As requested, DHA City scale comparison with urban Karachi. It spans the length of North Nazimabad to Shahra-e-Faisal, Nazimabad to Askari IV.

Its been marketed as the first sustainable city of Pakistan, "self-dependent for water and electricity". Great. Some thoughts...
As requested, DHA City scale comparison with urban Karachi. It spans the length of North Nazimabad to Shahra-e-Faisal, Nazimabad to Askari IV. Its been marketed as the first sustainable city of Pakistan, "self-dependent for water and electricity". Great. Some thoughts...
As requested, DHA City scale comparison with urban Karachi. It spans the length of North Nazimabad to Shahra-e-Faisal, Nazimabad to Askari IV. Its been marketed as the first sustainable city of Pakistan, "self-dependent for water and electricity". Great. Some thoughts...
The Master Plan is dominated by the same old luxurious single-family lot size at a time the world over is moving towards densified developments, mindful of resource scarcity accelerated by climate change.
DHAC promises trams & articulated buses to reduce car culture. Meanwhile, the Malir Expy is funded to service DHAC from Karachi, facilitating car culture, increasing impervious surfaces, displacing people, during a climate crisis.

Schrodinger's sustainability.
DHAC promises trams & articulated buses to reduce car culture. Meanwhile, the Malir Expy is funded to service DHAC from Karachi, facilitating car culture, increasing impervious surfaces, displacing people, during a climate crisis. Schrodinger's sustainability.
DHAC promises trams & articulated buses to reduce car culture. Meanwhile, the Malir Expy is funded to service DHAC from Karachi, facilitating car culture, increasing impervious surfaces, displacing people, during a climate crisis. Schrodinger's sustainability.
DHAC promises trams & articulated buses to reduce car culture. Meanwhile, the Malir Expy is funded to service DHAC from Karachi, facilitating car culture, increasing impervious surfaces, displacing people, during a climate crisis. Schrodinger's sustainability.
Does anyone have specifics of this transit plan? 13 trams in DHAC... who is the streetcar provider? Alstom, Bombardier, Zhuzhou? I am fairly salty that a new development gets streetcars before Karachi, but credit where it's due.
Another element that directly contradicts any mention of sustainability: a golf course. Look at the general topography in the satellite image. Try to grasp how much water will be required to create and maintain the lawns. In a city that struggles with water availability daily.
Another element that directly contradicts any mention of sustainability: a golf course. Look at the general topography in the satellite image. Try to grasp how much water will be required to create and maintain the lawns. In a city that struggles with water availability daily.
Another element that directly contradicts any mention of sustainability: a golf course. Look at the general topography in the satellite image. Try to grasp how much water will be required to create and maintain the lawns. In a city that struggles with water availability daily.
The bar is low so I was happy to see that the Master Plan explicitly named the goths that are embedded within the development. Identity is integral to preservation. However, Goth Kareemdad is encircled within a theme park. Like a poor-village-people exhibit. Yikes.
The bar is low so I was happy to see that the Master Plan explicitly named the goths that are embedded within the development. Identity is integral to preservation. However, Goth Kareemdad is encircled within a theme park. Like a poor-village-people exhibit. Yikes.
The bar is low so I was happy to see that the Master Plan explicitly named the goths that are embedded within the development. Identity is integral to preservation. However, Goth Kareemdad is encircled within a theme park. Like a poor-village-people exhibit. Yikes.
Another goth nestled between private luxury homes and commercial centres. The extremities in wealth inequity hurts. The silver lining is that they remain on their land.
Another goth nestled between private luxury homes and commercial centres. The extremities in wealth inequity hurts. The silver lining is that they remain on their land.
Another goth nestled between private luxury homes and commercial centres. The extremities in wealth inequity hurts. The silver lining is that they remain on their land.
A recent relevant protest re: provision of basic services in DHA Karachi https://twitter.com/UrbanPlannerNED/status/1350060240650326017?s=20
I part with a call to action: speak up and make city oriented discourse popular. Your voice does matter. Let's make maps, analyze, and hold accountable.

Many were asking of a how-to for GIS so here's a step-by-step tutorial for the scale comparison:
The scale comparison of Bahria Town: https://twitter.com/itsnotrida/status/1345258161264066560?s=20
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