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Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning

Vivek Shandas is a faculty member of the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning; a fellow of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions; and founder of the Sustainable Urban Places Research (SUPR) Lab, working to connect environmental impacts and human behavior to improve decision-making.

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Vivek Shandas is a faculty member of the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning; a fellow of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions; and founder of the Sustainable Urban Places Research (SUPR) Lab, working to connect environmental impacts and human behavior to improve decision-making.

Present	Associate Professor, Portland State University ‐ Urban Studies and Planning
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Urban, Community and Regional Planning, Environmental Policy, and Urban Studies

Environmental policy and planning, Environmental justice, Urban ecology and health, and Sustainability

http://www.suprlab.org/

Articles (49)

Assessing Vulnerability to Urban Heat: A Study of Disproportionate Heat ...

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2018)

Jackson Voelkel, Dana E Hellman, Ryu Sakuma and Vivek Shandas

Extreme urban heat is a powerful environmental stressor which poses a significant threat to human health and well-being. Exacerbated by ...

Air Pollution Exposure and Mitigation Potential in Portland, OR

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver (2018)

Meenakshi Rao, Linda A George and Vivek Shandas

The majority of humans today live in cities, making cities the hub of human activity. Much of this activity leads ...

Assessing the Potential of Land Use Modification to Mitigate Ambient ...

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2017)

Meenakshi Rao, Linda A. George, Vivek Shandas and Todd N. Rosenstiel

Understanding how local land use and land cover (LULC) shapes intra-urban concentrations of atmospheric pollutants—and thus human health—is a key ...

Rapid Urban Growth and Land Use Patterns in Doha, Qatar ...

European Journal of Sustainable Development Research (2017)

Vivek Shandas, Yasuyo Makido and Salim Ferwati

Amidst chaotic growth of Asian cities, the expansion of urban infrastructure in the Middle East’s Gulf region is arguably outpacing ...

Towards Systematic Prediction of Urban Heat Islands: Grounding Measurements, Assessing ...

Jackson Voelkel and Vivek Shandas

While there exists extensive assessment of urban heat, we observe myriad methods for describing thermal distribution, factors that mediate temperatures, ...

An Empirical Assessment of Interdisciplinarity: Perspectives from Graduate Students and ...

Innovative Higher Education (2016)

Vivek Shandas and Stephan Edward Brown

Interdisciplinarity is heralded as a relatively new educational and research paradigm that can effectively address complex problems at disciplinary boundaries. ...

Developing High-Resolution Descriptions of Urban Heat Islands: A Public Health ...

Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy (2016)

Jackson Voelkel, Vivek Shandas and Brendon Haggerty

Extreme heat events affect the most vulnerable human populations and are a lethal health hazard to urban dwellers globally; in ...

Integrating High-Resolution Datasets to Target Mitigation Efforts for Improving Air ...

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2016)

Vivek Shandas, Jackson Voelkel, Meenakshi Rao and Linda A. George

Reducing exposure to degraded air quality is essential for building healthy cities. Although air quality and population vary at fine ...

Daytime Variation of Urban Heat Islands: The Case Study of ...

Yasuyo Makido, Vivek Shandas, Salim Ferwati and David J. Sailor

Recent evidence suggests that urban forms and materials can help to mediate temporal variation of microclimates and that landscape modifications ...

Periodic Atlas of the of the Metroscape: Warming Up the ...

Metroscape (2016)

Vivek Shandas and Jackson Voelkel

Vivek Shandas and Jackson Voelkel show us how urban head varies by characteristics of a neighborhood's built and natural environment. ...

Stressors and Strategies for Managing Urban Water Scarcity: Perspectives from ...

Vivek Shandas, Rosa Lehman, Kelli L. Larson, Jeremy Bunn, et al.

Largely because water resource planning in the U.S. has been separated from land-use planning, opportunities for explicitly linking planning policies ...

Neighborhood Change and the Role of Environmental Stewardship: a Case ...

Ecology and Society (2015)

Throughout the history of cities, the ecological landscape has often been buried, removed, or taken for granted. A recent recognition ...

Assessing the Relationship Among Urban Trees, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Respiratory ...

Environmental Pollution (2014)

Todd N. Rosenstiel, Meenakshi Rao, Linda A. George, Vivek Shandas, et al.

Modeled atmospheric pollution removal by trees based on eddy flux, leaf, and chamber studies of relatively few species may not ...

Valuing Green Infrastructure in Portland, Oregon

Landscape and Urban Planning (2014)

Zachary Levin, Noelwah R. Netusil, Vivek Shandas and Ted Hart

This study uses the hedonic price method to examine if proximity, abundance, and characteristics of green street facilities affect the ...

Water Supply, Demand, and Quality Indicators for Assessing the Spatial ...

Atmosphere -- Ocean (2013)

Heejun Chang, Il-Won Jung, Angela L. Strecker, Daniel Wise, et al.

We investigated water resource vulnerability in the US portion of the Columbia River basin (CRB) using multiple indicators representing water ...

Why Land Planners and Water Managers Don't Talk to ...

Society & Natural Resources: An International Journal (2013)

Patricia Gober, Kelli L. Larson, Ray Quay, Colin Polsky, et al.

Increasing evidence demonstrates that unsustainable land use practices result in human-induced drought conditions, and inadequate water supplies constrain land development ...

Periodic Atlas of the Metroscape: The Dream of the 90s ...

Metroscape (2012)

Vivek Shandas and Ryan Dann

Is the dream of the 90s alive in Portland? Vivek Shandas and Ryan Dann look at how we've changed over ...

Growing Cities Depend on Ecosystem Services

Solutions: For a Sustainable and Desirable Future (2012)

David E. Ervin, Darrell Brown, Heejun Chang, Veronica Dujon, et al.

Many studies have documented the growing fragility of a majority of the globe's ecosystems. Policymakers and resource managers often frame ...

The Implications of Climate Change on Residential Water Use: A ...

Journal of Climate and Water (2012)

Vivek Shandas, Meenakshi Rao and Moriah McSharry McGrath

Social and behavioral research is crucial for securing environmental sustainability and improving human living environments. Although the majority of people ...

Valuing Ecological Systems and Services

F1000 Biology Reports (2011)

Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski, David E. Ervin, Randall Bluffstone, et al.

Making trade-offs between ecological services and other contributors to human well-being is a difficult but critical process that requires valuation. ...

Making EcoDistricts: City-Scale Climate Action One Neighborhood at a Time

Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations (2011)

Ethan Seltzer, Ellen M. Bassett, Joseph Cortright, Vivek Shandas, et al.

As part of its approach to meeting Climate Action Plan goals, the City of Portland has joined with the Portland ...

Demonstrating the Benefits of Green Streets for Active Aging: Initial ...

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations (2010)

Jennifer Dill, Margaret B. Neal, Vivek Shandas, Gretchen Luhr, et al.

This project will help demonstrate how sustainable ("green") streets contribute to the well-being of a community, including the physical and ...

Tabor to the River: An evaluation of outreach efforts and ...

Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations (2010)

Vivek Shandas, Anne Nelson, Carine Arendes and Cathy Cibor

This report summarizes the key findings from a neighborhood survey that focused on household perceptions of sustainable stormwater systems. The ...

Making EcoDistricts Concepts and Methods for Advancing Sustainability in Neighborhoods

Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations (2010)

Ethan Seltzer, Timothy W. Smith, Joseph Cortright, Ellen M. Bassett, et al.

This report is about how developing "EcoDistricts" in Portland can result in more sustainable neighborhoods and a more sustainable city. ...

Water and Land Use Planning: A Case for Better Coordination

Oregon Planners Journal (2010)

Over the next 30 years, the population of Oregon is expected to grow by 1.6 million residents, of which half ...