What is it about?
This paper discusses the genesis of Islamabad as a planned capital city and uses power and identity as themes to interpret its spatial vocabulary.
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Why is it important?
The article uses virgin archival data on Islamabad.
Perspectives
This article interprets Islamabad and its spatial genesis among vestiges of post colonialism and how the mechanisms inherent through power and identity gave it traction.
Saboohi Sarshar
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This page is a summary of: Power and Identity: The Case of Islamabad, Journal of Urban History, May 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0096144217702368.
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