Why Pakistani Cities Only Serve the Rich!

Thank you ARY Laguna DHA City Karachi for making this video possible. Co-directed by​⁠ @Oyyeharry Edited by Bilal Sagar & Mooroo Cinematography by Osamah and Ali Nain Line producer Ahsan Ahmad Gaffer Ibrar Sound Recorder Qaiser Nawaz Ai video work: Aown Khan Gurmani and Mooroo The rest is all by Yours truly. 📚 Sources & Further Reading Core Framework Jan Gehl — Cities for People (Island Press, 2010) Jan Gehl — Life Between Buildings (Island Press, 1987) Copenhagen Gehl, J. & Gemzøe, L. — New City Spaces (Danish Architectural Press, 2001) Strøget pedestrianization history — City of Copenhagen Planning Department Curitiba, Brazil Lindau, L.A., Hidalgo, D., & Facchini, D. — “Bus Rapid Transit in Curitiba, Brazil” — Transportation Research Record, 2010 Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) — itdp.org Medellín, Colombia Brand, P. & Dávila, J. — “Mobility Innovation at the Urban Margins: Medellín’s Metrocables” — City, Vol. 15, 2011 The Guardian — “Medellín: The City Transformed” (various features, 2013–2016) Netherlands / Water Management “Room for the River” programme — Rijkswaterstaat — ruimtevoorderivier.nl Dutch Delta Programme — government.nl/topics/delta-programme Barcelona Superblocks Mueller, N. et al. — “Changing the urban design of cities for health” — Environment International, 2020 Ajuntament de Barcelona — ajuntament.barcelona.cat Times Square, New York NYC Department of Transportation — “Broadway Pedestrian Plazas” — nyc.gov/dot Project for Public Spaces — pps.org Brighton Street Study Transport for London & DfT pedestrian priority research — tfl.gov.uk Ghana / Ethiopia Urban Green Space UN-Habitat — State of the World’s Cities reports — unhabitat.org Brasília Syndrome / Urban Planning Theory Jacobs, J. — The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Random House, 1961) Model Town, Lahore Glover, W. — Making Lahore Modern (University of Minnesota Press, 2008) Mohenjo-daro Kenoyer, J.M. — Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization (Oxford University Press, 1998) Pakistan Urban Data Lahore Development Authority — lda.gop.pk Urban Unit Punjab — urbanunit.gov.pk