Reports
Housing and Physical Planning
In 1985, 30.1 percent of the country’s population lived in urban areas. In 1991, 35 percent will be living in the urban areas. This means that during this period approximately 250,000 new houses will be required per year in the urban sector and approximately 275,000 in the rural sector, if the average household size is taken as 6. Almost 65 percent of this requirement is for the lower income groups.
Evaluation of the Karachi Coastal Management Plan
Development Objectives The development objectives of tile Project were a) to improve the recreational opportunities available to residents of Karachi; b) to strengthen land-use planning for the development of the coastline of Karachi: c) to build environmental conservation...
Evaluation of the Treatment of Karachi Sewage by Recycling and Creating a Livestock Farm in Desert Land
The Development Objectives of the Project according to the Project Document were : improve public health in Karachi by removing sewage from large population centres to a lightly populated and well-managed sewage farm; maximize utilIzation...
Evaluation of the Karachi Master Plan 1986 – 2000
The project document for the Karachi Master Plan 1986-2000 (PAK/86/029) was prepared in 1986 on the basis of work in a preparatory phase under UNCHS assistance. The Project Document was signed by the Government of...
Improving Karachi’s Metropolitan Living Environment through Strengthening Housing Sector Activities – Case Study of Karachi
In the 1980’s Karachi received a large number of refugees from Afghanistan and Iran. There are no definitive figures available but newspaper reports suggest a figure of over 400,000. Most of the Afghans belonged to...
Kathore Dairy Farming Project 1991
In July 1991, the Al-Hamrika Organisation, which represents over 20 villages of the Jokhio tribe in the Kathore region, applied to the Swiss Inter-cooperation Agency for assistance for purchasing rigs for tube well drilling. On...
Evaluation of the HAD’s Khuda Ki Basti Incremental Housing Scheme
This evaluation of the Khuda-ki-Basti Incremental Housing Scheme of the Hyderabad Development Authority has been done at the request of the House Building Finance Corporation. The evaluation took place between 18 June and 22 July...
Urban and Rural Development
Pakistan’s population increases at the rate of 3 percent per year: 4.4 percent in the urban and 2.6 percent in the rural areas. In 1985, 30.1 percent of the country’s population lived in urban areas....
Urban and Rural Development
Pakistan's population increases at the rate of 3 percent per year: 4.4 percent in the urban and 2.6 percent in the rural areas. In 1985, 30.1 percent of the country's population lived in urban areas. In 1993, 35 percent will be living in urban areas. This means that 270,000 houses will be required per year in the urban sector and 250,000 in the rural sector.
Community Development Groups in the Urban Field in Pakistan
The Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) in Pakistan has so far concentrated its activities on providing assistance to rural development. However, between 1972 and 1981, the urban population of Pakistan has increased from 25 percent of...
Environmental Profile of Coastal Communities
The coastal talukas for the most part form part of the Indus delta. This area consists fo the Indus distributaries which discharge into numerous creeks that criss-cross the shore. All settlements are on the mud...
Comprehensive Assessment of Drought and Famine in Sind Arid Zones
This report is the result of a joint assessment undertaken by the Government of Sind, and UNICEF (Pakistan) and Save the Childrens Fund (SCF) UK. The assessment team consisted of Philippe Heffinck, Resident Officer, UNICEF...
