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UB A+P Lecture: 50 Years of Urban Planning in the Kashmir Valley

  • University at Buffalo Hayes Hall 250 Hayes Road Buffalo, NY, 14214 United States (map)

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UB A+P’s public lecture series for the 2022-23 academic year is dedicated to the entwined, even hopeful, themes of Recovery and Reclamation.

About the Speaker

Iftikhar Hakim iss the 2023 Jammal International Fellow. Haskim has 30 years of experience in planning with 15 years as Chief Town Planner of Jammu and Kashmir. He has drafted more than 15 master plans, including a Master Plan for Srinagar. He also worked as Director (Planning and Coordination) of the Jhelum-Tawi Flood Recovery Project, funded by the World Bank and supervised the multi-hazard risk assessment and the of building code for J&K. 

Hakim's lecture will focus on the spatial planning of Srinagar tracing the history of the plan documents from the date the formal planning was instituted in the Valley.