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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 citys 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 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

Karachi The Land Issue

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 1 December 2021
      ISBN-13 9780190708689
      978-0190708689
      ISBN-10 190708689
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      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Urban and municipal planning and policy Law Land and real estate law / Real property law Social and cultural anthropology

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      Book Synopsis
      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 citys 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 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

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