Living and Planning on the Edge: Unravelling Conflict and Claim-Making in Peri-Urban Lahore, Pakistan

dc.date.accessioned2021-07-27T16:21:14Z
dc.date.available2021-07-27T16:21:14Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-25
dc.identifierdoi:10.17170/kobra-202107274413
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13037
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.relation.doidoi:10.17645/up.v6i2.3858
dc.rightsNamensnennung 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectaccess-assemblageseng
dc.subjectaccess theoryeng
dc.subjectassemblageeng
dc.subjectclaim-makingeng
dc.subjecthousingeng
dc.subjectland dispossessioneng
dc.subjectperi-urbanizationeng
dc.subjectqabzaeng
dc.subjecturban governanceeng
dc.subjecturban politicseng
dc.subject.ddc710
dc.subject.ddc320
dc.subject.swdPakistanger
dc.subject.swdLahoreger
dc.subject.swdUnterkunftger
dc.subject.swdGrundeigentumger
dc.subject.swdEnteignungger
dc.subject.swdVerstädterungger
dc.subject.swdStadtverwaltungger
dc.subject.swdStädtebaupolitikger
dc.subject.swdRessourcenger
dc.titleLiving and Planning on the Edge: Unravelling Conflict and Claim-Making in Peri-Urban Lahore, Pakistaneng
dc.typeAufsatz
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dcterms.abstractIn Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city, high population growth rates, decades of rural-urban migration, and rampant land and real-estate speculation have contributed to the rapid urbanization of peri-urban land and the engulfing of pre-existing rural settlements. Lahore’s spatial transformation goes hand in hand with an increasingly complex urban governance framework. Historically shaped by colonial planning institutions and decades of political instability as power alternated between military and civilian regimes, Pakistan’s governance practices have contributed to increasing levels of urban segregation and inequality. This raises questions around the in- and exclusionary role of planning in fostering or constraining residents’ access to housing and services. Comparing three vignettes and drawing upon insights gained from extensive fieldwork, this article employs the concept of ‘access-assemblages’ to analyze how access to urban resources—i.e., land, housing, and services—is experienced, disputed, and negotiated in the rapidly urbanizing peri-urban fringe of Lahore. The cases represent different spatial and socio-political configurations brought about by a variety of actors involved in the planning and development of the city’s periphery as well as in contesting development: private developers, the army, the city development authorities, and the residents of affected villages. The analysis unpacks the planning rationalities and mechanisms that reinforce inequalities of access and exclusions. Unfolding practices that enable or hinder actors’ ability to access resources sheds light on the complex layers assembled in urban planning in Lahore and serves as a basis to rethink planning towards a more inclusive approach.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.creatorCermeño, Helena
dcterms.source.identifiereissn:2183-7635
dcterms.source.issueIssue 2
dcterms.source.journalUrban Planningeng
dcterms.source.pageinfo189-201
dcterms.source.volumeVolume 6
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