[Environment] Chief Editor Iftikhar A. Raja comsats institute of Information Technology Abbottabad (Pakistan)

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Master Planning is an important phase and its impacts can be seen after the implementation of Master planning and also useful for managing urban growth. This paper aimed to present suggestions for managing urban growth and layout for master plan in managing urban growth of the cities in Pakistan. It also critically reviews the current situation in one major city of Lahore, Pakistan and presents the suggestion in accordance with layout for master planning.

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IMPACT OF WISH WASH CAR PARKING ON THE RAISE OF NOISE POLLUTION
Samreen Naeem

Institute of Business Administration, University of Sindh Jamshoro Hyderabad sindh

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Allah Almighty has bestow five great senses to the human beings in which seeing, smelling, hearing etc but few he has left to earn by himself the very famous among them are common sense which is unfortunately lacked in our learned society which is directly proportional to the civic sense. Nowadays in our society we are suffering in so many wish wash specially a non sense car parking we see that we all are a citizen of civilized society having various schools, colleges and universities in our cities but even highly qualified citizen of society are unaware of car parking civic sense. Whenever we park the car we give preference to the inappropriate locations ultimately which is putting adverse effect on smooth flow of traffic and peoples, also cause of garbage dump and pollutions, fuel consumption and raise of noise pollutions. When all people use the horns at the same time it is harmful for the health not only affect the hearing power but the air pollution influenced lungs performance. In this scenario the district government can play a vital role by introducing a civic guidance program and using plenty of awareness techniques of parking to make the public able to contribute positively for the society and can be the effective factor in control of noise pollution due to wish wash car parking.

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SPATIO-TEMPORAL PATTERN OF LAND USE GROWTH AND URBAN EXPANSION IN A SMALL TOWN OF DISTRICT BAHAWALPUR; PAKISTAN
Sana Arshad, Adila Shafqat Majid Malik

Department of Geography, The Islamia University Bahawalpur

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Land use change is one of the main driving force of global environmental change and is closely related to sustainable development. There is a direct relationship between urbanization and land use changes that occurs at spatio temporal scale. Determining the effects of land use changes depends upon various factors, like past and present land use patterns, projections of future land use affected by population size and distribution. Various case studies are present in literature to determine the effects of land use changes upon urbanization. The present research is also focused on urbanization process of a small town towards city due to population growth and its associated land use changes. “Uch Sharif” is a historical town located in the Tehsil AhmedPur East of District Bahawalpur in Southern Punjab of Pakistan. Population growth due to migration and natural increase altered the land use patterns and shape of town and caused its urban expansion since 1970. The major objectives of the study include; first of all to examine and analyze the population growth of the town from 1980 to 2014 as a major factor for land uses changes. Secondly land use patterns of the town are analyzed in detail from 1980 to 2014 and rate of urban expansion and land consumption ratio are calculated along with population density index. Base maps of the land use patterns are taken from the Municipal authorities and studied in GIS environment to analyze the historical changes in its pattern. At the end research concludes that this small town is getting urbanized day by day due to more population pressure and their changing land use demands.

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CO-RELATIONAL STUDY OF FLORA AND ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES IN CHINJI NATIONAL PARK CHAKWAL
Iqra Afzal, Asma Jabeen, Sheikh Saeed Ahmad^*

Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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National parks are designated to ensure the ecological strength of ecosystems for existing and upcoming generations. This study was undertaken to analyze the ecology of the park. For that research was done to determine the co-relation of flora and soil with the effects of environmental variables. Study area was divided into three zones on the basis of distance from the park boundary. Flora was collected on the basis of Braun-Blanquet method for vegetation analysis. The soil was taken as environmental variable for Electrical conductivity, pH, Organic matter and Saturation. T-value biplot is primarily used to reveal the statistically significant relationships between species and environmental variables. From zone I Cynodon dactlyon and Eragostis tremule showed some negative association towards pH and E.C while Eulaliopsis binate showed positive association towards saturation. None of the species were associated to O.M. From zone II no specie was associated to pH and Saturation while Capparis decidua and Otostegia limbarea showed negative association towards O.M and E.C. From zone III none of the species showed any relationship with any environmental variable. This research concluded that Chinji national park is exhibiting biome of xeric shrublands and deserts due to erosion and various other factors and it needs to be conserved.

EUE-05

ESTIMATION OF LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE THROUGH THERMAL REMOTE SENSING IN URBAN HEAT ISLAND OF MULTAN CITY, PAKISTAN
Asma Shaheen*¹, Afia Naveed¹, Muhammad Ateeq², Qurat-ul-Ain¹, Navid Ahmad¹, Khalid Mehmood<sup>1

1</sup>Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sargodha

²Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

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