Informality and Political Violence in Karachi

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3099-3115

  Gazdar, Haris ^a   Mallah, Hussain Bux ^a  

^a Karachi Based Collective Social Science Research   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFORMAL SECTOR; LAND USE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MONOPOLY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGULATORY APPROACH; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLITICS; VIOLENCE;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84886082619     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013487778     Document Type: Article

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