Accelerated metropolitan expansion in Global South megacities is increasingly characterised by a green-to-brown transition indicating peri-urban agricultural landscapes transformation into built-up land covers, generating significant pressures on urban thermal conditions. This study investigates how demographic pressure effects land-cover change, growth form, and the Urban Heat Environment (UHE) in Lahore metropolitan. Using Landsat imagery from two benchmark intercensal years (1998 regression results confirm a strong positive correlation between LST and built-up areas while a strong negative correlation with green cover. Considering the five-zone typology, zone-wise interventions, particularly for Lahore metropolitan, are suggested in this paper ranging from vertical infill in high-density core areas to strict agricultural-preservation zoning to balance Lahore’s urban expansion.
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