The urban surface has undergone substantial modifications as a result of the recent rapid urbanization. The surface urban heat island (SUHI) effect has emerged as one of the most prominent urban eco-environmental challenges in the world. One area that is getting significant attention is the urban thermal environment (UTE). To determine the underlying causes of the variations in land surface temperatures (LST), features of the urban thermal environment pattern and the spatio-temporal variation were methodically depicted from the Landsat 5 & 8 satellite image data that was collected in Lahore between 2000 and 2020. Thus, to study the phenomena of urban climate change and the conversion of urban vegetation into the urban built-up region in Lahore, Pakistan, this research uses remote sensing & GIS integrated approaches.

Dr. Muhammad Nasar-u-Minallah is an ambitious, energetic and renowned personality of Geography in Pakistan and overseas. He completed his Post-Doctorate fellowship from the Institute of Geography, Department of Urban Ecology, and Humboldt University of Berlin-Germany. He did his PhD Geography in 2017 from the Department of Geography, University of the Punjab, Lahore. He was awarded an MPhil degree by the Department of Geography, GC University Faisalabad in 2012. He did his MSc in Geography in 2008 from the Department of Geography, University of the Punjab, Lahore.