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Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme

Naya Pakistan Housing Programe By: Zaigham Mahmood Rizvi Chairman Prime Minister’s Housing Task Force Introduction Is housing a number game? Seemingly, it is more than that, more so...

RURAL REAL PAKISTAN – ENDLESS RUSTIC BEAUTY, WAITING FOR CARING HANDS

Picture 1 Just a bird’s eye view, rather from a bus’s eye view of enchanting, endlessly spreading rural Pakistan, picturesque Pakistan, from horizon to horizon.  Pakistan, land of 881,913 square kilomet...

IMPROVING RURAL LIVES, URBAN REGENERATION, SLUMS IMPROVEMENTS & SMART CITIES DEVELOPMENT

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, unveiled the ambitious agenda, the work plan, outlining the party’s commitments for Naya Pakistan after forming its government after the 2018 general elections. Th...

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Singapore Slums & Renewal – An Intriguing Case Study

Singapore Slums & Renewal – An Intriguing Case Study By Tabassum Rahmani Framework: This case study provides an overview of how the Singapore slums and urban renewal process worked through a series...

ABOUT FORMAL AND INFORMAL WORKS – AND WHAT IS FORMAL AND INFORMAL ECONOMY

17Jan2022 Posted By : IqbalComments are off Categories :GENERAL TOPICS Tags :  Formal and Informal Works By Tabassum Rehmani What are Formal and Informal Works The general understand...

SOCIO-SPATIAL POLARIZATION IS GROWING IN LOTS OF HUGE CITIES

Socio-spatial polarization is growing in many big cities in Europe. Socio-spatial polarization refers to the process in which differences between the rich and the poor grows. These segregations develop in line ...

THE HUMAN MIGRATION – THE NEW MOBILITY’S PARADIGM

All the world seems to be on the move. Asylum seekers, international students, members of diasporas, holidaymakers, businesspeople, sports stars, refugees, backpackers, commuters, the early retired, young mobil...

URBAN HOUSING, RURAL HOUSING, SLUM PREVALENCE IN PAKISTAN

By: Syed Sayef Hussain When we talk about housing issues, we tend to keep our attentions limited only to urban areas, and forget the rural areas and hapless rural population. According to Pakistan Bureau ...

IMPROVING RURAL LIVES, URBAN REGENERATION, SLUMS IMPROVEMENTS & SMART CITIES DEVELOPMENT

By: Syed Sayef Hussain The (former) Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, unveiled the ambitious agenda, the work plan, outlining the party’s commitments for Naya Pakistan after forming its government afte...

ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS IN THE USE OF LOCAL BUILDING MATERIALS IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES

The term ‘neighborhood building material’ has produced numerous contentions in lodging study and in the development ventures. The significant bone of conflict is the word ‘neighborhood’. For example, the answer...

HOUSING IN INDONESIA HOMELESSNESS IN INDONESIA

From the Asian monetary emergency in the last part of the 1990s till the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021-22, Indonesia saw an  honorable financial recoupment. On many fronts, Indonesia shows potential for critic...

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LOW-COST OR AFFORDABLE CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN MOZAMBIQUE

Low cost or affordable construction technologies and materials are often touted as a panacea in meeting the ever-growing demand for rapid housing delivery in developing economies. As with most of the developing...

HOUSING AND HOUSING FINANCE: SHARIA-COMPLIANT LONG-TERM FUNDS AND ROLE OF ISLAMIC-REITS

Tags :  housing reits,reits By Zaigham M. Rizvi Secretary General Asia-Pacific Union for Housing Finance The world’s biggest concern today is the burden of fast increasing population, as Malthusian Theory on...