Reports
Lessons from Karachi: The role of Demonstration, Documentation, Mapping and Relationship Building in Advocacy for Improved Urban Municipal Services
Karachi Karachi is Pakistan’s only port city. It contains 10 per cent of the total population of Pakistan and 25 per cent of its urban population. Nearly 20 percent of the country’s GDP, 45 percent...
Karachi Waterfront Projects
Project Descriptions, Civil Society Concerns and Developers’ Profiles Preamble Several waterfront development projects have been proposed for the coastal city of Karachi. These include the Sugarland City, the sale of islands for the development of...
Sugarland City
Four Principles of Urban Planning Urban Development (such as Sugarland City) has to be based on some principles of sustainability (which also includes equity and justice). Four basic principles are given below. Planning should respect...
Report for the RDPI Kashmir – Observations and Recommendations
The observations and recommendations in this document are the result of: a visit to the rural areas around Gari Duppata and Bagh in Kashmir from December 25 to 27, 2006 and meetings with communities and...
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...
Understanding Asian Cities
Master Plans and Housing Policies in Karachi Since 1947, the growth in housing needs and the resultant formal sector housing policies and master plans can be divided into six phases. 5.1 Phase 1: 1947-1957 After...
Northern Areas, Conversations
NORAD Funded Education Programme of the AKDN in the Northern Areas Selected Parts of Consultancy Field Notes Download the report: Northern Areas, Conversations [PDF, 163 KB]
Pakistan Mapping Study
This study is about how mapping is done in Pakistan for planning purposes. It focuses in on the Lyari Town in Karachi which is an administrative area of the city inhabited for the most part...
A Case Study of the OPP-RTI : Localising Habitat Agenda Research Project (Draft)
Pakistan is a poor country. According to the UNDP Human Development Report 2002, its Human Development Index (HDI) rank is 138 out of 173 countries. Poverty is also increasing in Pakistan. In 1987-88 it was 17.6 per...
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...
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...
Integrating Recycling and Disposal System for Solid Waste Management in Karachi
It is estimated that the city of Karachi generates 6,000 tonnes of solid waste every day. Of this 600 tonnes of recycleable waste per day is separated at source by housewives, domestic servants, market employees...
