Karachi - The Land Issue

This book deals with the history, evolution, and present day realities around who owns 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, 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.

List of contents

• List of Appendices


• List of Figures and Tables


• List of Maps


• Acknowledgements
  
  


• Introduction


• 1: Karachi: The Context


• 2: Karachi: The Land


• 3: Land Management in Karachi: Review of the Laws, Statutes, and Regulations


• 4: Land and Housing: Credit for Purchase


• 5: Land Related Conflicts I: Findings from Secondary Sources


• 6: Land Related Conflicts II: Findings from Primary Sources


• 7: Karachis Land Market: Support to Poor Communities, Affordability, and Location Issues


• 8: Towards a More Equitable Land Policy
  
  


• Notes


• Appendices


• Glossary


• References


• Index

About the author

Arif Hasan is an architect, planner, activist, teacher, researcher, and the author of a large number of books, research papers, and monographs on anthropology, urban and rural development issues.Mansoor Raza is a freelance researcher with various action researches to his credit.Asiya Sadiq-Polack is Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Planning at the NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.Saeed Uddin Ahmed is Lecturer at the Department of Architecture and Planning at the NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ahmed , Hasan , Raza , Sadiq-Polack , Sarwar , Noman Ahmed, Saeed Uddin Ahmed, Ahmed Noman, Arif Hasan, Arif Ahmed Hasan, Arif Raza Hasan, Mansoor Raza, Raza Mansoor, Asiva Sadiq-Polack, Moizza B. Sarwar, Uddin Ahmed Saeed
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.2023
• EAN: 9780190708689
• ISBN: 978-0-19-070868-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Pakistan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Karachi, Urban & municipal planning, Social and cultural anthropology, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Land & real estate law, Land and real estate law / Real property law