Karachi
The Land Issue
Seiten
2021
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-070868-9 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-070868-9 (ISBN)
The often violent conflicts that take place in this process, and the measures that can be taken to regulate the land market for the creation of a better urban environment and for providing homes to its less privileged.
Karachi is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It is Pakistan's only port and the major contributor to the country's economy. In addition, it is also a diverse city with its population politically divided along ethnic lines. These three factors make the urban land and that on the city’s fringe a highly contested commodity: federal, provincial, and local land-owning agencies, corporate sector interests, formal and informal developers, international capital, and military cantonments compete for control and for extracting maximum value from it. The victims of this battle for turf and profits are the city's social and physical environment and its low and lower middle-income groups. This book deals with the history, evolution, and present day realities around who owns the land, its legal and illegal acquisition, land-use conversions and development, the actors involved and their relationship with each other and with the public at large.
Karachi is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It is Pakistan's only port and the major contributor to the country's economy. In addition, it is also a diverse city with its population politically divided along ethnic lines. These three factors make the urban land and that on the city’s fringe a highly contested commodity: federal, provincial, and local land-owning agencies, corporate sector interests, formal and informal developers, international capital, and military cantonments compete for control and for extracting maximum value from it. The victims of this battle for turf and profits are the city's social and physical environment and its low and lower middle-income groups. This book deals with the history, evolution, and present day realities around who owns the land, its legal and illegal acquisition, land-use conversions and development, the actors involved and their relationship with each other and with the public at large.
Arif Hasan is an architect/planner dealing with urban planning and development issues, particularly those concerning Asia and Pakistan. Noman Ahmed is Professor and Chairman, Department of Architecture and Planning at the NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.02.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 149 x 223 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Sachenrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-070868-9 / 0190708689 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-070868-9 / 9780190708689 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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