Dr. Zafar Tabrez

Teaching

Educational Background

Work Experience

Lecture Courses

• Physical Geography
• Indian Geography
• Environmental studies
• Sustainable development and disaster management
• Indian Physiography

Research

Area of Research Interest

• Agriculture and rural geography
• Social and economic geography
• Sustainable development
• Disaster management
• Environmental studies

Publications

• Tabrez, Z., & Behera, J. (2025). Economic Perspectives on Urban Farming in the Yamuna Floodplain in Delhi. Food and Humanity, 100753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100753
• Goswami, T., Tabrez, Z. School education amid crisis: a secondary data analysis of cyclone Amphan and COVID-19 in North & South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Discov glob soc 3, 61 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44282-025-00205-5
• Tabrez, Z. Sustainable cities: enhancing food systems with urban agriculture. Discov Food 5, 173 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44187-025-00439-x
• Tabrez, Zafar (2024) Examining the Rights and Livelihoods of Farmers in the Yamuna Flood Plain of Delhi: A Comprehensive Analysis, Journal of Global Resources, Vol. 10 (01). https://doi.org/10.46587/JGR.2024.v10i01.012
• Rashid Marsha and Tabrez Zafar (2024) Impact Assessment of Major Earthquakes in Afghanistan: A Geographical Study, Journal of Global Resources, Vol. 10 (01). https://doi.org/10.46587/JGR.2024.v10i01.011
• Tabrez, Z Farmers of the Yamuna Floodplain Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. LVIII, No. 31, August 5, 2023, pp. 4-5.
• Spatial Distribution of Agricultural Mechanization and Its Effect on Livestock Husbandry in The Villages of Devi Patan Plain, Uttar Pradesh, Our Heritage, Vol. 68, Issue 1, 2020, pp. 2111- 2122
• Banu, N., & Tabrez, Z. (2017). Dimensions of literacy and occupational structure in West Bengal. Indian Journal of Regional Science, 49(1), 67-76.
• Spatial Pattern of Farm Mechanization: A Micro Level Study of Western Trans-Ghaghara Plain, (U.P.), India, 2015, Published by International Centre of Economics, Humanities & Management, Singapore, Section – 2, International Conference on Trends in Economics, Humanities and Management (ICTEHM’ 15), pp. 102-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.15242/ICEHM.ED0315105
• Educational Differentials by Castes- A Micro Level Study in Mathura District, Uttar Pradesh, 2014, book chapter, Population Dynamism and Resource Utilization (Population Composition and Development, Vol. 1), Edited by F.A. Siddiqui, Academic Publication, New Delhi.
• Livestock Husbandry in Devi Patan Plain, Uttar Pradesh: A Geographical Study, IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Volume 7, Issue 10, (Oct. 2014), pp. 19-28.
• Level of Mechanization of Agriculture in Gonda District: A Geographical Study, Earth Surface Review, Gorakhpur, Vol. 04, No. 2, Dec. 2013, pp. 1-7
• Spatio-Temporal Pattern of Livestock Husbandry in Devi-Patan Plain, Uttar Pradesh. Acme International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. 3, Issue. 5, May 2015, pp. 53-63.
• Regional Variations in the Application of Modern Farm Implements in Devi Patan Plain, Uttar Pradesh, The Geographer, Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, (U.P.), Vol. 62, No. 2, July 2015, pp. 50-65.

International/ National Conferences / Seminars

• National Conference on “Disaster Resilient Methodologies for the Pandemic” organized by the Special Centre for Disaster Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 12^th April 2023.
• National Conference on “Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development” organized by the Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University on 21^st-22^nd March 2016.
• 37^th Indian Geography Congress on “Tourism, Resources, Environment and Development using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques” organized by the Department of Geography, University of Jammu on 2^nd to 4^th December 2015.
• “International Conference on Trends in Economics, Humanities and Management (ICTEHM’ 15)” organized by the International Centre of Economics, Humanities & Management in Singapore on March 27-28, 2015.
• National Seminar on “Dynamics of Population and Development” organized by the Department of Geography, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University on 28^th February & 1^st March 2015.
• 35^th Indian Geography Congress on “Sustainability, Environment and Society” organized by the Department of Geography, University of Madras from 12^th – 14^th December 2013.
• National Seminar on “Professionalization of Education: Problems and Opportunities for Indian Muslims” organized by Centre for Promotion of Educational and Cultural Advancement of Muslims of India (CEPECAMI), A.M.U., Aligarh, during 30^th November & 1^st December 2013.
• “International Geographical Union (IGU) Conference on Geoinformatics for Biodiversity and Climate Change” organized by the Department of Geography, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India, from 14-16 March 2013.

Certificates and Short-term Courses

• Faculty Development Training Programme on “Disaster Risk Reduction” organized by the Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 1^st to 5^th August 2022.
• Certificate course in “Geographical Information System”, from October 2017 to December 2017, conducted by the Institute of Photogrammetry and Geo-Informatics, New Delhi, with Grade A.
• ICSSR sponsored Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences organized by Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh during 14^th-23^rd November 2015.
• Short Term Course on Data Analysis/ SPSS & R conducted by the UGC Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, during 09 – 15 September
• Short Term Course on Stress Management conducted by the UGC Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, during 05 – 11 August 2015.
• Short Term Course on Your Health Well being conducted by the UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, during 15 – 21 December 2014.
• Short Term Course on Personality Development and Communication Skills conducted by the UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, during 19 – 25 November
• Basic course on Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System and Global Navigation Satellite System conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) from 05-08-2013 to 12- 11-2013, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Department of Space, Government of India.