The authors wish to express their profound and sincere gratitude to the Government of Japan for providing research grant under the Regional Education and Development Program (REDP) to conduct and publish this research work. We also wish to sincerely thank the Human Settlements Development Program, Asian Institute of Technology, for accepting this research work as one of its publication.

It's our great privilege to express our thanks and sincere appreciation to Mr. Ahmad Nawaz, Mr. Abdul Rasheed Khan, Mr. Abdul Razaq Khan, Mr. Riaz Ahmad, Mr. Khalid Hassan Lodhi, Mr. Mumtaz Ahmad, Mr. Waqar Hussain kazmi, Ms. Nusrat Rana, Ms. Mehvish, Mr. Tariq, Mr. Ehsan Mirza, Mr. Waheed, Mr. Abbass, Mr. Sarfraz and all the staff of Housing and Physical Planning Department (Punjab), who helped in the preparation and provision of required maps and data for this research work.

Special thanks to Mr. Jawed Ali Khan, director Federal Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development and the director general, director and staff of Environmental Protection Department, Punjab for their cooperation in data collection, especially for providing reports on water quality analysis from EPD laboratory.

Authors would also like to thank Mr. Awais Piracha, Mr. Imran, Mr. Kashif , Mr. Ijaz, Mr. Shaker, Mr. Mubashar, Raza, Rashid, Haroon and other friends who helped at various stages of compilation of this research and managing the field surveys and interviews.

Thanks are due to Mr. Abid Hussain chairman Hamza Foundation, Dr. Sajid Saeed, Major Mehmood, Major Tariq, Dr. Tahir Shahab Hashmi and Mr. Shabbir and other staff in Hamza Foundation, Anjuman Farogh e Taleem, and Anjuman Ikhwan e Islam for their cooperation and keen interest in utilizing outcome of this research work for health improvement programs in Kasur.

The authors also wish to express indebtedness to Mr. Liaquat Ali Bhular, Mr. Ghazanfar, Mr. Liaquat and other colleagues and students in Elementary College Kasur for their help in conducting interviews in academic institutions in Kasur. Their cooperation has contributed a lot to this research work.

Finally, would like to dedicate this accomplishment to those who give credence to education and research in bringing socioeconomic development and environmental awareness in the society.