Land Use and Environmental Planning in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Compactness for Regionalization and its Application in Land-Use Planning

Environmental Management and Land Use Planning: A Case Study

Land use planning means managing our land and resources and it focuses on the functions of ecosystems. The main purpose of this study is to determine the places and sites with necessary capabilities for ecotourism, environmental conservation, agricultural activities, range management, forestry, afforestation, aquaculture, city planning and industrial development in the studied area. This resear...

Land-Use Planning Guidelines for Optimal Coastal Environmental Management

The objective of this study is to weigh and recommend environmentally-optimal regional land-use planning guidelines for coastal regions. The present malaise is assessed, as regards inefficiencies, non-suitability, non-sustainability, enhancing factors of environmental degradation, and potentially destructive consequences of current land-use alteration. Desired situations and goals are considere...

Planning Change: Case Studies Illustrating the Benefits of Gis and Land-use Data in Environmental Planning

A well-established protocol for planning environmentally sustainable development has yet to be agreed upon. Experiences from two highly-studied basins in the United States illustrate some early attempts, their successes, and the obstacles that continue to impede widespread adoption of environmental planning. The first, located in a heavilypopulated humid region, has emphasized improvements to w...

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

INTRODUCTION Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) strains are resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin. Clinical characteristics, drug susceptibility patterns, and outcomes of MDR-TB patients treated at Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, were studied from January 2007 to April 2010. METHODOLOGY Thirty diagnosed patients (60% male and 40% female) of MDR pulmonary TB were included....