National University of Science and Technology

Institute of Geographical Information Systems (IGIS)

Open Ended Lab 1

GIE-468 Land Information

Course: Maximum Marks: 24
System
Class: BE-20(7the Semester) Assigned on: 13th Sept 23

Mapped on CLO Yes Due Date: 13th Oct May 23

Title: Writing a review article (Future Climate and land use change impact on Jhelum and Chenab River
watershed)

Taxonom
CLO Domain PLO
y
Analyze the existing land use patterns by applying
remote sensing and GIS based techniques in land use Cognitive 4 2
planning.

1. Statement of Open-Ended Lab:

Technical writing is an art, and it enhances the cognitive ability of a student. The purpose of providing this assignment in the 7th semester is to train
students for writing a research article. Now they are about to complete their engineering degree and making them familiar with the research articles
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 could be very helpful for developing their research interest. The purpose of a review paper is to briefly review recent progress in a particular topic.
Overall, the paper summarizes the current state of knowledge of the topic. It creates an understanding of the topic for the reader by discussing the
findings presented in recent research papers. Writing a good review is a service to the scientific community. A good review paper can clarify the state
of knowledge, explain apparent contradictions, identify needed research, and even create a consensus where none existed before. Writing a good
review can also help to advance a student’s career. Because reviews tend to be highly cited, they help with recognition and promotion. They show that
student has mastered a topic that may be important to your university. They may even demonstrate that the student is a good synthetic thinker. Finally,
if at this stage if a student is not in a situation of producing original research or not being able to publish original writing a review allows you to
continue adding to your publication record.

Objective
a) A comprehensive review article will allow student to gain in-depth insight into his research field
b) A comprehensive review article will reveal research gaps for student’s research project
Requirements
Your paper should consist of four general sections:

 Introduction
 The body of the paper
 Conclusion and future directions
 Literature cited.
Review articles contain neither a materials and methods section nor an abstract.

Deliverables
What Goes into Each Section:

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 Section of the paper What it should contain
Introduction & Background  Make it brief (~1/5 of the paper’s total length).
 Grab the reader's interest while introducing the topic.
 Explain the "big picture" relevance.
 Provide the necessary background information.

Body of the Paper  Experimental Evidence: Describe important results from

recent primary literature articles and
 Explain how those results shape our current
understanding of the topic.
 Mention the types of experiments done and their
corresponding data, but do not repeat the experimental
procedure step by step. Examples
 Point out and address any controversies in the field.
 Use figures and/or tables to present your own synthesis
of the original data or to show key data taken directly
from the original papers.

Conclusion  Succinctly summarize your major points.

 Point out the significance of these results.
 Discuss the questions that remain in the area.
 Keep it brief.

Literature Cited  Your instructor will give you a minimum number of

references that you must use and cite in your paper.
Typically, at least 8-10 references are required.

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 2. Resources

A review paper is not a "term paper" or book report. It is not merely a report on some references you found. Instead, a review paper synthesizes
the results from several primary literature papers to produce a coherent argument about a topic or focused description of a field.

You should read articles from one or more of these sources to get examples of how your paper should be organized.

 Scientists commonly use reviews to communicate with each other and the general public. There are a wide variety of review styles from ones
aimed at a general audience (e.g., Scientific American) to those directed at biologists within a particular subdiscipline (e.g., Annual Review of
Physiology).

 A key aspect of a review paper is that it provides the evidence for a particular point of view in a field. Thus, a large focus of your paper should be
a description of the data that support or refute that point of view. In addition, you should inform the reader of the experimental techniques that
were used to generate the data.

 The emphasis of a review paper is interpreting the primary literature on the subject. You need to read several original research articles on the
same topic and make your own conclusions about the meanings of those papers.
Deadline
13th October 2023 on LMS

Assessment
Assessment will be based on following Rubrics
Levels of Achievement

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 Unacceptable Just acceptable Basic Good Excellent
(0) (1) (2) (3) (4)
I Too limited literature Too limited literature Moderate literature review Good literature review but Excellent literature review
Literature Review review and no references review and incomplete and incomplete references incomplete references and proper references
references
II Inappropriate analysis and Insufficient analysis and Sufficient analysis and Appropriate analysis and Exceptional analysis and
Analysis & conclusions. weak conclusions. reasonable conclusions. conclusions. well thought conclusions.
Conclusions
III Project is plagiarized Project is not unique, but Project is not unique, but Project is distinctive and Project is unique, creative,
Originality / modified and improved modified and improved based on original ideas and innovative
Innovation from the existing sources from the existing sources
with minimal changes with adequate changes
IV No practical value Minimal practical Limited practical Appropriate potentials for Highly applicable to real
Conclusion /future application. application. field application. world practical issues
direction
V Non-adherence to Formatting guidelines Formatting guidelines Appropriately formatted Written work is very well
Formatting / formatting guidelines and barely followed and poorly adequately followed and and organized. formatted and organized.
Organization disorganized. organized. organized to some extent.
VI Poor technical writing. Minimal use of technical Reasonable use of Appropriate use of Commendable use of
Technical Writing language. technical language. technical language. technical language.

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Sr# NAMES Assigned
Students’ names & groups
1 Saleem, Amna, Anoushay,Areeba,tahira River Jhelum

2 Dua, Hayat,Iman, Kashif,talha River Jhelum

3 Maria,Misbah, Monaima,Abdullah,usama River Chenab

4 Ahad, Arsalan,Essa, Ibrahim,wajid River Chenab

5 Saad,Saif,Sharjeel,sawera River Jhelum

6 Tahira, Talha,usama,wajid River Chenab