Urbanisation

Heavy metals, pesticides, organic pollutants, microplastics and emerging contaminants are posing health challenges

The once-sleepy village is now a bustling hub of commercial activities

Initiative ‘aims to deal with rapid urbanisation’

The project expected to benefit as many as 1.5 million people

With birds' survival at stake, rooftops can offer a semblance of natural habitat

It will equip rural areas with resources for improved living standards, growth

Speakers discuss issues faced by cities due to rapid urbanization

Construction along greenbelts, influx of population and traffic issues proving catastrophic for capital city

Over exploitation of natural resources among major factors

Karachi lacks ownership, says Farooq Sattar

Climate change is no longer a distant possibility but a current reality

Five per cent of the world’s continents are occupied by city centres

39% of Pakistan’s population lived in urban areas in 2016 compared to 31% in 1990

Pakistan is one of the largest exporters of groundwater in the form of crops it sells internationally

According to finance ministry report, Karachi's population increased by 59.8% in 19 years

Every brick of the heritage building narrates a story of those who left in 1947

A number of urban planners, students, economists and government organisations attend the event

Govt is focused on technological upgrades rather than developing culture of civic awareness

Experts urge targeting mosquito breeding spaces as another man falls victim

To sum up the discussion, it is apparent that urbanisation, development and displacement are inextricably linked

Someone axed the tree and waited for the weather to do the rest of the job

In Karachi, he said that there has been unprecedented growth in the population from 1991 to 2015

Urbanisation induces knowledge diffusion and economies of scale in production

Unregistered housing societies expanding into farmland as understaffed RDA looks on helplessly

The 2015 liveability index of the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Karachi 135th among 140 cities

An economist estimated that Pakistan was 47 per cent urban in 1998, with the future projected at 70 per cent by 2030

Environmentalist blames India for worst environmental abnormalities in region

Urban Unit, Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Govt sign MoU

Fauzia Qureshi, the former National College of Arts principal, criticised the design of the Orange Line Train project