THE INCREMENTAL- DEVELOPMENT · SCHEME : A CASE STUDY

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THE INCREMENTALDEVELOPMENT
· SCHEME :
A CASE STUDY
OF KHUDA-KI-BASTI
IN HYDERABAD,
PAKISTAN
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THE INCREMENTAL-DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
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A CASE STUDY OF KHUDA-KI-BASTI
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
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SUMMARY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LIST OF TABLES
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LISTOF ILLUSTRATIONS
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CONVERSION TABLE
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INTRODUCTION
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I. SITES-AND-SERVICES SCHEMES
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The sites-and-services concept
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The principles of sites-and-services schemes
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Some problems of sites-and-services schemes.
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II. LOW-INCOME HOUSING IN KARACHI AND HYDERABAD
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Housing conditions in Pakistan
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The Metroville programme
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Illegal subdivisions
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Katchi abadi upgrading
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BOX 1: THE BALDIA REGULARIZATION AND UPGRADING PROJECT
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Ill. THE PRINCIPLES OF THE INCREMENTAL-DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
Land, people, works
I lligal subdivisions
Incremental development
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IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF KHUDA-Kl-BASTI
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Hyderabad
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The birth of Khuda-ki-basti
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The first attempts
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Working through the dallals
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The reception area
The current procedure
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Cost recovery
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BOX 2: ISMAIL: MAKINGS OF A DALLAL
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V. CURRENT CONDITIONS IN KHUDA-Kl-BASTI
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The population of Khuda-ki-basti
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Housing conditions
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Infrastructure delivery
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Public services
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Community participation
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VI. LESSONS FROM THE INCREMENTAL-DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
IN HYDERABAD
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Reaching the target group
An alternative to illegal sub-divisions?
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Improving housing conditions
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Improving infrastructural conditions
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Community participation
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Project organization
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Replicability
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REFERENCES
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LIST OF TABLES
Katchi abadis in Pakistan
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Initial proposal for Metroville I (197 4)
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Actual rates for Metroville I
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Status of sites-and-services schemes in 1984
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Growth of katchi abadis in Karachi and Hyderabad
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Types of katchi abadis
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Results of the Orangi Pilot Project
Monthly household income in Hyderabad, 1985 - 1986
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Place .of origin of K,!luda-ki-basti residents
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Occupation of head of household
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Mode of payment of head of household
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Income distribution in Khuda-ki-basti and Greater Hyderabad
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Investment in housing per household
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Infrastructure installed in Khuda-ki-basti
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Educational facilities in Khuda-ki-basti in 1988
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LIST OF FIGURES
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Karachi
Typical utility-wall housing
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Processes of housing delivery
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Hyderabad
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Gulshan-e-Shahbaz
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A sector of Khuda-ki-basti
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Procedure for securing a plot
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Sector E-4 with infrastructural development
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LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS
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The Karachi region
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Unoccupied plots in the Gulshan-e-Shahbaz sites-and-services scheme
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Houses in an illegal s~-division near Khuda-ki-basti
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Bus stop and entrance to Khuda-ki-basti
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Reed huts in the reception area
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Supplier of building materials
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One of the main streets in Khuda-ki-basti
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Semi-permanent house
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Permanent double-storeyed house
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Unpaved street in Khuda-ki-basti
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Commercial street in Khuda-ki-basti
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The informal sector: a shoemaker
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Coffee shop in Khuda-ki-basti
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Permanent rooms in the reception area
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Permanent and semi-permanent houses in sector E-4
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A main street in Khuda-ki-basti
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Private vans used for transport to Hyderabad and Kotri
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CONVERSION TABLE
$US1 =Pakistan Rs9.9 (1974)
$US1 =Pakistan Rs21.3 (1990)
1 square yard = 0.8361 square metre
1 acre= 4047 square metres
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