Q&A: Arif Hasan: Architect of change

Abstract

How did you help? I proposed cheap, simple, local solutions: concrete-curing methods, casting cheap steel-shuttering manhole covers in situ, site-appropriate tools such as manual compactors, and surveys and maps. Many people are white-collar workers; a substantial minority are professionals; women and entrepreneurs work in and service formal-sector industry. Many natural drainage channels and water bodies have been filled in to make way for elite coastal housing and new informal settlements upstream.