Electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to lead the transition in road transportation from traditional petroleum mobility to electric mobility. Despite many environmental benefits, the market penetration rate of EVs is still low in most developing countries. Recently, Pakistan formulated its first EV policy for 2020–2025 to accelerate EV adoption. This study aims to explore the factors, including environmental concerns, perceived ease of use, effort expectancy, social influence, and perceived facilitating conditions, affecting individuals’ behavioral intentions to purchase EVs in Pakistan. The hypotheses were developed based on the literature, and an online questionnaire survey was conducted in Lahore, Pakistan, to collect the relevant data. The partial least square path modeling approach of structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesis. The results confirmed that the environmental concerns, perceived ease of use, and effort expectancy positively affect the public’s intentions to use EVs in the future. However, social influence and facilitating conditions did not significantly contribute to EV adoption in the present study. The findings suggest that the EV manufacturers aiming to accelerate EV adoption should develop marketing strategies to disseminate information regarding the environmental benefits of EVs and enhance clarity about EVs’ performance and usage.

Hillsides have encroached for development because of increasing scarcity of flat land. This would potentially create serious environmental issues such as unstable slope collapse. A GIS-based Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) was used for land suitability analysis of hillside development. However, an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) as a MCDA approach was used to weight the suitability criteria. The resulting weights were computed in Expert Choice (EC) software to determine priority weights. The sensitivity analysis was also performed for validating robustness of decision. The outcome of this research would help development ofa sustainable land suitability model for hillside development

Hyderabad’s recreational amenities have made limited progress in comparison to the development of its industrial and commercial sectors. People require parks to unwind from their hectic lives. Parks can be a healthy location to host social events and can enhance community bonds. The evaluation of park accessibility has not been considered over the years in Hyderabad. Hyderabad is the eighth largest settlement in Pakistan and the second largest in the Sindh province. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the spatial accessibility of the urban parks situated in the city’s distinct locations. The spatial distribution of parks throughout the city was determined in this research. This study evaluated how accessible urban parks are to users by conducting a buffer analysis with ArcGIS-10.8. The questionnaire survey was conducted to record the participants’ opinions about the existing conditions of the parks with a sample size of 400. There was a total of 28 inaccessible urban parks found in Hyderabad. The total facility coverage was decided to be 0.80%. This value is extremely low as per local standards. Therefore, this study recommends the planned development of 40–45 parks to reach the standard level of 18% of the park coverage area. This study suggests that government officials should take pivotal measures to better maintain parks. This research is significant in the advanced modern world because natural areas, such as parks, can offer social and psychological benefits to society. The accessibility of parks is essential for the prosperity of citizens and the achievement of sustainable development goals. The findings of this research may contribute to SDGs 3 and 11, i.e., good health and well-being and sustainable cities and communities.

Sustainability of the projects is the major concern of the developers in the developing countries. It has been evident that development activities have high potential to cause damage to the environment. The rapid growth of urbanization has created greater demand for vehicles, which results in more fuel consumption. APetrol Filling Station(PFS) is the place catering this fuel need. A PFS is an important but meanwhile it is a hazardous facility, so special attention is required for its site selection. Existing land suitability approaches doesn’t meet all the environmental consequences. Therefore, this study comes up with the concept of Geographical Information System (GIS)-based land suitability analysis using Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) as a Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) technique. This would be an effective approach for viable site selectionof PFS, which will incorporate the entire environmental selection factors essential to be considered in the site selection of PFS in practice. This land suitability approach can also be extended for other development projects infuture