The Urban Frontier: Karachi

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Turning on NPR this morning while getting ready for work I listened to a new segment they’ve begun on Morning Edition entitled The Urban Frontier: Karachi. The premier focused on the profile of an ambulance driver in the Pakistan city – and while more stories from Karachi are to come, Morning Edition suggests that a number of cities from around the world may be profiled.

“Land has replaced gold.”

That’s how the architect and urban planner Arif Hassan sees it. He is talking about his home, the city of Karachi in Pakistan. “Everything that happened for gold now happens for land,” he says.

The city’s political debates constantly return to questions about land: Who controls it, who is allowed to live on it, and even who might be killed for it [quoted text in full here].

Read the essay Karachi Calling! by Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep here.

Give the first segment a listen here [anyone know if I can embed NPR shows somehow?] – Karachi Ambulance Driver Risks Life to Save Othersand stay tuned, when AMNP hears more we’ll be sure to drop you some links.

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Posted: June 2nd, 2008
at 11:44pm by orangemenace


Categories: architecture, urban/master planning

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