Infrastructure
The Water and Sanitation Challenge: The Conflict Between Reality and Planning Paradigms
Thank you for inviting me to talk on this very important issue. I have not yet written a proper paper but I have prepared a detailed outline from which I will read Since the late...
Karachi Mansooba Saazi aur Taraqiati Mutabadilat
The blurb for this book is in Urdu. Please click on the thumbnail below to view a larger image of the blurb:
Nagarparkar Talluka Planning Project
This Report is available for download in 3 Volumes: 1. TRDP I – Existing Conditions & Future Scenarios [PDF, 494KB] 2. TRDP II – Mapping Existing Conditions [PDF, 20MB] 3. TRDP III – Recommendations and...
Planning and Development Options for Karachi
Arif Hasan’s research work and analysis on human settlements and urban and rural development is contained in a number of books authored by him and in papers in international academic journals. Much of this work...
The Hawkers of Saddar Bazaar
Saddar’s problems can only be solved as part of a larger city planning exercise that deals with the traffic and transport problems of the city in general and Saddar in particular. The hawkers and entertainers...
Financing the Sanitation Programme of the Orangi Pilot Project – Research and Training Institute
ABSTRACT This paper describes the financing mechanisms for the sanitation programme supported by the Orangi Pilot Project’s Research and Training Institute (OPP–RTI) in informal settlements in Karachi and other urban centres in Pakistan. These centre...
Small Towns: Governance and Migration
Download this Presentation – Small Towns: Governance and Migration [PDF, 1.5 MB]
Background Paper on Sanitation and National Sanitation Policy
According to the Population Census 1998, Pakistan’s urban growth rate is 3.5 per cent. Its urban population has increased from 23.8 million in 1981 to 43 million in 1998, that is, from 28.3 per cent...
The Sanitation Programme of the Orangi Pilot Project – Research and Training Institute, Karachi, Pakistan
Pakistan requires 350,000 new housing units per year for its urban areas. The formal sector is able to supply only 120,000 housing units per year.
Some Water and Sanitation Related Issues: Initial Thoughts
1. Observed and Documented Ground Realities 1.1 In the urban areas of Pakistan sewage schemes have been formally planned over the years to dispose into the natural drainage system. This reality is often ignored when trying...
A Partitioning of Clifton Beach
The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) has taken over the Clifton Beach and developed it from McDoland’s to the Salt and Pepper Restaurant. A stone embankment wall has been built on which people can sit and...
The Orangi Pilot Project-Research and Training Institute’s Mapping Process and its Repercussions
This monograph deals with the process of development of expertise in the OPP-RTI and the communities it supports for mapping informal settlements and urban infrastructure.
