pakistani engineering...
Report on an ACHR visit to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
This report is the result of a visit to Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Chiangmai between July 19 and August 04, 2001. It was a group visit. The group consisted of...
Working with Communities
This book documents the work of the Orangi Pilot Project-Research & Training Institute (OPP-RTI) with CBOs and NGOs in replicating its low cost sanitation programme which originated in the lanes and neighbourhood of Orangi in...
Housing for the Poor
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Scaling Up of the Orangi Pilot Project Programmes: Successes, Failures and Potential
In Karachi, where Orangi is located, the OPP, on the basis of its 20 years work with communities, has become involved in developing city level alternatives to government plans and is pressing for these alternatives to become policy.
The Work of the Anjuman Samaji Behbood and the Larger Faisalabad Context
In September 1988, Diana Mitlin of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK, suggested that I carry out a study on the scaling up of the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP). I informed her...
Karachi’s Traffic: The Infrastructure Issues
Traffic jams are becoming common in Karachi. Their main cause is the absence of effective traffic management. However, congestion on Karachi roads can be considerably reduced, management made much easier and environmental degradation for the...
