The Making of a ‘Colony’ in Karachi and the Politics of Regularisation

Around half of Karachi’s population resides in localities that started life as unplanned settlements, which acquired different levels of security from eviction. This paper examines the relationship between demand-making by unplanned settlements and urban political process. It interprets the gradual...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Haris Gazdar, Hussain Bux Mallah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud 2011-12-01
Series:South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/samaj/3248