Instant city : life and death in Karachi (Record no. 62228)
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| fixed length control field | 01057nam a2200181 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780670086078 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954.9183 |
| Item number | INS/I |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Inskeep, Steve |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Instant city : life and death in Karachi |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Penguin viking |
| Year of publication | 2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 284 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | An incisive portrait of karachi, pakistan, a city that illuminates the perils and possibilities of rapidly growing metropolises all around the world in recent decades, the world has seen an unprecedented shift of people from the countryside into cities as steve ins keep 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 environment in his first book, inskeep explores how this epic migration has transformed one of the world’s most intriguing instant cities: karachi, pakistan |
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| Topical Term | travel |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Urbanization |
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| Topical Term | bombings |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Pakistan--Karachi |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Damaged status | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 14/09/2021 | 599.00 | 954.9183 INS/I | 53479 | BK |