Javeria Saleem

• Wageningen University & Research

Accelerated urbanization and haphazard expansion of cities results in infrastructure damages, deterioration of agriculture land and water quality, and many microclimatic changes. The unparalleled growth in population put pressure on leap-frog development and uneven distribution of public facilities. The present study endeavored the urban land suita...

Ecological processes such as landslide disaster are primarily impacted by both geological and land use activities happening at different spatiotemporal scale. They specifically impact the socioeconomic development in the sub-Himalayan region of Pakistan. Ecological risk assessment and restrictive zonation mapping are therefore prerequisites for mit...

Climate change is currently a dangerous phenomenon that has deleterious economic, social and environmental impacts. Climatic fluctuations directly affect the hydrology of an area, which in turn plays a significant role in economy of any country. In Pakistan, River Indus serves as a major fresh water resource, the flow of this river is fed by glacia...

Ecological reforestation and refurbishment activities in regards to deforestation are enormous environmental concern across globe, particularly in Pakistan, where forest resources are deteriorating at threshold level for last decades. In order to determine the status of forested land, accurate information on Land Use/ Land Cover (LULC) classes is p...

Climate change is currently a perilous phenomenon that has deleterious economic, social and environmental impacts. Climatic fluctuations directly affect the hydrology of an area, which in turn plays a significant role in the economy of any country. In South Asia, Himalayan glaciers shrinkage at high elevated areas is more pronounced at unprecedente...

Coastal areas are the biologically active zones of Earth that play a significant role in ecological and socioeconomic welfare of any society. Inopportunely, like most of the Earth's resources they are subjected to a lot of natural as well as anthropogenic pressures that render them less productive and more vulnerable. Consequently, there is a need...

Climate change is currently a dangerous phenomenon that has deleterious economic, social and environmental impacts. Climatic fluctuations directly affect the hydrology of an area, which in turn plays a significant role in economy of any country. In Pakistan, River Indus serves as a major fresh water resource, the flow of this river is fed by glacia...

Establishment of Protected Areas has long history and in recent years their development has accelerated across whole world to cope with the problem of biodiversity loss. Pakistan has also shown serious concern towards sustainable use of biological resources and cultural heritage by establishing legislation, policies and institutions. However implem...

The current study was carried to determine the ground water quality of three tehsils of Dera Ismail Khan District. Water sampling was carried out, using standard protocols from various sources of water, i.e., Tubewells and Hand-pumps. The collected water samples were analyzed for 13 water quality parameters, employing standard methods. Spatial vari...

The current study was intended to explore and document the local medicinal plants that are being utilized by local dwellers of district Bahawalnagar, Punjab, Pakistan. For this reason ethno-medicinal survey was conducted and information was gathered by hakims (herbalists) and local inhabitants through unstructured interview, open ended questionnair...