Assistant Professor

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I am working as Assistant Professor in Disaster Management at the Department of Geography and Disaster Management, University of Kashmir, with more than 10 years of teaching and research experience. I have led and collaborated on numerous research projects at both national and international levels. My research interests are broad and interdisciplinary, encompassing topics such as environmental change, geomorphology, climate crisis, natural hazards, and disaster risk management. I apply geospatial tools like Remote Sensing, GIS, and numerical modelling across the spatial scales. Additionally, my research explores the complex interactions between the natural and social environments in diverse geographies.

 

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Recently, I worked as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conflict, Disaster and Migration at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR), University College London (UCL), United Kingdom for a period of two years, 2019 – 2021 in a project supported by the Royal Society (CHL\R1\180288). My role in the project was to use satellite remote sensing and modelling approaches to track the complex issues that arise from natural hazards in developing nations.

 

Among the SDGs my focus is: 

 

 

Faculty Details

  • Citations 2250
  • HIndex 25
  • i10 Index 38
  • Mobile 9906416644
  • Email alamakhtar@uok.edu.in
  • Administrative position Held Coordinator: Research, Sports, and Cultural activities



Research Papers Published

  • "Coexistent pre-existing extensional and subsequent compressional tectonic deformation in the Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya" Quaternary International, 444(July): 201 -208 {ISSN: 1040-6182} Impact Factor=
  • "Flood risk assessment of Srinagar city in Jammu and Kashmir, India" International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 9.3(31st May): 000 -000 {ISSN: 1759-5908} Impact Factor=
  • "Hybrid tectonic character of the Kashmir basin: Response to comment on “Coexistent pre-existing extensional and subsequent compressional tectonic deformation in the Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya (Alam et al., 2017)” by Shah (2017)" Quaternary International, 468(00): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quai {ISSN: 1040-6182} Impact Factor= 2.199
  • "Seismic risk reduction through indigenous architecture in Kashmir Valley" International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 21(00): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdr {ISSN: ISSN: 2212} Impact Factor= 1.96
  • "Flood hazard assessment of upper Jhelum basin using morphometric parameters" Environmental Earth Sciences, 78(54): 1 -17 Impact Factor=
  • "Cyclone Risk Assessment of the Cox's Bazar and Rohingya Refugee Camps in southeast Bangladesh" Science of the Total Environment, 000(000): 1 -15 Impact Factor=
  • "Using Landsat satellite data for assessing the land use and land cover change in Kashmir Valley" GeoJournal, 000(000): 1 -12 Impact Factor=
  • "Retracing Realistic Disaster Scenarios from Archival Sources: A Key Tool for Disaster Risk Reduction" International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2021(0): DOI No. 0 Impact Factor=
  • "Assessment of trends in climatic extremes from observational data in the Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2021(0): DOI No. 00 Impact Factor=
  • "Evaluating the impact of climate change on extreme temperature and precipitation events over the Kashmir Himalaya." Climate Dynamics, 2021(0): DOI No. 0 Impact Factor=
  • "Using historical data for developing a hazard and disaster profile of the Kashmir valley for the period 1900–2020" Natural Hazards, 114(0): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1007/s {ISSN: 1573-0840} Impact Factor= 3.68
  • "Developing landslide hazard scenario using the historical events for the Kashmir Himalaya" Natural Hazards, 114(00): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069 {ISSN: 1573-0840} Impact Factor= 3.68
  • "Assessing the groundwater spring potential of Sindh basin in the Kashmir Himalaya" Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 15(1): DOI No. 1710 {ISSN: 1866-7538} Impact Factor= 1.98
  • "Assessing indigenous community’s perspectives and attitudes toward tourism development impacts in the northwestern Himalayas, India" Socio-Ecological Practice Research, 04(00): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532 {ISSN: 2524-5287} Impact Factor= 00
  • "Hydrological extremes and climatic controls on streamflow in Jhelum basin – NW Himalaya" Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 150(00): DOI No. https://www.springer.com/journ {ISSN: 1434-4483} Impact Factor= 3.5
  • "Complementary use of multi-model climate ensemble and Bayesian Model Averaging for projecting river hydrology in the Himalaya" Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(60): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356 {ISSN: 1614-749} Impact Factor= 5.1
  • "Impact of urban growth on the natural drainage network of Srinagar city" Urban Water Journal, 19(00): 00 - {ISSN: 00} Impact Factor= 2.9
  • "Crustal deformation study of Kashmir basin: Insights from PSInSAR based time series analysis" Journal of Applied Geophysics, 211(211): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japp {ISSN: 1879-1859} Impact Factor= 2
  • "Modelling the Impact of Climate Variability and LULC Changes on the Hydrological Processes in the Upper Jhelum Basin Catchment, Western-Himalayas" Water Resources, 50(50): 215 -230 {ISSN: 0097-8078} Impact Factor= 1
  • "Extreme precipitation events and landslide activity in the Kashmir Himalaya" Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 82(0): DOI No. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064 {ISSN: 1435-9537} Impact Factor= 4.4
  • "Hydrological extremes and climatic controls on streamflow in Jhelum basin, NW Himalaya" Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 151(00): 1729 -1752 {ISSN: 00} Impact Factor= 4
  • "Impact of urban growth on the natural drainage network of the Srinagar city" Urban Water Journal, 20(00): 352 -365 {ISSN: 00} Impact Factor= 2.5
  • "Crustal deformation study of Kashmir basin: Insights from PSInSAR based time series analysis" Journal of Applied Geophysics, 211(00): 111 -119 {ISSN: 00} Impact Factor= 2.8
  • "Modeling runoff responses to 1.5 °C and 2 °C rise in temperature in snow-fed basin of western Himalayas" Sustainable Water Resources Management, 9(127): 00 -00 {ISSN: 00} Impact Factor= 2.1
  • "Evaluating the drivers of groundwater spring discharge in Sindh basin of Kashmir Himalaya" Environment, Development and Sustainability, 00(00): 00 -00 {ISSN: 00} Impact Factor= 4.7

Books Published

  • "Remote Sensing of Natural Hazards". MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel, Switzerland. {ISBN: 978-3-0365-4308-6} pp 316

Research Projects Details:

Title of the ProjectFunding AgencyDatedAmount (in Rs.)
Flood Hazard Evaluation and Vulnerability Assessment of Upper Jhelum Floodplain in Kashmir Valley.Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India.27-04-20156,081,240.00
Assessing Cropping Pattern and Food Security Scenario of Jammu and Kashmir.Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Government of India.01-03-20163,500,000.00
Climate and Land use / Land cover (LULC) Changes: Threats to Himalayan Biodiversity.University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India.16-05-20162,000,000.00
Multi-hazard hurricane and epidemic risk assessment for a small Caribbean Island developing state (Dominica)Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)01-01-202310,000,000.00

Research Scholars:

NameCourseStatusNature
Shafkat AhsanPh.D Awarded Whole Time