Published book chapter:

• Chapter entitled “Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy”, by Nausheen Mazhar and Sahar Zia, in book “Sustainable Energy and Environment: An Earth System Approach”, by Apple Academic Press, Coming in Sep 2019. 

Short communication published by referred journals

• Zia, S, S. Yaqoob , M. Nasar-u-Minallah, A. Hanif , A. Aslam. 2021. Analysis between Vegetation and Traffic Noise Pollution: A Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan 2021. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology, Vol. 12 (3) 65-70. 

Articles published by refereed journals:

• Mehmood, A., Basheer, M. A., Arshad, H. S. H., Zia, S., Muntaha, S. T., & Riaz, A. R. (2025). Assessing the potential of rainwater harvesting through GIS and remote sensing techniques in combating urban flooding in Lahore, Pakistan. GeoJournal, 90(4), 1-24.
• Zhu et al., "Evaluating the Environmental Impact: A Multisensor Remote Sensing Approach for Spatial and Temporal Analysis," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 18, pp. 7189-7206, 2025, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3544642.
• Muazzam, A., Fatima, S., Shabbir, A., Iqbal, N., Zia, S. and Tauseef, H. (2024), "Navigating complexities: gaming addiction, anger expression and social interaction among adolescent boys in Pakistan". Mental Health and Social Inclusion. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-08-2024-0129
• Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Jabbar, M., Zia, S. et al. Assessing and anticipating environmental challenges in Lahore, Pakistan: future implications of air pollution on sustainable development and environmental governance. Environ Monit Assess 196, 865 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12925-3.
• Malik, N., Razzaq, S., Shabbir, A., Iqbal, N., Puri, A. M., Zia, S., & Muazzam, A. (2024). Data-Informed Insights on Thriving Through Challenges: Exploring Posttraumatic Growth, Resilience, and Social Support in Hemodialysis Patients. The Asian Bulletin of Big Data Management, 4(02), Data Science 4(2),1–12. https://doi.org/10.62019/abbdm.v4i02.139
• Zia, S., Shabbir, A., Kazim, A. H., Hanif, A., Tauseef, H., & Iqbal, N. (2024). Optimizing Urban Delimitations in Pakistan Through Exploratory Data Analytical Approach. The Asian Bulletin of Big Data Management, 4(02), Data Science 4(2) ,30–39. https://doi.org/10.62019/abbdm.v4i02.12
• Sahar Zia , Khadija Waheed , Aqsa Shabbir , Aysha Hanif , Naveed Iqbal , Huma Tauseef , Sajjad Rabbani , Amina Mauzzum. (2024). Identifying The Land-Use And Land-Cover Change Caused By Migration Patterns In Gated Housing Communities: A Case Study Of Bahria Town Lahore . Migration Letters, 21(S9), 1327–1344. Retrieved from https://migrationletters.com/index.php/ml/article/view/10366
• Iqbal, N., Zia, S., Kazmi, F. Z., Raiz, S., Shabbir, A., Tauseef, H., & Muazzam, A. (2024). Examining the Role of TV Channels in Promoting Environmental Awareness Among University Students in Pakistan: A Pathway to Sustainable Development Goals. The Asian Bulletin Of Green Management And Circular Economy, 4(1), SDGs 4(1),67–79. https://doi.org/10.62019/abgmce.v4i1.73
• Malik, N.., Amama, A., Shabbir, A., Iqbal, N., Tauseef, H., Zia, S., & Muazzam, A. (2024). Addressing Environmental Factors for SDG 3-Health and Wellbeing: Perceived Stress, Sleep Quality, and Coping among Medical Students in Pakistan. THE ASIAN BULLETIN OF GREEN MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY, 4(1), SDGs 4(1),80–89. https://doi.org/10.62019/abgmce.v4i1.74
• Khalid, Z., Tauseef, H., Shabbir, A., Iqbal, N., Zia, S., & Faisal, A. (2024). A Deep Learning-Based Technique for Classification of Rice Leaf Disease Using Transfer Learning. Kurdish Studies, 12(2), 5462-5478. Retrieved from https://kurdishstudies.net/menu-script/index.php/KS/article/view/2706. Date of Publication: 2024-02-01
• Tauseef, H., Shahid, T., Iqbal, N., Shabbir, A., Zia, S., Faisal, A., & Rabbani, S. (2023). A Machine Learning Approach for Textual Sentiment Classification. The Asian Bulletin of Big Data Management, 3(1), 260–273. https://doi.org/10.62019/abbdm.v3i1.140: Date of Publication: 2023-09-19
• Aysha Hanif, Saba Tariq, Sahar Zia, Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Ghous, Muhammad Jabbar, Sobia Mubarak (2023). Comparative Analysis of Urban Sprawl through KNN and Random Forest Classification (RFC) ML Techniques. IJIST. https://journal.50sea.com/index.php/IJIST/article/view/532/1065 
• Zia, S., Ashraf, A., Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Hanif, A., & Parveen, N. (2023). Parametric Study of Urban Morphology On Buildings Solar Energy Potential: A Case Study Of Model Town Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Science, 75(03), 586-597. (Sept 2023)
• Sahar, J., Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Parveen, N., & Zia, S. (2023). Desertification vulnerability assessment through geospatial techniques in Bahawalpur division of Punjab, Pakistan. GeoJournal, 1-18. IF: 2.8 W category- HEC recognized
• Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Haase, D., Qureshi, S., Zia, S. & Fatima, M. Ecological monitoring of urban thermal field variance index and determining the surface urban heat island effects in Lahore, Pakistan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 195, 1212, doi:10.1007/s10661-023-11799-1 (2023). IF: 3.1 W category- HEC recognized (14 September 2023)
• Hanif A., Shirazi S.A., Jabbar M., Liaqat A., Zia S., Yusoff M.M. Evaluating The Visitors’ Perception And Available Ecosystem Services In Urban Parks Of Lahore (Pakistan) Research Paper. Geography, Environment, Sustainability.;15(4):32-38. (2022). Y category- HEC recognized (31st December, 2022)
• Zia, S., Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Zahra, N. & Hanif, A. The Effect Of Urban Green Spaces In Reducing Urban Flooding In Lahore, Pakistan, Using Geospatial Techniques. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY 15, 47-55 (2022). (Y category- HEC recognized) October 01st, 2022
• Saba Shafique , Sahar Zia , Muhammad Nasar-u-Minallah. Mapping and Analyzing Coastal Morphological Changes due to Rising Sea Level: A Case Study of Karachi Port, Pakistan. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: Part A Physical and Computational Sciences 59(2): 81-88 (2022). Y category
• Zia, Sahar; Mohsin, Muntaha; Nasar-u-Minallah, Muhammad; Hanif, Aysha. Site Suitability Analysis for Urban Settlements along River Jhelum, Pakistan using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques. Indonesian Journal of Geography, 54(2), 223 – 239 (2022). (X category- HEC recognized) 04 October, 2021
• Hanif, A., Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Zia, S., & Ashraf, I. (2022). Mapping and Analyzing the Park Cooling Intensity in Mitigation of Urban Heat Island Effect in Lahore, Pakistan. Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, 38(1), 127-137. (Y category- HEC recognized)
• Zia, S., Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Tahir, M., & Hanif, A. (2021). Impact Assessment of Urban Built-up Area on Groundwater Level of District Faisalabad, Pakistan. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology, 12(4), 32-37. Date of Publication: 2022-01-14 Doi: https://doi.org/10.46660/ijeeg.Vol12.Iss4.2021.640 . (Y category- HEC recognized)
• Nasar-u-Minallah, M., Zia, S., Rahman, A.-u., & Riaz, O. (2021). Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of Urban Expansion And Future Growth Patterns Of Lahore, Pakistan. Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 14(3), 41-53. (Y category- HEC recognized) October 1st, 2021
• Zia, S., S. A. Shirazi, M. Nasar-u-Minallah (2021). Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Floods in Lahore, Pakistan using GIS based integrated Analytical Hierarchy Approach. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: A: Physical and Computational Sciences 58(1): 85-96. Date of Publication: 2021-09-03. (Y category- HEC recognized)
• Zia, S., S. A. Shirazi, M. Nasar-u-Minallah, and M. Batool. 2021. Urban Floods and Suitability Analysis of Rainwater Harvesting Potential Areas in Lahore City, Pakistan. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology, 12(2), 13-20. (Y category- HEC recognized)
• Zia, S., & Shirazi, S. A. (2019). Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Areas Vulnerable to Urban Flooding: A Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology, 10(3), 85-89. Y category
• Abid, Z., & Zia, S. Mapping And Analysis of Baltoro Glacier And Shigar River. Pakistan Geographical Review. Vol. 74 (1), pp. 20-32. (Y category- HEC recognized)
• Mazhar N., Mirza Ali., Zia S., Butt Z., Shahid M., and Mirza Ali (2018). “An Analysis of Glacial Retreat and Resultant Vegetation Expansion in the Karakorum: A case study of Passu Glacier in Hunza valley”. Biologia (Pakistan), Vol. 64 (1), pp. 135-145. (Y category- HEC recognized)
• Zia S., Shirazi S.A, Bhalli M. N and S. Kausar (2015) “The Impact of Urbanization on Mean Annual Temperature of Lahore Metropolitan Area, Pakistan”. Pakistan Journal of Science, Vol. 67 No. 3 Sept.., 2015 pp.301-307. Lahore (Y category- HEC recognized)
• Zia S., Shirazi S.A., M. N. Bhalli and Alam R (2014). Temporal analysis of temperature trends in the metropolitan area of Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan journal of science, 66 (1), 83-87. (Y category-HEC recognized)
• R. Alam, Shirazi S.A, M. N. Bhalli and S. Zia (2014). “Spatial Distribution of Urban Green Spaces in Lahore, Pakistan: A Case Study of Gulberg Town”. Pakistan Journal of Science, Vol. 66 No. 3 Sept., 2014 pp.277281 Lahore (Y category-HEC recognized)

Ongoing Projects

• Principal Investigator on a competitive research project grant awarded under RASTA PIDE Call 7.0, titled “Evaluating the Smog Mitigation, Adaptation, and Resilience Policies and the Feasibility of a Carbon Credit-based Reservation System in Lahore, Pakistan.”
• Co-Principal Investigator on a competitive research project grant awarded under RASTA PIDE Call 7.0, titled “Mitigating Air Pollution and Urban Heat through Climate-Sensitive Health Interventions.”
• Team Member (LCWU) of Erasmus EU funded project under EDU 2025 CBHE- BRIDGE (Building Resources for Innovation, Digital Growth, and Empowerment)
• Senior Researcher on DepWiSeN ( Pak-UK Innovative and Collaborative Research Grant (ICRG) call and is funded by British Council and Higher Education Commission Pakistan) , this project aimed at devising novel solutions to combat the deforestation and climate change through wireless sensor networks. My role is to work in geoinformatics domain. The project is on going with collaboration of engineers and scientists from leading institutions of Pakistan and the United Kingdom https://depwisen.org/people.html

Applied

• A project entitled “Evaluating the carbon credit opportunities in transport sector: Credit-based reservation system (CRS) implementation in Lahore, Pakistan” as PI submitted to RASTA Pide 7.0
• A project entitled “Assessment of urban encroachment on farmland: A study for site selection of vertical development in District Lahore” as Co-PI was submitted to Research for social Transformation and advancement of RASTA competitive grant program for policy-oriented research in June, 2022

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

Since 2016 to now, I have supervised many undergraduate students, and post graduate research studies

Research productivity award 2021 as Senior Manager at Research Wing, ORIC, LCWU

50 rising stars in Geospatial World 2024

Selected Professional Presentations

• Lightening talk on Beyond Maps Geospatial Big Data for Smarter Urban Solutions - 7^th April 2025 held virtually by Women in GIS
• The Effect of Urban Green Spaces on Reducing
  Urban Flooding in Lahore-Pakistan using
  Geospatial Techniques: An Academic Insight, presented in a workshop on ????? ??????: ???????????? ??? ??????????, held by GIZ & SDPI in partnership with the Pakistan-German Climate and Energy Partnership (PGCEP)- 9th July 2024
• Keynote Speaker at one day symposium on contemporary Urban issues and presented talk on, “Navigating Urban Complexities to shape Tomorrow’s Cities”- 8^th October 2024 at GCU University, KSK Campus. Pakistan