Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Geography Department

Publications

  • Breuste, J.H., and Qureshi, S. (2012). Quantification of ecosystem services of urban green spaces: a transcontinental case study framework (Asia, Europe, America). In: Nakagoshi, N., and Hong, S.-K. (eds.) Designing Low Carbon Societies in Landscapes. Ecological Research Monographs, Springer, USA. in press
  • Breuste, J.H. and Qureshi, S. (2011). Urban sustainability, urban ecology, and Society for Urban Ecology (SURE). Urban Ecosystems (Springer, USA), Volume 14, Issue 3, 313–317.
  • Qureshi, S. (2011). On the multidisciplinary perspectives to address environmental issues in a regional context. Landscape Ecology (Springer, the Netherlands), Vol. 26, Issue 6, pp: 891–892.
  • Alam K., Qureshi, S. and Blaschke, T. (2011). Monitoring spatio-temporal aerosol patterns over Pakistan based on MODIS, TOMS and MISR satellite data and a HYSPLIT model. Atmospheric Environment (Elsevier, Ltd., UK), Vol. 45, Issue 27, pp: 4641–4651
  • Qureshi, S. (2011). Boundary crossing by transregional practice of governance to address sustainability issues. Landscape Ecology (Springer, the Netherlands), Vol. 26, Issue 3, pp: 455–456.
  • Sadiq, N. and Qureshi, S. (2010). Content analysis versus level of objectivity: Nuclear proliferation issue in Pakistan and its coverage by leading newspapers. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (CG Publisher, USA), Vol. 5, Issue 5, pp: 241–253.
  • Alam, K., Iqbal, M.J., Blaschke, T., Qureshi, S. and Khan, G. (2010). Monitoring the spatio-temporal variations in aerosols and aerosol-cloud interactions over Pakistan using MODIS data. Advances in Space Research (Elsevier, the Netherlands), Vol. 46, Issue 9, pp: 1162–1176.
  • Qureshi, S. (2010). The fast growing megacity Karachi as a frontier of environmental challenges: Urbanization and contemporary urbanism issues. Journal of Geography and Regional Planning (Academic Journal Publishers), Volume 3, Issue 11, pp: 306–321.
  • Pauliet, S., Breuste, J., Qureshi, S. and Sauerwein, M. (2010). Transformation of rural-urban cultural landscapes in Europe: Integrating approaches from ecological socio-economic and planning perspectives. Landscape Online (The official journal of IALE-D, Germany). Volume 20, pp: 1-10.
  • Qureshi, S., Breuste, J.H., and Lindley, S.J. (2010). Green space functionality along an urban gradient in Karachi, Pakistan: A socio-ecological study. Human Ecology (Springer, USA), Vol. 38, Issue 2, pp: 283–294.
  • Qureshi, S. and Breuste, J.H. (2010). Prospects of biodiversity in the mega city Karachi, Pakistan: Potentials, constraints and implications. In: Müller, N., Werner, P. and Kelcey, J. (eds.). Urban Biodiversity and Design – Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in Towns and Cities. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp: 497–517.
  • Qureshi, S., Kazmi, S.J.H. and Breuste, J.H. (2010). Ecological disturbances due to high cutback in the green infrastructure of Karachi: Analyses of public perception about associated health problems. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening (Elsevier, Germany), Vol. 9, Issue 3, pp: 187–198.