Posts Tagged ‘ urban development ’

Urban Development on the Dying Ravi?

Rather than attempting to contain the river within a confined hard channel, those ‘developing’ the riverfront should pursue solutions that allow for the river to breathe as a river does every year. Seasonal agricultural patterns, for example, can be incorporated together with constructed wetlands in a soft landscape design to accommodate for the rise and ebb of the river flow.

Invisible Cities | Blog | Over the past two years, the Punjab government has picked up plans to develop the Ravi Riverfront as a mega project and has hired international consultants to prepare feasibility and detailed plans for the aforementioned project. This photo essay is being published with the intention...
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لاہورکی اشرافیہ کا قبض

لاہور شہر کی بنیادوں کو بالادست طبقات کے اضطراب و اشتیاق کے مطابق ڈھالاجا چکا ہے۔


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Lahore’s Elite Logic

Aug 2013

اردو | Millions of Lahore's urban poor remain absent from decisions regarding the city's development.
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A Bus Pass for Lahore

Aug 2013

اردو | It was in the early 1990s when, as a teenager, I celebrated the inauguration of the first underpass on Jail Road in Lahore.
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