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Land, Governance and Gendered Politics of Displacement in Urban Pakistan

In millennial Karachi, holding on to land and homes and accessing public space for labor, has become a vital struggle. Land displacement is an increasing, and sometimes constant, source of anxiety for the urban poor and marginalized communities.

  • urban violence
  • urbanisation

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Cool Infrastructures: Life with Heat in the Off-Grid City

Cool Infrastructures is a three-year research project that aims to enhance our understanding of the social and technical infrastructures for cooling in contexts of urban poverty across South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub Saharan Africa.

  • climate crisis
  • urbanisation

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Climate Change and Urban Violence Network

The GCRF Climate Change and Urban Violence Global Engagement Network (CCUVN) aims to promote new understanding and learning about the interactions between climate change and urban violence in the Global South, with a focus on non-conflict violence.

  • climate crisis
  • urban violence

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Beyond the Metropolis

In Pakistan today, infrastructure is a site of renewed political attention. A key reason is the planning and construction of numerous infrastructure projects under the USD $62 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an appendage to China’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI).

  • urbanisation
  • infrastructure

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Dialogues for gender inclusivity

Women’s mobility and liberty is deeply affected by the design of public space they travel through in cities in both the developed and developing countries. Indeed, it is here that the majority of sexual harassment occurs but often goes unreported and unaddressed.

  • gender
  • urban violence