Saleh Qazi is a planner and researcher specializing in Urban and Landscape Studies from Pakistan. His work focuses on climate change and hazard understanding, socio-economic and cultural analysis, and adaptation, with a strong emphasis on the Global South.
At ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-EHS, Saleh has been conducting research as part of an ongoing project on risk tolerance modeling, which is focused on developing a conceptual and quantitative framework to estimate the minimum adaptation investments needed to reduce risk levels to acceptable thresholds for diverse groups. He currently supports the team¡¯s work on climate risk quantification in Somalia, where he¡¯s researching options for incorporating conflict sensitivity into the analysis.
The most interesting part of his work lies in exploring community responses and local contexts, where he consistently seeks grounded, place-based answers to adaptation challenges. His master¡¯s thesis on flood-inducing landscape change in Pakistan examined historical climatic patterns and urban development to propose future planning strategies through GIS mapping, ethnographic research, and complex systems analysis.