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Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi
Instant City Life and Death in Karachi
Author: Steve Inskeep
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 environm...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781594203152
ISBN-10: 1594203156
Publication Date: 10/13/2011
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Penguin Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Engrossing book, it was a lot like listening to "Morning Edition", Inskeep manages to tell the history of Pakistan by interviewing Karachi residents. Geography is important to the story - he has maps, but about 1/2 the places he mentions in the story aren't listed, blame it on the editors, I suppose.


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