Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Thank you ARY Laguna DHA City Karachi for making this video possible.
Co-directed by @Oyyeharry
Edited by Bilal Sagar & Mooroo
Cinematography by Osamah and Ali Nain
Line producer Ahsan Ahmad
Gaffer Ibrar
Sound Recorder Qaiser Nawaz
Ai video work: Aown Khan Gurmani and Mooroo
The rest is all by Yours truly.
📚 Sources & Further Reading
Core Framework
Jan Gehl — Cities for People (Island Press, 2010)
Jan Gehl — Life Between Buildings (Island Press, 1987)
Copenhagen
Gehl, J. & Gemzøe, L. — New City Spaces (Danish Architectural Press, 2001)
Strøget pedestrianization history — City of Copenhagen Planning Department
Curitiba, Brazil
Lindau, L.A., Hidalgo, D., & Facchini, D. — “Bus Rapid Transit in Curitiba, Brazil” — Transportation Research Record, 2010
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) — itdp.org
Medellín, Colombia
Brand, P. & Dávila, J. — “Mobility Innovation at the Urban Margins: Medellín’s Metrocables” — City, Vol. 15, 2011
The Guardian — “Medellín: The City Transformed” (various features, 2013–2016)
Netherlands / Water Management
“Room for the River” programme — Rijkswaterstaat — ruimtevoorderivier.nl
Dutch Delta Programme — government.nl/topics/delta-programme
Barcelona Superblocks
Mueller, N. et al. — “Changing the urban design of cities for health” — Environment International, 2020
Ajuntament de Barcelona — ajuntament.barcelona.cat
Times Square, New York
NYC Department of Transportation — “Broadway Pedestrian Plazas” — nyc.gov/dot
Project for Public Spaces — pps.org
Brighton Street Study
Transport for London & DfT pedestrian priority research — tfl.gov.uk
Ghana / Ethiopia Urban Green Space
UN-Habitat — State of the World’s Cities reports — unhabitat.org
Brasília Syndrome / Urban Planning Theory
Jacobs, J. — The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Random House, 1961)
Model Town, Lahore
Glover, W. — Making Lahore Modern (University of Minnesota Press, 2008)
Mohenjo-daro
Kenoyer, J.M. — Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization (Oxford University Press, 1998)
Pakistan Urban Data
Lahore Development Authority — lda.gop.pk
Urban Unit Punjab — urbanunit.gov.pk
Thank you ARY Laguna DHA City Karachi for making this video possible.
Co-directed by @Oyyeharry
Edited by Bilal Sagar & Mooroo
Cinematography by Osamah and Ali Nain
Line producer Ahsan Ahmad
Gaffer Ibrar
Sound Recorder Qaiser Nawaz
Ai video work: Aown Khan Gurmani and Mooroo
The rest is all by Yours truly.
📚 Sources & Further Reading
Core Framework
Jan Gehl — Cities for People (Island Press, 2010)
Jan Gehl — Life Between Buildings (Island Press, 1987)
Copenhagen
Gehl, J. & Gemzøe, L. — New City Spaces (Danish Architectural Press, 2001)
Strøget pedestrianization history — City of Copenhagen Planning Department
Curitiba, Brazil
Lindau, L.A., Hidalgo, D., & Facchini, D. — “Bus Rapid Transit in Curitiba, Brazil” — Transportation Research Record, 2010
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) — itdp.org
Medellín, Colombia
Brand, P. & Dávila, J. — “Mobility Innovation at the Urban Margins: Medellín’s Metrocables” — City, Vol. 15, 2011
The Guardian — “Medellín: The City Transformed” (various features, 2013–2016)
Netherlands / Water Management
“Room for the River” programme — Rijkswaterstaat — ruimtevoorderivier.nl
Dutch Delta Programme — government.nl/topics/delta-programme
Barcelona Superblocks
Mueller, N. et al. — “Changing the urban design of cities for health” — Environment International, 2020
Ajuntament de Barcelona — ajuntament.barcelona.cat
Times Square, New York
NYC Department of Transportation — “Broadway Pedestrian Plazas” — nyc.gov/dot
Project for Public Spaces — pps.org
Brighton Street Study
Transport for London & DfT pedestrian priority research — tfl.gov.uk
Ghana / Ethiopia Urban Green Space
UN-Habitat — State of the World’s Cities reports — unhabitat.org
Brasília Syndrome / Urban Planning Theory
Jacobs, J. — The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Random House, 1961)
Model Town, Lahore
Glover, W. — Making Lahore Modern (University of Minnesota Press, 2008)
Mohenjo-daro
Kenoyer, J.M. — Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization (Oxford University Press, 1998)
Pakistan Urban Data
Lahore Development Authority — lda.gop.pk
Urban Unit Punjab — urbanunit.gov.pk
