Transportation modes like single occupancy automobiles and private cars are not only contributing to the global environment and climate deterioration but also causing social and health complications. Universities are fully ...

With the rapid increase in population and continuing consumption growth, the need for energy, food and other necessities has increased, thus decreasing production. Due to increase in demand of food and increase in prices ...

The world is likely to experience an increase in the onsets of extreme temperature events with a significant increase in their magnitude, length, and intensity as a discernible consequence of climate change. The unprecedented ...

Modernist Grand Plans emerged in post-colonial countries, in 1960s, by planning of new capital cities, like Brasilia, Chandigarh, and Islamabad. Islamabad was designed by an acclaimed planer and visionary, Dr. C. A. Doxiadis, ...

Pakistan is facing severe water crisis. It is suffering from worst climatic changes that has resulted in continuous decrease in underground water level. Water shortage problem has hit hard the big cities. As cities are ...

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) succinctly describe the special person’s rights thus it is impossible to attain sustainable development by secluding and segregating the citizens with disabilities by overlooking the ...

By first quarter of 21st century, a large portion of population, more than two-billion-people, is expected to be living in the urban areas. This is happening because of rapid urbanization and shifting of people from rural ...

Adequate and affordable housing is one of the basic human rights. Although it is considered as the prime responsibility of state, it is beyond the financial capabilities of the public sector to address the ever increasing ...

Integration of sustainability in house design and construction practices is gaining importance all over the world encompassing various dimensions of sustainability such as environmental quality, low cost, social cohesion ...