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KUL is a collaborative experiment in critical urban thinking. It is housed in the School of Economics & Social Sciences @ibakarachi. Founder & Director @nha3383

SouthAsia 가입일 Eylül 2018
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Karachi Urban Lab@KarachiUrbanLab·
1/3 In light of recent heatwaves in South Asia & devastating impacts, it is pertinent to reexamine how we understand heat as a phenomenon & approaches to manage it. As part of @GCRF funded collaborative project @thermalcultures this Scoping Study look at Karachi’s heat space 👇
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We support the #KarachiClimateMarch2025 — because climate crisis in Karachi is not abstract. It is lived daily through heat, water scarcity, displacement, and deepening urban inequality. Climate justice must centre the city’s most vulnerable. @nha3383 @UrbanPlannerNED
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Community members, activists & researchers are invited to join, as we unpack human costs often overshadowed in mega-infrastructure projects ML-1(Mainline-1) CPEC project reflects familiar patterns of uncertainty & displacement seen across Pakistan @InvisibleMapper @urbaninstitute
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Prof Nausheen H Anwar
Prof Nausheen H Anwar@nha3383·
An immense pleasure to have co-authored this piece with my former IBA student @Etha0296 On mobility infrastructures and female domestic workers in Karachi, #Pakistan
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#PakistanDialogues In this piece, authors @nha3383 ( @ibakarachi) and Eisha Shakeel (@KarachiUrbanLab) investigate how the design and provision of mobility infrastructure affect female domestic workers in public spaces, particularly at Bus Stops. Read Now: rb.gy/nmc56j

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Global Heat Health Information Network
Global Heat Health Information Network@heathealth_info·
Heat kills, and the risks are growing. Health systems must adapt. At #WHA78, @RockefellerFdn & @wellcometrust announced $11.5M for the @WHO - @WMO Joint Programme. We are immensely grateful for this support and what it means for protecting people from #extremeheat!
The Rockefeller Foundation@RockefellerFdn

At #WHA78, we're launching a $11.5M partnership with @WellcomeTrust to build climate-informed health systems that save lives in support of the @WHO & @WMO Climate and Health Joint Programme. Learn more: rockfound.link/454QZOz

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Heat Resilience & Performance Centre
Heat Resilience & Performance Centre@hrpcsg·
1 DAY TO GO! Tomorrow marks the beginning of the First GHHIN Southeast Asia Heat Health Forum, a pivotal event bringing together thought leaders, policymakers, and experts from around the globe. seaheathealthforum.com
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Prof Nausheen H Anwar
Prof Nausheen H Anwar@nha3383·
Amazing conversations at CIFAR Humanity’s Urban Future meeting in Vienna; pecial because of these wonderful, generous, amazing women /colleagues: Julie-Anne Boudreau , Xuefei Ren, Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin. ❤️ And thank you Ash Amin for taking the photo!
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School of Economics and Social Sciences(SESS), IBA
School of Economics and Social Sciences(SESS), IBA@sess_iba·
Proud to share that Dr. Nausheen Anwar (@nha3383), Professor of Urban Studies at Dept. of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts, delivered the Wolfson Sarfraz Pakistan Lecture 2024 at @WolfsonCollege, @UniofOxford. Her talk, "Splintered Inhabitations? Heatscapes & Cooling Futures in Urban Pakistan," explores how intensifying heat shapes urban life & resilience, especially in Karachi’s informal settlements. Watch the full lecture here: shorturl.at/1YG3Q
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The following has been collaboratively authored by a group 27 Pakistani #AirQuality experts, urging @CMShehbaz to implement immediate and long-term measures for tackling hazardous Air quality in the country.
PakistanAirQuality@PakAirQuality

PAQx is writing to @PakPMO @CMShehbaz urging steps for tackling the hazardous #AirQuality affecting most of #Pakistan. Immediate steps to take: • Shutdown all Brick Kilns • Vehicle emission checks & Heavy Transport curtailment • Shutdown non-compliant Industrial units 1/2

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Pakistan Maholiati Tahaffuz Movement
Pakistan Maholiati Tahaffuz Movement@PakMaholThfz·
#Pakistan, can you breathe? We call upon all of you to come together for a country wide Climate Strike this 25 Dec 2024 to raise your voice on #climatechange, #environmental issues, & #smog. As it becomes difficult to breathe both literally & figuratively, let's not lose hope.
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