Human Settlements
The Evolution of Karachi
This presentation is available for download: P04 – The Evolution of Karachi [PDF, 6 MB]
Hijrat Aur Pakistan Mein Chhotay Sheher
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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...
The World Class City Concept and its Repercussions on Urban Planning for Cities in the Asia Pacific Region
(The contents of this paper are drawn from my personal experiences of working or being associated with programmes and projects in a number of Asian cities over the last two and a half decades and...
Density Study of Low and Lower Income Settlements in Karachi
Excerpt from this presentation: There is a growing trend in Asian cities to demolish low income informal settlements and relocate their residents in six to eight storey apartment blocks. There is sufficient evidence to suggest...
Karachi Mansooba Saazi aur Taraqiati Mutabadilat
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AGFE Mission Istanbul
From June 8th to 12 2009, the Advisory Group on Forced Evictions to the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT carried out a mission to Istanbul Metropolitan Region to address the problem of forced evictions. Reports from...
Migration and Small Towns in Pakistan
The book describes the political, geographical, and ecological contexts within which migrations to and from Pakistan have taken place. These include migrations from India because of the establishment of the canal colonies, partition and the...
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...
Land, CBOs and the Karachi Circular Railway
Excerpt from the presentation: The stakeholders in the railway land dispute are the Sindh government, the City (District) Government Karachi (CDGK), the Pakistan Railways, the Railway Employees Union (wanting accommodation on railway land), commercial formal sector ventures on...
Migration and Small Towns in Pakistan
Excerpt from this presentation: THE IMPACT OF THE 1947 MIGRATION The socio-economic impact – Break-up caste and community organisations – Social and economic mobility (challo culture) – Ethnic tensions and their political repercussions – Challenging...
Housing Security and Related Issues – The Case of Karachi
Pakistan is a federation of four provinces. Each province has an elected provincial assembly and at the centre there is a national assembly in which every province is represented in proportion to its population. In...
