Karakoram International University

Geothermal implications of the lithosphere's thermal structure in northern Pakistan

Abstract. Conventional geothermal resources are typically associated with volcanically active plate boundaries, yet collisional orogens can also sustain elevated heat flow through radiogenic enrichment, crustal thickening, and rapid exhumation. Northern Pakistan, encompassing the...

Distribution of Rangelands and Freshwater Resources (Lentic & Lotic) in Khaplu, Ghanche, Gilgit‐Baltistan, Pakistan: A Baseline Study for Sustainable Management and Restoration of Natural Resources

ABSTRACT The natural resources of Gilgit‐Baltistan (GB), including rangelands and freshwater ecosystems, are facing unprecedented degradation due to climatic and anthropogenic pressures. However, baseline data for these critical resources in the understudied Khaplu Division remai...

The Political Economy of Transformative Globalization: Evidence From BRI Participating Countries Using Panel Quantile Regression

ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of transformative globalization on welfare and income distribution using an extensive dataset encompassing 23 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) participating countries from 2010 to 2020. We conducted a comprehensive data analysis using quanti...

Bias-reduced landslide susceptibility mapping in data-scarce regions via multi-source inventory integration

Landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM) is essential for disaster risk reduction in mountainous regions, but its reliability is often limited by spatial biases and incompleteness of landslide inventories. These reduce landslide inventory representativeness and influence the genera...