Atif Bilal Aslam
Biographic Data
| ID | 6772470 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Atif Bilal Aslam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Atif Bilal |
| FAMILY NAME | Aslam |
| SIGNATURE | ASLAM A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Engineering and Technology Lahore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6536-1574 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How Pannah Gahs (shelter homes) are helping the homeless people in Lahore, Pakistan
Urban homelessness is a problem faced by both developed and developing countries due to various causes requiring contextualized responses. Governments have used temporary housing like shelter homes to combat homelessness, but providing adequate facilities and ensuring their use by the homeless remain significant challenges. This research article investigates the efficacy of shelter homes (locally known as Pannah Gahs) in Lahore. The objective is …
Climate change and glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) risk perceptions
Increasing flood risk awareness and warning readiness by participation – But who understands what under ‘participation’
Participation is an often-demanded process in disaster risk reduction (DRR). However, it is often unclear who understands what under this term. International organizations such as the United Nations have promoted participation in their DRR strategies since the 1980s, but further research is needed on its opportunities and limitations. Here we highlight what is understood by participation according to different actors and various international con…
Covid-19 risk perception and coping mechanisms
The Relation Between Residential Self-Selection and Urban Mobility in Middle Eastern Cities
The present paper attempts to fill a part of the gap in the studies on residential location choices and their relations to urban mobility, socio-economics, and the built environment by presenting the results of a study on Alexandria, Egypt, by analysing the results of a survey in eight neighbourhoods undertaken in 2015. Four questions were answered in this study: (i) “How are the main drivers behind residential location choices in Alexandria conn…
Izbira stanovanjske lokacije ter vloga mobilnosti, družbenogospodarskih dejavnikov in namenske rabe prostora v pakistanskem mestu Hafizabad
Izbira stanovanjske lokacije v državah v razvoju in njena povezava z mestnim prevozom sta slabo raziskani in ne povsem dobro razumljeni, vrzel v poznavanju razmer pa je še večja v primeru malih mest v teh državah. Avtorji v članku proučujejo pakistansko mesto Hafizabad, pri čemer je njihov cilj zagotoviti podatke za prihodnje kvantitativne analize, ki bodo zajele izbire stanovanjskih lokacij v malih mestih na indijski podcelini. Avtorji so anketi…
Residential location choices and the role of mobility, socioeconomics, and land use in Hafizabad, Pakistan
Residential self-selection in developing countries and its relation to urban transportation are understudied and not fully understood. This knowledge gap is even greater in the case of small cities in the developing world. This study takes Hafizabad, Pakistan as a case study with the objective of providing data for future quantitative analyses about residential location choices in small cities on the Indian subcontinent. A sample of 365 residents…
A developing country's university oriented toward strengthening health systems
OBJECTIVES. The Aga Khan University in Karachi has a mission to educate leaders and to contribute to the development of health systems for Pakistan amid challenges of scarcity and complexity. METHODS. Its key activities are (1) to design and test urban and rural health system prototypes, (2) to develop faculty in medical and nursing postgraduate community health sciences programs, and (3) to design and implement community-based undergraduate medi…
A developing country's university oriented toward strengthening health systems
OBJECTIVES. The Aga Khan University in Karachi has a mission to educate leaders and to contribute to the development of health systems for Pakistan amid challenges of scarcity and complexity. METHODS. Its key activities are (1) to design and test urban and rural health system prototypes, (2) to develop faculty in medical and nursing postgraduate community health sciences programs, and (3) to design and implement community-based undergraduate medi…
How Pannah Gahs (shelter homes) are helping the homeless people in Lahore, Pakistan
Urban homelessness is a problem faced by both developed and developing countries due to various causes requiring contextualized responses. Governments have used temporary housing like shelter homes to combat homelessness, but providing adequate facilities and ensuring their use by the homeless remain significant challenges. This research article investigates the efficacy of shelter homes (locally known as Pannah Gahs) in Lahore. The objective is …
A developing country's university oriented toward strengthening health systems
OBJECTIVES. The Aga Khan University in Karachi has a mission to educate leaders and to contribute to the development of health systems for Pakistan amid challenges of scarcity and complexity. METHODS. Its key activities are (1) to design and test urban and rural health system prototypes, (2) to develop faculty in medical and nursing postgraduate community health sciences programs, and (3) to design and implement community-based undergraduate medi…
Izbira stanovanjske lokacije ter vloga mobilnosti, družbenogospodarskih dejavnikov in namenske rabe prostora v pakistanskem mestu Hafizabad
Izbira stanovanjske lokacije v državah v razvoju in njena povezava z mestnim prevozom sta slabo raziskani in ne povsem dobro razumljeni, vrzel v poznavanju razmer pa je še večja v primeru malih mest v teh državah. Avtorji v članku proučujejo pakistansko mesto Hafizabad, pri čemer je njihov cilj zagotoviti podatke za prihodnje kvantitativne analize, ki bodo zajele izbire stanovanjskih lokacij v malih mestih na indijski podcelini. Avtorji so anketi…
Residential location choices and the role of mobility, socioeconomics, and land use in Hafizabad, Pakistan
Residential self-selection in developing countries and its relation to urban transportation are understudied and not fully understood. This knowledge gap is even greater in the case of small cities in the developing world. This study takes Hafizabad, Pakistan as a case study with the objective of providing data for future quantitative analyses about residential location choices in small cities on the Indian subcontinent. A sample of 365 residents…
Increasing flood risk awareness and warning readiness by participation – But who understands what under ‘participation’
Participation is an often-demanded process in disaster risk reduction (DRR). However, it is often unclear who understands what under this term. International organizations such as the United Nations have promoted participation in their DRR strategies since the 1980s, but further research is needed on its opportunities and limitations. Here we highlight what is understood by participation according to different actors and various international con…
Covid-19 risk perception and coping mechanisms
The Relation Between Residential Self-Selection and Urban Mobility in Middle Eastern Cities
The present paper attempts to fill a part of the gap in the studies on residential location choices and their relations to urban mobility, socio-economics, and the built environment by presenting the results of a study on Alexandria, Egypt, by analysing the results of a survey in eight neighbourhoods undertaken in 2015. Four questions were answered in this study: (i) “How are the main drivers behind residential location choices in Alexandria conn…
Climate change and glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) risk perceptions
How Pannah Gahs (shelter homes) are helping the homeless people in Lahore, Pakistan
Urban homelessness is a problem faced by both developed and developing countries due to various causes requiring contextualized responses. Governments have used temporary housing like shelter homes to combat homelessness, but providing adequate facilities and ensuring their use by the homeless remain significant challenges. This research article investigates the efficacy of shelter homes (locally known as Pannah Gahs) in Lahore. The objective is …
Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (3 works)