Salar Saeed Dogar

Forschungszentrum Jülich · Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG)

In developing countries like Pakistan, the preservation of the environment, as well as people’s economies, agriculture, and way of life, are believed to be hampered by climate change. Understanding how people perceive climate change and its signs is essential for creating a variety of adaptation solutions. In this study, we aim to bridge the gap in...

Khaghan and Naran Valley of Pakistan are popular tourist mountainous region and face direct impacts of environmental degradation in past years. The current study aims to map the impacts of tourism on the local community and how it has affected the environmental settings. Mixed method approach was utilized including questionnaire survey; meteorologi...

Based on the perceptions of the local farmers, this study aims to assess the effects of socioeconomic factors and climatic change on the groundwater livelihood system, with a particular focus on in situ Persian wheels/dug wells. Farmers’ perceptions of climate change and how it is affecting their way of life in the Soan River Basin have also been e...

Accurate and reliable agricultural statistics are crucial for understanding the current crop dynamics and improving food security, especially in developing countries. Yield gap analysis provides insights into crop dynamics across the agricultural landscape. It lays the foundation to identify yield constraint factors within fields and improve practi...

Tourism plays an essential role in the economic development of a country and has become a growing phenomenon of global importance. The climate change on the other hand has a direct effect and degrades the environmental components and features of the destinations. Pakistan is highly vulnerable to changing the climate which has threatened the tourism...

This study attempts to analyse the status of water availability, consumption and sufficiency in two Himalayan towns – Murree and Havellian from Pakistan's Indus Basin, using the primary data collected from 350 households, 26 town level focus groups and key informants. Findings revealed that groundwater is the main source of water on which around 85...

Lowsocio-economic status has been widely recognized as a significant factor in enhancing a person's vulnerability to climate change including vulnerability to changes in temperature. Yet, little is known about exposure to heatwithin cities in developing countries, and even less about exposurewithin informal neighbourhoods in those countries. This p...

Shahzad et al.: Does livelihood vulnerability index justify the socioeconomic status of mountainous community? A case study of post-earthquake ecological adaptation of Balakot population-6605-APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 17(3): 6605-6624. Abstract. Hindu Kush Himalayan is facing greater threat from socioeconomic and climatic transitio...