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Karachi's growth and complexities, vividly unveiled.
This book delves deep into the heart of Karachi, revealing it not just as a geographical location, but as a living, breathing entity shaped by its people. For anyone intrigued by urban development, the complexities of cultural convergence, or the socio-political dynamics of rapidly expanding cities, "Instant City" offers a compelling narrative. It's a rewarding read that could broaden your understanding of global urbanization through the lens of one of Asia's most enigmatic metropolises.
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ISBN: 9781594203152
Authors:
Steve Inskeep
Publisher: Penguin Press
Date of Publication: 2011-10-13
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 3.81
(rated by 569 readers)
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From the host of NPR's Morning Edition, a deeply reported portrait of Karachi, Pakistan, a city that illuminates the perils and possibilities of rapidly growing metropolises all around the world. In recent decades, the world has seen an unprecedented shift of people from the countryside into cities. As Steve Inskeep so aptly puts it, we are now living in the age of the "instant city," when new megacities can emerge practically overnight, creating a host of unique pressures surrounding land use, energy, housing, and the environment. In his first book, the co-host of Morning Edition explores how this epic migration has transformed one of the world's most intriguing instant cities: Karachi, Pakistan. Karachi has exploded from a colonial port town of 350,000 in 1941 to a sprawling metropolis of at least 13 million today. As the booming commercial center of Pakistan, Karachi is perhaps the largest city whose stability is a vital security concern of the United States, and yet it is a place that Americans have frequently misunderstood. As Inskeep underscores, one of the great ironies of Karachi's history is that the decision to divide Pakistan and India along religious lines in 1947 only unleashed deeper divisions within the city-over religious sect, ethnic group, and political party. In Instant City, Inskeep investigates the 2009 bombing of a Shia religious procession that killed dozens of people and led to further acts of terrorism, including
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Karachi's growth and complexities, vividly unveiled.
This book delves deep into the heart of Karachi, revealing it not just as a geographical location, but as a living, breathing entity shaped by its people. For anyone intrigued by urban development, the complexities of cultural convergence, or the socio-political dynamics of rapidly expanding cities, "Instant City" offers a compelling narrative. It's a rewarding read that could broaden your understanding of global urbanization through the lens of one of Asia's most enigmatic metropolises.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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