Focus on urbanisation issues in Karachi

With Karachi building upwards to house its expanding population, but unregulated building leaves poor families at risk, an IIED film, 'Karachi rising', outlines solutions that could benefit the whole city.

IIED worked with partners in Karachi on a series of key policy issues related to urbanisation in Karachi.

Also under the intellectual leadership of Arif Hasan (as with our work on density), this has included studies of land contestation (summarised in a working paper, a book and a journal article), informal textile production under pressure from globalisation (summarised in a working paper) and urban transport (summarised in a working paper).

These studies were debated at public forums organised by the Urban Resource Centre, most have been covered by the press, and contributed to ongoing policy debates in Karachi. As the IIED publications indicate, they also have lessons for other cities.

With Karachi building upwards to house its expanding population, but unregulated building leaves poor families at risk, an IIED film, 'Karachi rising', outlines solutions that could benefit the whole city.

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