Department of Geography

Dr. Sahar Zia

Dr. Sahar Zia
Dr. Sahar Zia

Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
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Experience     

 

  • Lahore College for Women University, as Senior Researcher at Electrical Engineering Dept., LCWU (15th Feb 2023 till present)

  • Lahore College for Women University, as Assistant Professor at Geography Dept. (7th July 2022 to present) 

  • Lahore College for Women University, as Lecturer at Geography Dept. (8thJune 2015 to 6th July 2022) 

  • Lahore College for Women University, as Senior Manager (Industry-academia linkages) at Office of research, innovation and commercialization (10thOctober 2023 to 30th September 2024) 

  • Lahore College for Women University, as Senior Manager (Research Management Wing) at Office of research, innovation and commercialization (15thJune 2021 to 10th March 2021) 

  • Lahore College for Women University, as In-charge at Geography Dept. (10thFeb 2018 to 20th December 2020) 

  • University of the Punjab, as Visiting Lecturer at Geography Dept. (23rdOctober 2014 to May 2015)

  • Lahore College for Women University, as Visiting Lecturer at Geography Dept. (11thApril2014 to 23rdJune 2014) 

  • Lahore College for Women University, as visiting Teaching Assistant at Geography Dept (10th Oct 2013 to 9th April,2014)

  • SophianCollege of Arts and Sciences, as Lecturer for Pakistan studies (August 2013 to Oct 2013) 

  • Adabistan-e-Soophia, as a subject specialist for O-level (Sep 2012 to Oct 2013)

  • Urban Unit, Planning and Development Department of the Govt. of Punjab, Lahore as an Intern (July 2011 to Aug 2011)

Honor and Awards

  • 50 Rising Stars in Geospatial world
  • Phil Geography (2011-2013) Roll of Honor with 3.78 CGPA
  • BS Geography (2007-2011) Roll of Honor with 3.79 CGPA
  • Punjab university Merit scholarships 2007-2011

Memberships

  • United People Global
  • Global Soil Partnership Member, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 

Graduate Students/Postdocs/Undergraduate Students/Honour Students

Years              Degree                       Name
2016                BS Geography            Summaya Farooq
2016                BS Geography            Mahnoor Maqsood
2017                BS Geography            Khadija Aslam
2017                BS Geography            AneelaBoota
2018                BS Geography            Hajra Nisar
2018                BS Geography            Mishal Mehboob
2019                BS Geography            Mahrukh Tahir
2019                BS Geography            Zarish Abid
2020                BS Geography            Muntaha Mohsin
2021                BS Geography            Nikhat Zahra Butt
2021                BS Geography            Asia Yousaf
2021                BS Geography            Saba Shafique
2022                BS Geography            Alina Ashraf
2022                BS Geography            Aasma Ashraf
2023                MS Electrical              Nimra Ashraf                            
                        Engineering       
2023                MS Electrical              Nafeesa Tahir
                        Engineering       
2023                MS Electrical              Laiba Mazhar
                        Engineering       
2023                BS Electrical               Abeeha Aslam
                        Engineering (FYP)     Tatheer Fatima
                                                        Sana Ashraf
2024                MS Geography            Fatima Nazir Ali
2024                MS Geography            Adeeba Yaseen
2024                MS Geography            Fiza Azam
2024                MS Geography            Ghulam Zainab Ranjha
2024                MS Electrical               Asma Naeem
                        Engineering       


Service Activity

Team leader of SAR

Member of Purchase committee

Web Coordinator

  • Keeping update official LCWU webpage of Geography department (Biannual)
  • Timetable
  • Faculty profiles
  • Society events

Focal person to update Newsletter, LCWU

  • Keeping record of all events
  • Biannual coordination with editor Shagufta Mughal, newsletter LCWU

PhD Coordinator (All Sessions)

  • MS and PhD test preparation
  • ASRB documentation Submission
  • To keep record of student file to meet quality assurance standards of HEC Internal Review Visit for MS/MPhil & PhD Program.

BS Session Coordinator (2022-2026)

Society Advisor

  • Develop linkages within and outside universities nationally/ internationally
  • Management and execution of events (monthly)
    • Selection of event themes
    • Seeking right resource persons and guest speakers for enhancement of Geographical knowledge
    • Contact with resource persons and guest speakers for their availability
    • Permission from VC office via Dean
    • Inform to security cell, estate officer prior to event conduction
    • Refreshment arrangement with the help of Mess Incharge
    • Arrangement of souvenirs/ shields/ bouquet or other necessary tokens from Geography society, LCWU to guests
    • Arrangement of certificates of appreciations
    • News updating to Mr. Naveed, Mass communication department.
  • Keeping updated Facebook page with Ms. Amna Afzal
  • Alumni and graduate student’s information record with Ms. Rehana Mehar Ali
  • Funding sources either faculty or students

Brief Statement of Research Interest

My area of interest is to use geographic information technology for the analysis, management, planning, and inhabitation in cities. My main research interests are in:

Urban informatics: Key solutions of Urban Flooding, development of existing and new Urban settlements, Population migration, delineation of urban land use patterns, Urban growths and prospects, Urban pollutions, Migration and expansion of cities, Slums, groundwater analysis for availability of drinkable water, potential settings of city, eco-friendly solutions of citizen’s demand and supply of basic utilities i.e electricity and gas load shedding in cities

Healthcare/Medicare studies: Heat stroke under the changing climate, communicable and non-communicable disease outbreak in urban settings

Food security: Analysis of Production, Demand and supply of food crops in terms of social and economic perspective in Pakistan under changing climate

Publications

Published book chapter:

Zia, S, S. Yaqoob , M. Nasar-u-Minallah, A. Hanif , A. Aslam. 2021. Analysis between Vegetation and Traffic Noise Pollution: A Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan 2021. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology, Vol. 12 (3) 65-70.

Short communication published by referred journals

  • Chapter entitled “Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy”, by Nausheen Mazhar and Sahar Zia, in book “Sustainable Energy and Environment: An Earth System Approach”, by Apple Academic Press, Coming in Sep 2019.

  • Articles published by refereed journals:

  • Muazzam, A., Fatima, S., Shabbir, A., Iqbal, N., Zia, S. and Tauseef, H. (2024), "Navigating complexities: gaming addiction, anger expression and social interaction among adolescent boys in Pakistan". Mental Health and Social Inclusion. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-08-2024-0129
  • Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Jabbar, M., Zia, S. et al. Assessing and anticipating environmental challenges in Lahore, Pakistan: future implications of air pollution on sustainable development and environmental governance. Environ Monit Assess 196, 865 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12925-3.
  • Malik, N., Razzaq, S., Shabbir, A., Iqbal, N., Puri, A. M., Zia, S., & Muazzam, A. (2024). Data-Informed Insights on Thriving Through Challenges: Exploring Posttraumatic Growth, Resilience, and Social Support in Hemodialysis Patients. The Asian Bulletin of Big Data Management, 4(02), Data Science 4(2),1–12. https://doi.org/10.62019/abbdm.v4i02.139
  • Zia, S., Shabbir, A., Kazim, A. H., Hanif, A., Tauseef, H., & Iqbal, N. (2024). Optimizing Urban Delimitations in Pakistan Through Exploratory Data Analytical Approach. The Asian Bulletin of Big Data Management, 4(02), Data Science 4(2) ,30–39. https://doi.org/10.62019/abbdm.v4i02.12
  • Sahar Zia , Khadija Waheed , Aqsa Shabbir , Aysha Hanif , Naveed Iqbal , Huma Tauseef , Sajjad Rabbani , Amina Mauzzum. (2024). Identifying The Land-Use And Land-Cover Change Caused By Migration Patterns In Gated Housing Communities: A Case Study Of Bahria Town Lahore . Migration Letters, 21(S9), 1327–1344. Retrieved from https://migrationletters.com/index.php/ml/article/view/10366
  • Iqbal, N., Zia, S., Kazmi, F. Z., Raiz, S., Shabbir, A., Tauseef, H., & Muazzam, A. (2024). Examining the Role of TV Channels in Promoting Environmental Awareness Among University Students in Pakistan: A Pathway to Sustainable Development Goals. The Asian Bulletin Of Green Management And Circular Economy, 4(1), SDGs 4(1),67–79. https://doi.org/10.62019/abgmce.v4i1.73
  • Malik, N.., Amama, A., Shabbir, A., Iqbal, N., Tauseef, H., Zia, S., & Muazzam, A. (2024). Addressing Environmental Factors for SDG 3-Health and Wellbeing: Perceived Stress, Sleep Quality, and Coping among Medical Students in Pakistan. THE ASIAN BULLETIN OF GREEN MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY, 4(1), SDGs 4(1),80–89. https://doi.org/10.62019/abgmce.v4i1.74
  • Khalid, Z., Tauseef, H., Shabbir, A., Iqbal, N., Zia, S., & Faisal, A. (2024). A Deep Learning-Based Technique for Classification of Rice Leaf Disease Using Transfer Learning. Kurdish Studies, 12(2), 5462-5478. Retrieved from https://kurdishstudies.net/menu-script/index.php/KS/article/view/2706. Date of Publication: 2024-02-01
  • Tauseef, H., Shahid, T., Iqbal, N., Shabbir, A., Zia, S., Faisal, A., & Rabbani, S. (2023). A Machine Learning Approach for Textual Sentiment Classification. The Asian Bulletin of Big Data Management, 3(1), 260–273. https://doi.org/10.62019/abbdm.v3i1.140: Date of Publication: 2023-09-19
  • Aysha Hanif, Saba Tariq, Sahar Zia, Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Ghous, Muhammad Jabbar, Sobia Mubarak (2023). Comparative Analysis of Urban Sprawl through KNN and Random Forest Classification (RFC) ML Techniques. IJIST. https://journal.50sea.com/index.php/IJIST/article/view/532/1065 
  • Zia, S., Ashraf, A., Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Hanif, A., & Parveen, N. (2023). Parametric Study of Urban Morphology On Buildings Solar Energy Potential: A Case Study Of Model Town Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Science, 75(03), 586-597. (Sept 2023)
  • Sahar, J., Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Parveen, N., & Zia, S. (2023). Desertification vulnerability assessment through geospatial techniques in Bahawalpur division of Punjab, Pakistan. GeoJournal, 1-18. IF: 2.8 W category- HEC recognized
  • Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Haase, D., Qureshi, S., Zia, S. & Fatima, M. Ecological monitoring of urban thermal field variance index and determining the surface urban heat island effects in Lahore, Pakistan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 195, 1212, doi:10.1007/s10661-023-11799-1 (2023). IF: 3.1 W category- HEC recognized (14 September 2023)
  • Hanif A., Shirazi S.A., Jabbar M., Liaqat A., Zia S., Yusoff M.M. Evaluating The Visitors’ Perception And Available Ecosystem Services In Urban Parks Of Lahore (Pakistan) Research Paper. Geography, Environment, Sustainability.;15(4):32-38. (2022). Y category- HEC recognized (31st December, 2022)
  • Zia, S., Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Zahra, N. & Hanif, A. The Effect Of Urban Green Spaces In Reducing Urban Flooding In Lahore, Pakistan, Using Geospatial Techniques. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY 15, 47-55 (2022). (Y category- HEC recognized) October 01st, 2022
  • Saba Shafique , Sahar Zia , Muhammad Nasar-u-Minallah. Mapping and Analyzing Coastal Morphological Changes due to Rising Sea Level: A Case Study of Karachi Port, Pakistan. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: Part A Physical and Computational Sciences 59(2): 81-88 (2022). Y category
  • Zia, Sahar; Mohsin, Muntaha; Nasar-u-Minallah, Muhammad; Hanif, Aysha. Site Suitability Analysis for Urban Settlements along River Jhelum, Pakistan using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques. Indonesian Journal of Geography, 54(2), 223 – 239 (2022). (X category- HEC recognized) 04 October, 2021
  • Hanif, A., Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Zia, S., & Ashraf, I. (2022). Mapping and Analyzing the Park Cooling Intensity in Mitigation of Urban Heat Island Effect in Lahore, Pakistan. Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, 38(1), 127-137. (Y category- HEC recognized)
  • Zia, S., Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Tahir, M., & Hanif, A. (2021). Impact Assessment of Urban Built-up Area on Groundwater Level of District Faisalabad, Pakistan. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology, 12(4), 32-37. Date of Publication: 2022-01-14 Doi: https://doi.org/10.46660/ijeeg.Vol12.Iss4.2021.640 . (Y category- HEC recognized)
  • Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Zia, S., Rahman, A.-u., & Riaz, O. (2021). Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of Urban Expansion And Future Growth Patterns Of Lahore, Pakistan. Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 14(3), 41-53. (Y category- HEC recognized) October 1st, 2021
  • Zia, S., S. A. Shirazi, M. Nasar-u-Minallah (2021). Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Floods in Lahore, Pakistan using GIS based integrated Analytical Hierarchy Approach. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: A: Physical and Computational Sciences 58(1): 85-96. Date of Publication: 2021-09-03. (Y category- HEC recognized)
  • Zia, S., S. A. Shirazi, M. Nasar-u-Minallah, and M. Batool. 2021. Urban Floods and Suitability Analysis of Rainwater Harvesting Potential Areas in Lahore City, Pakistan. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology, 12(2), 13-20. (Y category- HEC recognized)
  • Zia, S., & Shirazi, S. A. (2019). Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Areas Vulnerable to Urban Flooding: A Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology, 10(3), 85-89. Y category
  • Abid, Z., & Zia, S. Mapping And Analysis of Baltoro Glacier And Shigar River. Pakistan Geographical Review. Vol. 74 (1), pp. 20-32. (Y category- HEC recognized)
  • Mazhar N., Mirza Ali., Zia S., Butt Z., Shahid M., and Mirza Ali (2018). “An Analysis of Glacial Retreat and Resultant Vegetation Expansion in the Karakorum: A case study of Passu Glacier in Hunza valley”. Biologia (Pakistan), Vol. 64 (1), pp. 135-145. (Y category- HEC recognized)
  • Zia S., Shirazi S.A, Bhalli M. N and S. Kausar (2015) “The Impact of Urbanization on Mean Annual Temperature of Lahore Metropolitan Area, Pakistan”. Pakistan Journal of Science, Vol. 67 No. 3 Sept.., 2015 pp.301-307. Lahore (Y category- HEC recognized)
  • Zia S., Shirazi S.A., M. N. Bhalli and Alam R (2014). Temporal analysis of temperature trends in the metropolitan area of Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan journal of science, 66 (1), 83-87. (Y category-HEC recognized)
  • R. Alam, Shirazi S.A, M. N. Bhalli and S. Zia (2014). “Spatial Distribution of Urban Green Spaces in Lahore, Pakistan: A Case Study of Gulberg Town”. Pakistan Journal of Science, Vol. 66 No. 3 Sept., 2014 pp.277281 Lahore (Y category-HEC recognized)

Research Grants and Contracts

On-going Projects
  • Researcher on DepWiSeN ( Pak-UK Innovative and Collaborative Research Grant (ICRG) call and is funded by British Council and Higher Education Commission Pakistan) , this project aimed at devising novel solutions to combat the deforestation and climate change through wireless sensor networks. My role is to work in geoinformatics domain. The project is on going with collaboration of engineers and scientists from leading institutions of Pakistan and the United Kingdom https://depwisen.org/people.html
Applied
  • A project entitled “Evaluating the carbon credit opportunities in transport sector: Credit-based reservation system (CRS) implementation in Lahore, Pakistan” as PI submitted to RASTA Pide 7.0
  • A project entitled “Assessment of urban encroachment on farmland: A study for site selection of vertical development in District Lahore” as Co-PI was submitted to Research for social Transformation and advancement of RASTA competitive grant program for policy-oriented research in June, 2022.

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

Since 2016 to now, I have supervised many undergraduate students, and post graduate research studies

Research productivity award 2021 as Senior Manager at Research Wing, ORIC, LCWU
50 rising stars in Geospatial World 2024

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