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Item A descriptive study on generation and management of hospital waste in lahore(UMT Lahore, 2021) Imran Amin; Abdul Karim; M Imran SajidHospitals are significant sources of waste production. Infectious, chemical, genotoxic, and pharmaceutical expired, pathologic, hazardous material, and sharps are included in health care waste. Poor health waste management is exposed to infection, adverse effects, and injury for healthcare personnel, waste handlers, and communities. The most prevalent issues with a hospital or healthcare waste include a lack of awareness of health concerns, a lack of training in good waste management, a lack of appropriate waste and disposal methods, a lack of financial and human resources, and a low priority for the subject. This project includes an evaluation of the management of hospital waste in Lahore hospitals. Five private and five public Lahore hospitals are chosen as case studies fields for this research project. The research employed a variety of approaches to analyze medical waste management procedures including literature reviews, audits, and questionnaires in the different public and private Hospitals located in Lahore.Item Implications of Lack of Urban Green Spaces in Gulberg, Lahore(UMT Lahore, 2021) Zaigham Ali; Aqeedat AliLahore is a leading commercial center and Gulberg is the most famous commercial area in Lahore. As Gulberg is developed in 1950s as a residential and commercial areas . When the commercial area of Gulberg has been started to develop then more vehicular movement in this area causes problem like pollution, environmental issues, creation of Urban Heat Island and increased Air Quality Index. The parks and green spaces in Gulberg area were less in number to perform their function for the socio-environmental well-being of population. The areas in north were highly lacking of parks. The available open spaces and parks are not sufficient to take the load of the development and vehicular movement in the area So, we suggested the Development of Urban Forest and Development of Roof Top Gardening in Gulberg to overcome the environmental issues, to ensure the Air Quality Index decreases and to reduce the Urban Heat Island.Item Evaluation of public transport:(UMT Lahore, 2021) Muhammad Ahsan Azam Khan; Muhammad Aashir AzeemIncrease in population is a dominant problem that is taking place throughout the whole world and its main cause is rapid urbanizations. Urbanized growth, consequently, has led to a higher number of motorized vehicles, because of which there has been a considerable increase in the number of traffic volume in the recent years. The existing road capacity and level of service does not fully cater the present traffic and transportation needs of commuters. Urban transportation concerns are hampering the growth of sustainable transportation system across the country. Along with the provision of fixed route service, an integrated transit system with this service is the need of a community The design of the research includes the selection of case study area that is Lahore. After the area of study selection. The systemized means that has been adopted for accomplishing the objectives of the study conducted include topic selection, comprehensive literature review in context of local along with international scenario, data collection which includes both primary and secondary, data analysis using Excel and SPSS software, data interpretation and laying down suitable proposals. Report writing is being carried out side by side with all other tasks. The major outcomes of the study is by improving the security of public transport and management of public transport the preference of people to use public transport will increases. Also the cleanliness and level of service of public transport will improve then the preference to use public transport will increase. The solution that research recommended for Lahore city is one that has been locally designed to meet the majority's problems, as the solution should be low-cost, environmentally sustainable, and responsive to the social demands of the local people.Item Implications of tourism on heritage: a case study of shahi bazar gwadar(UMT Lahore, 2021) JAMAL; SIRAJHeritage and historic site conservation for tourism activities has become a main focus over the globe. This research has a major focus on the current conditions of the historical street bazar of Gwadar. The aims and objectives of the study are to conserve Shahi Bazar of Gwadar and to promote tourism sector in the area. This research identifies the issues which are continuously declining the historical fabric of the street bazar in Gwadar and their economic development as their economic growth of these bazar are being reasonably low compared to what they were before. The physical condition is also not up to mark and are not being maintained since built. Numerous of physical barriers are also affecting this and the cultural identity. This research also identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the street bazar and an analysis to encourage the restoration of these street bazars. The study further more identifies that 67% of the community is not aware what are heritage buildings and the importance of the heritage buildings in the area. The study shows that 85% of the people are strongly willing to conserve the heritage sites in the area. For the conservation and preservation of heritage sites and to promote tourism sector in area the involvement of the local community must be assured to run the mechanism perfectly and involvement of the concerning authorities must be assured for the timely maintenance of the bazar.Item Housing the Transgenders in Lahore(UMT Lahore, 2021) RANA HAMZA HAMID; MOHAMMAD DAIM AKIFHousing is a crucial necessity for mankind as it provides shelter for food, water and to live a peaceful and safe life. Developed countries like the USA, Germany, Australia, Finland, and other European countries invest heavily in housing projects in order to meet the demand of the urban population, which is growing at a large scale. Although male and female related genders enjoy equal rights and facilities like low-cost housing, it is not valid for transgender people. On the other hand, the situation is worse in developing countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, where transgender people have no representation at any level and are only subjected to discrimination and harassment. This paper covers facts about the housing situation for transgenders in developing countries like Bangladesh, India and specifically Pakistan, which is the basis of this research work. Although many housing projects have been started and completed in Pakistan but they did not include unique treatments for transgender people. The literature review has tried to uncover some facts and figures about past developments in affordable housing for males, females and transgenders and compare the situation in mentioned countries. It has also mentioned the problem faced by the transgender people in developing and developed countries to comprehend the societal and government level involvement in uplifting this segment at various sectors such as housing and other fundamental rights. The paper has also included research methodology to provide readers with an overview of the research method used to conduct this study. In the end, the discussion and conclusion are mentioned. To sum up, all the main points have been taken in the whole research.Item Enhancement of Women Quality of Life through Universal Design Technique”(UMT Lahore, 2021) Asra Hafeez; Muhammad Ali BabarThe Universal design is a kind of design and composition of any building, environment or product which is accessible to all people to the highest potential magnitude, in the most independent and natural manner possible and in the widest possible variety of situations irrespective of age, gender, abilities, characteristic, disabilities and other factors. The universal design concept was began to be measured in Europe, Japan, and the United States. There are many alarming features in the disturbance of Johar Town’s sustainability and women lifestyle. The problems which are destroying the Johar Town’s sustainability are lack of accessibility, zero walkability, zero security and safety, lack of green infrastructure, traffic congestion, women lifestyle, slums issue and garbage in vacant lots. The problems in Johar Town creates environmental degradation which results in health problem, no security and safety results in the robbery, disturbance in quality life of people living in neighborhood, reduces walkability and minimizing the sustainability, slums in a neighborhood creates garbage problem and usability of an area. The study is about all the problems with solutions which came in a path of quality life and sustainability are to make the design of the neighborhood more accessible by universal design parameters, to give the proposals on the real time project, to improve the green infrastructure of the neighborhood, to make the environment and lifestyle of the people more active, to make an accessible and safety free spaces for women to move in and out of the area and to upgrade the slum by incremental housing. The technique can allude to the hypothetical examination of the strategies suitable to a field of study or the assortment of techniques and standards specific to a part of information. i As a result, the majorly eighth highlighting problems are considered which are-accessibility, security and safety, lack of green infrastructure, walkability, road infrastructure, women lifestyle, slum and vacant plots. The principles of Universal design were adopted to implement such a design which can be accessible and usable by all kind of people. Our idea aims at suggesting a Universal Neighborhood that will increase the quality of life of people especially of women, increases the walkability and accessibility of an area and make a sustainable neighborhood.Item “Proposing Emergency Response System Using Intelligent Transport System” A Study of Gulberg Town, Lahore(UMT Lahore, 2021) WAHAJ MEHMOOD; ABDUL WAHAB BAIGRoad traffic accidents has crossed 30,000 which is 2.42 percent of the total deaths in Pakistan according to the report of WHO. As congestion on roads is increasing, emergency vehicles get stuck on the signal while it is turned red. The study has been conducted In Gulberg town of Lahore which has the highest record of road traffic crashes reaching 19.5 per sq.km. In order to escort the emergency vehicle efficiently to the nearby hospital “Traffic management and emergency response system” has been proposed. The system works through the application which is based on ERS which tracks the patient location and checks accident’s severity through camera so that timely aid can be provided. Both safe city authority and rescue 1122 work collaboratively in order to give signal free path to the emergency vehicle. Through the implementation of this system the number of deaths can be decreased since the emergency vehicles shall not be trapped on red lights.