Department of City and Regional Planning

Siddiqa Amin

Siddiqa Amin
Siddiqa Amin

Assistant Professor
Department of City and Regional Planning
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Education and Training

  • Ph. D Scholar : University Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia)
    From October 2008 to February 2014
    Master of Science in City and Regional Planning

  • M.Sc Research Work; Comparative Analysis of Enforcement of Building Control Regulations in Public and Private Housing Scheme in Lahore
    University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan 
    From January 2003 to January 2007
    Bachelor of Science in City and Regional Planning (with Honours)

  • B.Sc Research Work; Assessment of CNG rickshaw Scheme of Government of Punjab, the case of Lahore
    University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Work Experience

Department of City & Regional Planning, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.

  • Assistant Professor
    From November 2014 to date Courses Taught

  • Planning Legislation
  • Housing and Urban Development
  • Technical Drawing and Computer Aided Design
  • Land use and Building Control
  • Transportation Planning
  • Master Planning
  • Planning of New Town

  • Undergraduate Research supervised 

  • Impact of Urban sprawl on Transportation Cost -2016
  • Implementation of Traffic Impact Assessment Studies of Commercial Buildings (A case study Gulberg, Lahore)-2016
  • A study of energy- efficient housing in Lahore-2016
  • Assessment of Informal Public Transport (A case study of Lahore) 2017
  • A comparative study of Urban Street Patterns (a case study of DHA Phase-V and Phase-VIII) 2017
  • Assessment of Quality of Bus Service based on Passenger Load Factor, Comfort Level, and in-time vehicle Service (a case study of Lahore) -2017
  • Analysis of On-street Parking System in Commercial Areas (A case study of Lahore)-2017
  • Impact of Urban Development projects on Quality of life (a case study of M.A. Johar Town)-2018
  • Assessment of Livability based on Livability Index (A case study of Quaid-e- Azam town)-2018
  • Assessment of the Impact of Neighbourhood Park on Adjacent Property Values: (A case study of TMA Samanabad)- 2019
  • Analysis of Social, Physical, Hygienic Impact of Poor Sewerage and Drainage system; (A case study of Samanabad Subdivision), Lahore -2019
  • Assessment of Impact of Outdoor Advertisements, A case study of Lahore -2020
  • Understanding Behavioural changes of Users of Public Transport Amid Covid-19 Pandemic (case of Lahore) -2021
  • Assessing the Service Quality and Riders’ Satisfaction (case study of Orange Line Metro Train, Lahore-2022

  • Deputy Director Town Planning
    From December, 2013 to October, 2014

  • Processing and approval of private housing schemes,
  • preparation of legal comments related to housing scheme,
  • implementation of approved master plan
  • Action against illegal housing schemes

  • Assistant Director Town Planning
    From July 2009 to October 2014

  • Scrutinizing the new scheme for approval in control area of Lahore Development
  • Dealing with matters which are either directly or indirectly related to private Housing schemes
  • Regular Land Audit of the approved private schemes

  • Urban Planner
    From May 2007 to June 2009 
  • Preparation of Multan Master Plan (2008-2028)
  • Assessment of affectees to be shifted due to Master planning Proposal of Muzaffarabad
  • Detail Master Planning of PGSHF Housing Project At Rakh Dhamial, on Adiala Road, Rawalpindi
  • Detail Master Planning of PGSHF Housing Project at Khanewal Road, Multan

Membership

  • Member of Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners Registered ID P-082, Elected as Executive Member PCATP in 2015
  • Member of Pakistan institute of Town Planners (IPP)

Publications

  • Spatial analysis for the identification of high-risk locations of road accidents with pedestrian fatalities in Lahore
    Attiya Haseeb, Atia Saleemi, Zeba Haseeb, Siddiqa Amin, Hafiza Saba Islam
    (Pakistan Journal of Science, Vol. 70. No. 04., December, Issue 2018)
  • Residents’ Perception of Livability: A case Study of Quaid-e- Azam Town (Township), Lahore, Pakistan
    Siddiqa Amin, Hafiza Saba Islam, Attiya Haseeb, Atia. Saleemi
    (Planning Malaysia: Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners Volume 18 Issue 3 (2020), Page 273 – 288)
  • Practicalities of Strata Lease Schemes in Malaysia
    Nur Huzaifah Zainal, Salfarina Samsudin, Fatin Afiqah Md Azmi, Siddiqa Amin (Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal · March 2022)