A5059933741- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Smart Parking Systems Research
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
University of Engineering and Technology Lahore
2019-2025
The transport sector has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting travel behaviors and mobility patterns around globe. also affected mode choice behavior. This research study modeled behavior before during in Pakistan. Data was collected through an online questionnaire survey consisting of questions about socio-economic characteristics, factors affecting choice, chosen for shorter as well longer distances both situations. results indicated that public use declined, whereas walking...
Participation is an often-demanded process in disaster risk reduction (DRR). However, it often unclear who understands what under this term. International organizations such as the United Nations have promoted participation their DRR strategies since 1980s, but further research needed on its opportunities and limitations. Here we highlight understood by according to different actors various international contexts. This study was motivated a workshop where flood-risk resilience experts from...
The Aga Khan University in Karachi has a mission to educate leaders and contribute the development of health systems for Pakistan amid challenges scarcity complexity.Its key activities are (1) design test urban rural system prototypes, (2) develop faculty medical nursing postgraduate community sciences programs, (3) implement community-based undergraduate curricula.The university developed equity-based, cost-effective primary care prototypes slums. With government counterparts it tested...
Residential self-selection in developing countries and its relation to urban transportation are understudied not fully understood. This knowledge gap is even greater the case of small cities world. study takes Hafizabad, Pakistan as a with objective providing data for future quantitative analyses about residential location choices on Indian subcontinent. A sample 365 residents was interviewed from four neighbourhoods combined population 19,042. resulted individual household response rates...
Urban mobility in the Global South presents unique challenges for public transport (PT) and emerging shared (SM) services influenced by socio-economic factors, attitudes, urban form. This study examines factors shaping mode choice behavior between PT SM four communities each Dubai Lahore. Additionally, it analyses impact of primary daily activities on preferences both cities. Data from 1,653 1,603 Lahore residents were analyzed using binary logistic regression models. Results indicate that...
The existing literature of emerging markets fails to provide evidence clarify if people choose their residential location based on commuting work or other socioeconomic household factors. present paper seeks such in South Asia using the case study a small city Pakistan. This exploratory was facilitated by primary data collected from 365 adults Hafizabad, Pakistan, face-to-face interviews 2018. Two research questions were answered: (1) with what mobility-related variables are self-selections...
Urban sprawl is a particular pattern of the street network and land use. The relationship between networks has been discussed by urban scholars in developed high-income countries. Nevertheless, there lack research on relationships connectivity travel behavior, particularly among emerging markets. This paper aims to study correlations mobility street-length density as an indicator for assessing compactness area developing two hierarchical regression models controlling socioeconomic variables...
The neighborhood effect on keeping non-commuting trips inside neighborhoods has not yet been investigated in developing countries. modeling of helps understand how to avoid unnecessary journeys by car into different parts the city. This paper, therefore, attempts clarify (1) similarities and differences socioeconomic characteristics perceptions people sprawled compact neighborhoods, (2) correlations between, one hand, choice destinations for shopping entertainment activities and, other,...
Abstract The present paper attempts to fill a part of the gap in studies on residential location choices and their relations urban mobility, socio-economics, built environment by presenting results study Alexandria, Egypt, analysing survey eight neighbourhoods undertaken 2015. Four questions were answered this study: (i) “How are main drivers behind Alexandria connected various socio-demographic groups or people with different availability environments?”, (ii) self-selections associated one...
Physical activity in open spaces is a crucial topic of urban health around the globe. As cities and everyday life differ lot specific contexts, places for physical may vary shape, perception use by local people. A group researchers from eight countries Europe, South America Asia used same online-photovoice application to explore their regarding public spaces. Using with diverse participants, we collected rich basis reflection on methodological issues, usability determinants contrasting...
Izbira stanovanjske lokacije v državah razvoju in njena povezava z mestnim prevozom sta slabo raziskani ne povsem dobro razumljeni, vrzel poznavanju razmer pa je še večja primeru malih mest teh državah. Avtorji članku proučujejo pakistansko mesto Hafizabad, pri čemer njihov cilj zagotoviti podatke za prihodnje kvantitativne analize, ki bodo zajele izbire stanovanjskih lokacij mestih na indijski podcelini. so anketirali 365 prebivalcev štirih sosesk mestu, katerih živi skupno 19.042 ljudi....
Like many other developing nations, Pakistan is also facing a gender gap in its socio-cultural spheres. Since independence, programs and policies have been made public private sector domains to eradicate these disparities. This paper aims evaluate by encountering their salient features how far proved be fruitful bridging this gap. The evaluation done majorly through desk review of the secondary data drawn from reports published different government local organizations. Mainly, qualitative...
This paper examines the socioeconomic burden of low back pain (LBP) and its implications for healthcare policy resource allocation. LBP is a prevalent condition that imposes substantial economic costs on individuals, systems, society as whole. The explores direct indirect associated with LBP, including expenditures, lost productivity, disability, impact quality life. It also investigates disparities in prevalence, access to care, treatment outcomes. findings underscore need targeted...
The current study aims to investigate the impact of floods in rural areas Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. Floods are a natural disaster that wreak havoc across country but have disproportionate consequences for different genders. Flooding is constant threat community resilience, especially remote areas. Lack awareness and poverty makes situation even more deplorable triggers certain gendered issues flood-affected prime concern highlight issues, as an D.G. Khan major with greater on women...