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Mir Muhammad Nizamani
School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China

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Published: 26 July 2021 in Energies
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Concerns regarding environmental sustainability have generally been an important element in achieving long-term development objectives. However, developing countries struggle to deal with these concerns, which all require specific treatment. As a result, this study explores the interaction between financial development, renewable energy consumption, technological innovations, and CO2 emissions in India from 1980 to 2019, taking into account the critical role of economic progress and urbanization. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model is used to quantify long-run dynamics, while the Vector Error Correction Model is used to identify causal direction (VECM). According to the study’s conclusions, financial development has a considerable positive impact on CO2 emissions. The coefficient of renewable energy consumption and technical innovations, on the other hand, is strongly negative in both the short and long run, indicating that increasing these measures will reduce CO2 emissions. Furthermore, economic expansion and urbanization have a negative impact on environmental quality since they emit a significant amount of CO2 into the atmosphere. The results of the robustness checks were obtained using the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS), the Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS), and the Canonical Cointegration Regression (CCR) approaches to verify the findings. The VECM results reveal that there is long-run causality in CO2 emissions, financial development, renewable energy utilization, and urbanization. A range of diagnostic tests were also used to confirm the validity and reliability. This study delivers new findings that contribute to the existing literature and may be of particular interest to the country’s policymakers in light of the financial system and its role in environmental issues.

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Muhammad Qayyum; Minhaj Ali; Mir Nizamani; Shijie Li; Yuyuan Yu; Atif Jahanger. Nexus between Financial Development, Renewable Energy Consumption, Technological Innovations and CO2 Emissions: The Case of India. Energies 2021, 14, 4505 .

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Muhammad Qayyum, Minhaj Ali, Mir Nizamani, Shijie Li, Yuyuan Yu, Atif Jahanger. Nexus between Financial Development, Renewable Energy Consumption, Technological Innovations and CO2 Emissions: The Case of India. Energies. 2021; 14 (15):4505.

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Muhammad Qayyum; Minhaj Ali; Mir Nizamani; Shijie Li; Yuyuan Yu; Atif Jahanger. 2021. "Nexus between Financial Development, Renewable Energy Consumption, Technological Innovations and CO2 Emissions: The Case of India." Energies 14, no. 15: 4505.

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Published: 16 April 2021 in Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
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Although Karachi city is one of the world’s fastest growing cities and considered one of the largest cities of the world, not much is known about its roadside trees. The roadside trees of different types of roads (e.g. Wide roads, Medium roads) in Karachi city of Sindhi, Pakistan were studied. Based on the field sample survey, tree species diversity of different types of roads were examined through different diversity indexes. Furthermore, the relationship between above ground biomass and biodiversity was studied by linear regression model. A total of 180 plots were surveyed, which were divided into three main types of roads. The most significant amount of tree biomass per unit area was found in Wide roads 4.27 kg/m2, followed by medium roads. The least biomass per unit area was found in the narrow roads, where trees biomass per unit area was 2.44 kg/m2. A single or a small number of species dominate in the observed area that decline the species diversity. A nonnative species Conocarpus erectus revealed dominance which was followed by Guaiacum officinale on all types of roads. Overall, 76 species (32 nonnatives and 44 natives) were noted, which were very disproportionately distributed in the roadside of the city.

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Mir Muhammad Nizamani; Uzair Aslam Bhatti; Xia-Lan Cheng; Feroz Gul Nizamani; Raza Ali Rind; Aamir Ali Khokhar; Chang-Wang Ma; Zeeshan Zeeshan; Saraj Bahadur; Dong-Mei Yang. The Connections between Above-Ground Biomass and Plant Diversity of Roadside Trees, Density and Diversity on Different Types of Roads in Karachi. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 2021, 30, 2691 -2700.

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Mir Muhammad Nizamani, Uzair Aslam Bhatti, Xia-Lan Cheng, Feroz Gul Nizamani, Raza Ali Rind, Aamir Ali Khokhar, Chang-Wang Ma, Zeeshan Zeeshan, Saraj Bahadur, Dong-Mei Yang. The Connections between Above-Ground Biomass and Plant Diversity of Roadside Trees, Density and Diversity on Different Types of Roads in Karachi. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 2021; 30 (3):2691-2700.

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Mir Muhammad Nizamani; Uzair Aslam Bhatti; Xia-Lan Cheng; Feroz Gul Nizamani; Raza Ali Rind; Aamir Ali Khokhar; Chang-Wang Ma; Zeeshan Zeeshan; Saraj Bahadur; Dong-Mei Yang. 2021. "The Connections between Above-Ground Biomass and Plant Diversity of Roadside Trees, Density and Diversity on Different Types of Roads in Karachi." Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 30, no. 3: 2691-2700.

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Published: 10 February 2021 in Remote Sensing
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The changing climate has introduced new and unique challenges and threats to humans and their environment. Urban dwellers in particular have suffered from increased levels of heat stress, and the situation is predicted to continue to worsen in the future. Attention toward urban climate change adaptation has increased more than ever before, but previous studies have focused on indoor and outdoor temperature patterns separately. The objective of this research is to assess the indoor and outdoor temperature patterns of different urban settlements. Remote sensing data, together with air temperature data collected with temperature data loggers, were used to analyze land surface temperature (outdoor temperature) and air temperature (indoor temperature). A hot and cold spot analysis was performed to identify the statistically significant clusters of high and low temperature data. The results showed a distinct temperature pattern across different residential units. Districts with dense urban settlements show a warmer outdoor temperature than do more sparsely developed districts. Dense urban settlements show cooler indoor temperatures during the day and night, while newly built districts show cooler outdoor temperatures during the warm season. Understanding indoor and outdoor temperature patterns simultaneously could help to better identify districts that are vulnerable to heat stress in each city. Recognizing vulnerable districts could minimize the impact of heat stress on inhabitants.

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Saddrodin Alavipanah; Dagmar Haase; Mohsen Makki; Mir Nizamani; Salman Qureshi. On the Spatial Patterns of Urban Thermal Conditions Using Indoor and Outdoor Temperatures. Remote Sensing 2021, 13, 640 .

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Saddrodin Alavipanah, Dagmar Haase, Mohsen Makki, Mir Nizamani, Salman Qureshi. On the Spatial Patterns of Urban Thermal Conditions Using Indoor and Outdoor Temperatures. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13 (4):640.

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Saddrodin Alavipanah; Dagmar Haase; Mohsen Makki; Mir Nizamani; Salman Qureshi. 2021. "On the Spatial Patterns of Urban Thermal Conditions Using Indoor and Outdoor Temperatures." Remote Sensing 13, no. 4: 640.

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Published: 22 October 2020 in Remote Sensing
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Urban green spaces provide a host of ecosystem services, the quantity and structure of which play an important role in human well-being. Rapid urbanization may modify urban green spaces, having various effects on plant diversity. Tropical coastal cities have urbanized rapidly in recent decades, but few studies have been conducted with a focus on their green spaces. We studied the responses of cultivated and spontaneous plants, both key components of urban flora, to the landscape structure of urban green spaces and possible social drivers. We analyzed existing relationships between plant diversity indices, urban green space landscape metrics (using Systeme Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre (SPOT) data,), and social factors, including the type, population density, construction age, and GPS coordinates of each Urban Functional Unit, or UFU. We found that UFUs with more green space patches had higher cultivated and spontaneous species richness than those with fewer green space patches. Spontaneous species richness decreased when green space patches became fragmented, and it increased when green space patches were more connected (e.g., via land bridges). Conversely, cultivated species richness increased with green space patch fragmentation. The phylogenetic diversity of both cultivated and spontaneous plants were weakly associated with green space structure, which was strongly driven by land use. Old UFUs and those with larger populations had more green space patches overall, although they tended to be small and fragmented. Green space patch density was found to increase as the UFU age increased. From the viewpoint of knowledge transfer, understanding the effects and drivers of landscape patterns of urban green spaces could inform the development of improved policies and management of urban green space areas.

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Xia-Lan Cheng; Mir Muhammad Nizamani; C.Y. Jim; Kelly Balfour; Liang-Jun Da; Salman Qureshi; Zhi-Xin Zhu; Hua-Feng Wang. Using SPOT Data and FRAGSTAS to Analyze the Relationship between Plant Diversity and Green Space Landscape Patterns in the Tropical Coastal City of Zhanjiang, China. Remote Sensing 2020, 12, 3477 .

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Xia-Lan Cheng, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, C.Y. Jim, Kelly Balfour, Liang-Jun Da, Salman Qureshi, Zhi-Xin Zhu, Hua-Feng Wang. Using SPOT Data and FRAGSTAS to Analyze the Relationship between Plant Diversity and Green Space Landscape Patterns in the Tropical Coastal City of Zhanjiang, China. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12 (21):3477.

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Xia-Lan Cheng; Mir Muhammad Nizamani; C.Y. Jim; Kelly Balfour; Liang-Jun Da; Salman Qureshi; Zhi-Xin Zhu; Hua-Feng Wang. 2020. "Using SPOT Data and FRAGSTAS to Analyze the Relationship between Plant Diversity and Green Space Landscape Patterns in the Tropical Coastal City of Zhanjiang, China." Remote Sensing 12, no. 21: 3477.

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Published: 09 July 2020 in Remote Sensing
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Understanding the factors that drive green space composition and richness in heterogeneous urban landscapes is critical for maintaining important ecosystem services and biodiversity. Few studies have been conducted on urban greening and plant diversity at the urban functional unit (UFU) level, although a handful of studies have explored the drivers of greening percentage and its relationships with plant richness in tropical cities. In this study, we conducted field surveys, compiled census and remote sensing data, and performed spatial analyses to investigate the interrelationship between greening percentages, plant diversity, and the socioeconomic variables of different primary and secondary UFUs in the cities of Beijing, Zhanjiang, and Haikou in China. We found that these relationships did not differ significantly between primary and secondary UFUs, and that Parks represented the largest areas of forested land, grassland, and water bodies across all three cities. Moreover, the greening percentages of all UFUs across these three cities were positively correlated with both socioeconomic variables and plant species richness. These relationships can be utilized to guide future green space planning within urban ecosystems.

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Hua-Feng Wang; Xia-Lan Cheng; Mir Nizamani; Kelly Balfour; Liangjun Da; Zhi-Xin Zhu; Salman Qureshi. An Integrated Approach to Study Spatial Patterns and Drivers of Land Cover Within Urban Functional Units: A Multi-City Comparative Study in China. Remote Sensing 2020, 12, 2201 .

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Hua-Feng Wang, Xia-Lan Cheng, Mir Nizamani, Kelly Balfour, Liangjun Da, Zhi-Xin Zhu, Salman Qureshi. An Integrated Approach to Study Spatial Patterns and Drivers of Land Cover Within Urban Functional Units: A Multi-City Comparative Study in China. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12 (14):2201.

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Hua-Feng Wang; Xia-Lan Cheng; Mir Nizamani; Kelly Balfour; Liangjun Da; Zhi-Xin Zhu; Salman Qureshi. 2020. "An Integrated Approach to Study Spatial Patterns and Drivers of Land Cover Within Urban Functional Units: A Multi-City Comparative Study in China." Remote Sensing 12, no. 14: 2201.

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Published: 10 March 2020 in Pure and Applied Biology
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Mir Muhammad Nizamani. Heritability and genetic variability estimates in F3 populations of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Pure and Applied Biology 2020, 9, 1 .

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Mir Muhammad Nizamani. Heritability and genetic variability estimates in F3 populations of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Pure and Applied Biology. 2020; 9 (1):1.

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Mir Muhammad Nizamani. 2020. "Heritability and genetic variability estimates in F3 populations of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)." Pure and Applied Biology 9, no. 1: 1.

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Published: 10 March 2020 in Pure and Applied Biology
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Mir Muhammad Nizamani. Effect of chemical mutagens on growth of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench). Pure and Applied Biology 2020, 9, 1 .

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Mir Muhammad Nizamani. Effect of chemical mutagens on growth of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench). Pure and Applied Biology. 2020; 9 (1):1.

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Mir Muhammad Nizamani. 2020. "Effect of chemical mutagens on growth of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench)." Pure and Applied Biology 9, no. 1: 1.

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Published: 26 October 2019 in Acta Oecologica
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Taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity within forest communities are influenced by many factors, but our understanding concerning diversity patterns along elevational gradients is still unclear. Though there are many studies on diversity patterns such as phylogenetic diversity (PD), there are only handful describing how altitude affects these diversity patterns, especially in the tropical forest areas of China. It has been assumed that increases in elevation can lead to gradual decreases in abundance, richness, and phylogenetic diversity. Here, we assessed these parameters in fifteen 50 × 50 m plots across various elevations (281 m–1175 m) at Diaoluo Mountain of the Hainan tropical forest in the years 2010 and 2015. Regressions between tree richness, PD, and environmental variables (climate and soil variables) were conducted to uncover the potential drivers of tree richness and PD. We found that the tree abundance, richness, and phylogenetic diversity first increased with increasing elevation, then reached maximum values at intermediate elevations, and finally decreased at the highest elevations. Tree species composition was mainly shaped by elevation (p = 0.001 < 0.005), suggesting that intermediate elevations result in an environmental screening effect due to the abundance of energy and moisture resources (i.e., high temperature and humidity), which is typical of tropical forests. We speculate that the intermediate elevations and historical disturbances shape the available species pool. Overall, our research revealed the diversity patterns of the Diaolu Mountain plants along the elevation, providing the basis for future plant protection planning, such as protecting plant species, maintaining plant habitats, and coordinating plant management in the area.

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Zhi-Xin Zhu; Mir Muhammad Nizamani; Sunil Kumar Sahu; Anusha Kunasingam; Hua-Feng Wang. Tree abundance, richness, and phylogenetic diversity along an elevation gradient in the tropical forest of Diaoluo Mountain in Hainan, China. Acta Oecologica 2019, 101, 103481 .

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Zhi-Xin Zhu, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Anusha Kunasingam, Hua-Feng Wang. Tree abundance, richness, and phylogenetic diversity along an elevation gradient in the tropical forest of Diaoluo Mountain in Hainan, China. Acta Oecologica. 2019; 101 ():103481.

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Zhi-Xin Zhu; Mir Muhammad Nizamani; Sunil Kumar Sahu; Anusha Kunasingam; Hua-Feng Wang. 2019. "Tree abundance, richness, and phylogenetic diversity along an elevation gradient in the tropical forest of Diaoluo Mountain in Hainan, China." Acta Oecologica 101, no. : 103481.

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Published: 16 February 2019 in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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Analyses of the phylogenetic relatedness of plant communities in urban areas have great potential to inform future diversity planning in expanding or new urban areas. The influences affecting the number of taxa found in urban areas and their phylogenetic diversity remains unclear. Both native and exotic (or imported) plant species can be found in urbanized areas: some grow spontaneously, and some are cultivated. These groups likely have different drivers: cultivated species diversity may be dependent on city wealth and the nature and extent of green space within those urban areas. In contrast, spontaneous species diversity may be more closely related to the constraints of climate. In this study, we analyzed the drivers of plant taxonomic richness and phylogenetic diversity of five groups (native-spontaneous, native-cultivated, exotic-spontaneous, exotic-cultivated and all) across 18 different cities in China that spanned different climate zones and socioeconomic status. We used both fieldwork and existing literature in our study. We constructed general linear models to assess whether the number of taxa and the phylogenetic diversity of plant life in each of the five studied groups could be related to any of two biophysical variable Mean Annual Temperature (MAT) and Mean Annual Precipitation (MAP as well as two socioeconomic variables, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Urban Greening Percentage (UGP). We identified 5163 plant species (229 families and 1,730 genera) in the combined final plant species list from the 18 Chinese cities. The composition of all plant species was positively correlated (p < 0.01) with both MAP and MAT. Very few diversity metrics seemed to be related to the environmental factors tested, but the patterns were consistent with expectations. The Net Relatedness Index (NTI) of native cultivated species was negatively related to socioeconomic variable UGP (greater overdispersion with greater UGP), whereas the family richness and phylogenetic overdispersion of urban spontaneous plant species were positively related to the climate variable MAT. These findings might indicate long-term urban legacy effects over the course of centuries as have been observed in other world regions having a long history of urbanization.

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Zhi-Xin Zhu; Mareike Roeder; Jun Xie; Mir Muhammad Nizamani; Cynthia Ross Friedman; Hua-Feng Wang. Plant taxonomic richness and phylogenetic diversity across different cities in China. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2019, 39, 55 -66.

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Zhi-Xin Zhu, Mareike Roeder, Jun Xie, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, Cynthia Ross Friedman, Hua-Feng Wang. Plant taxonomic richness and phylogenetic diversity across different cities in China. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2019; 39 ():55-66.

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Zhi-Xin Zhu; Mareike Roeder; Jun Xie; Mir Muhammad Nizamani; Cynthia Ross Friedman; Hua-Feng Wang. 2019. "Plant taxonomic richness and phylogenetic diversity across different cities in China." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 39, no. : 55-66.

Research article
Published: 18 June 2018 in PLoS ONE
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Anthropogenic processes and socio-economic factors play important roles in shaping plant diversity in urban parks. To investigate how plant diversity of Ma’ anling urban volcano park in Hainan Province, China respond to these factors, we carried out a field investigation on the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of vascular plants and soil properties in this area. We found 284 species of vascular plants belonging to 88 families and 241 genera, which included 194 native species, 23 invasive species, 31 naturalized species, 40 cultivars, and 4 rare / endangered plant species. Tree composition and richness significantly varied between different vegetation formations (plantation, secondary forest, and abandoned land). Plant species richness and community composition were significantly affected by elevation (El), soil water content (WC), total soil nitrogen (TN) and soil organic matter (SOM). There were significant diversity differences between plantations and abandoned lands, but not between the plantations and secondary forests. The flora in the study site was tropical in nature, characterized by pantropic distributions. Compared to adjacent areas, floristic composition in the study site was most similar to that of Guangdong, followed by that of Vietnam. Our study revealed the diversity patterns of volcanic plants and provided the basis for future planning of plant conservation, such as preserving plant species, maintaining plant habitats, and coordinating plant management in this region.

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Xia-Lan Cheng; Lang-Xing Yuan; Mir Muhammad Nizamani; Zhi-Xin Zhu; Cynthia Ross Friedman; Hua-Feng Wang. Taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of vascular plants at Ma’anling volcano urban park in tropical Haikou, China: Reponses to soil properties. PLoS ONE 2018, 13, e0198517 .

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Xia-Lan Cheng, Lang-Xing Yuan, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, Zhi-Xin Zhu, Cynthia Ross Friedman, Hua-Feng Wang. Taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of vascular plants at Ma’anling volcano urban park in tropical Haikou, China: Reponses to soil properties. PLoS ONE. 2018; 13 (6):e0198517.

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Xia-Lan Cheng; Lang-Xing Yuan; Mir Muhammad Nizamani; Zhi-Xin Zhu; Cynthia Ross Friedman; Hua-Feng Wang. 2018. "Taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of vascular plants at Ma’anling volcano urban park in tropical Haikou, China: Reponses to soil properties." PLoS ONE 13, no. 6: e0198517.