Water & Sanitation

Development & Poverty, Development (Karachi), Orangi Pilot Project & Urban Resource Center, Planning

Origins of the OPP Sanitation Programme

Sometime in 1973, I received a phone call from a person who called himself the ‘Chor (robber) man’ of the federal government’s Appropriate Technology Development Cell (ATDC). He wanted to see me immediately. I told...

Articles, Demography, Development (Karachi), Economy, Human Settlements, Infrastructure, Land & Housing, Land-Use & Density, Security, Social Infrastructure, Solid Waste Management, Transport

Ugly Karachi

KARACHI is becoming an increasingly anarchic, ugly and divided city — but is loved and glorified by its comparatively well-to-do citizens, public intellectuals and those in search of an identity. Loving Karachi is understandable but...

Land & Housing, Orangi Pilot Project & Urban Resource Center, Powerpoint Presentations, Security, Solid Waste Management, Urban Issues (Environment & Ecology)

Orangi Pilot Project

Excerpt from the presentation: Orangi is a Karachi town consisting of an agglomeration of katchi abadis and has a population of 1.2 million The OPP was established in 1980 to overcome the constraints faced by...

Institutional Development, Education, Land & Housing, Orangi Pilot Project & Urban Resource Center, Powerpoint Presentations, Rural Development, Social Infrastructure, Solid Waste Management, Urban Development

Housing

This presentation is available for download: P06 – Housing [PDF, 4.4 MB]

Books, Orangi Pilot Project & Urban Resource Center, Urban Development, Urban Issues (Environment & Ecology)

Shirakati Taraqqi

This book is in Urdu. Please click on the thumbnail below to read the blurb.

Books, Orangi Pilot Project & Urban Resource Center, Urban Development, Urban Issues (Environment & Ecology)

Participatory Development

The Story of the Orangi Pilot Project-Research and Training Institute and the Urban Resource Centre, Karachi, Pakistan This book describes Karachi-based projects which have used a successful model of participatory development. It consists of three parts. Part one...

Demography, Development (Karachi), History, Infrastructure, Powerpoint Presentations, Solid Waste Management, Transport

The Evolution of Karachi

This presentation is available for download: P04 – The Evolution of Karachi [PDF, 6 MB]

Seminar Papers

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...

Books, Demography, Economy, Institutional Development, Land & Housing, Land-Use & Density, Social Infrastructure, Solid Waste Management, Transport, Urban Development

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:

Institutional Development, Land-Use & Density, Projects, Reports, Rural Development, Rural Issues (Environment & Ecology), Social Change, Social Infrastructure, Solid Waste Management, Tharparkar, Urban Development, Urban Issues (Environment & Ecology), Urban Planning

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...

Books, Demography, Development (Karachi), Economy, Institutional Development, Land & Housing, Land-Use & Density, Social Infrastructure, Solid Waste Management, Transport, Urban Development

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...

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