Dr. Zartashia Answar Khan
Category: Faculty
Published on: July 3, 2024

Dr. Zartashia Answar Khan
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Phone Phone : +92-51-
Cell phone: +92-
Education Ph.D. Development Studies
COMSATS university Abbottabad (2023)
Area of Interests Sustainable Development, Livelihood, Disaster management, Climate change. Natural resource management (Land Use Land Cove changes) and Geographical information system (GIS).

Dr. Zartashia Answar Khan has been serving as Assistant professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Bahria University, Islamabad Campus since 2023. She has a dynamic and passionate researcher with a strong academic background and a profound interest in addressing global challenges related to sustainable development and environmental conservation. With both Ph.D and MS degrees in Development Studies from COMSATS University Islamabad, complemented by an MSc in Geography from Peshawar University with deep understanding of the complex interactions between human societies and the environment. Driven by a passion for positive change, she researches sustainable development, focusing on livelihoods, disaster management, and climate adaptation. Her work spans topics from socio-economic impacts of climate change to natural resource management. She specializes in land use change, employing GIS for landscape analysis and responsible land management strategies. She actively involves communities, policymakers, and stakeholders in translating research into actionable solutions, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration and evidence-based decision-making for environmental challenges. Beyond academia, she shares knowledge, inspiring contributions to sustainable development.

  1. Sustainable Development
  2. Livelihood
  3. Disaster management
  4. Climate change
  5. Natural resource management (Land Use Land Cove changes) and Geographical information system (GIS)
  • Ph.D. Development Studies  –  COMSATS university Abbottabad (2023)
  • MS Development Studies   –  COMSATS university Abbottabad (2013)
  • MSc Geography   –   University of Peshawar, KPK (2007)
  • B.Sc. Botany, Zoology & Geography    –  Hazara University (2005)
Journals
    1. Anwar, Z., Alam, A., & Khan, B. (2024) The impact of Land Use Land Cover Changes on Livelihood Strategies of the household in District Abbottabad, Pakistan Journal Remittances Review DOI: https://doi.org/10.33282/rr.vx9il.75
    2. Malik, W. S., & Anwar, Z. (2023). Constitutional Pledges, Ground Realities and Horizontal Inequalities for Education in South Punjab, Pakistan. Journal of Development and Social Sciences, 4(4), 565–576. https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2023(4-IV)50
    3. Anwar, Z., Alam, A., Elahi, N., & Shah, I. (2022). Assessing the trends and drivers of land use land cover change in district Abbottabad lower Himalayan Region Pakistan. Geocarto International, 37(25), 10855–10870. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2040604
    4. Anwar, Z., Alam, A., Elahi, N. (2020) Analysing the Decadal Transformation of Land Use Land Cover Change from Tillage to Townified in Lower Himalayan Region Pakistan journal of water and land development doi: 10.24425/jwld.2021.138159 2021, No. 50 (VI–IX): 48–55

     

    Conference papers

     

    1. Zartashia Anwar Assessing the Role of Mineral Resource in Socio-economic Development of District Abbottabad 8thInternational Conference: Environmentally Sustainable Development – ESDev-VIII,    23 August 2019.