Vivek Shandas

Vivek Shandas

Portland State University

H-index: 30

North America-United States

About Vivek Shandas

Vivek Shandas, With an exceptional h-index of 30 and a recent h-index of 25 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Portland State University, specializes in the field of urban sustainability, air quality, climate change, stormwater management, interdisciplinarity education.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Drivers of Tree Canopy Loss in a Mid-Sized Growing City: Case Study in Portland, OR (USA)

Los Angeles Urban Forest Equity Neighborhood Strategy: Sylmar

Quantifying and Visualizing Urban Heat with Compounding Vulnerabilities to Support Community Depaving Initiatives

Evaluating Differences between Ground-Based and Satellite-Derived Measurements of Urban Heat: The Role of Land Cover Classes in Portland, Oregon and Washington, DC

Portland’s Response to the Western North American Heatwave: A Brief Report

Mitigating wildfire smoke inside homes: Evidence from Oregon, September 2020

Community science for the (climate) win: An equity-based framework for understanding and acting on extreme urban heat

Toward an Equitable Distribution of Urban Green Spaces for People and Landscapes: An Opportunity for Portland’s Green Grid

Vivek Shandas Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

4037

Citations(since 2020)

2487

Cited By

2312

hIndex(all)

30

hIndex(since 2020)

25

i10Index(all)

50

i10Index(since 2020)

40

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Portland State University

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Vivek Shandas Skills & Research Interests

urban sustainability

air quality

climate change

stormwater management

interdisciplinarity education

Top articles of Vivek Shandas

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Drivers of Tree Canopy Loss in a Mid-Sized Growing City: Case Study in Portland, OR (USA)

Sustainability

YunJae Ock

Vivek Shandas

Fernanda Ribeiro

Noah Young

2024/2/22

Los Angeles Urban Forest Equity Neighborhood Strategy: Sylmar

Pam Gibson

Xiomara Duran

Alyssa Carillo

Mary Hillemeier

Rose Liston

...

2024

Quantifying and Visualizing Urban Heat with Compounding Vulnerabilities to Support Community Depaving Initiatives

Keegan Kessler

Hadwynne Gross

Jordan Larson

Adam Nayak

David Hondula

...

2023/8/11

Evaluating Differences between Ground-Based and Satellite-Derived Measurements of Urban Heat: The Role of Land Cover Classes in Portland, Oregon and Washington, DC

Land

Vivek Shandas

Yasuyo Makido

Aakash Nath Upraity

2023/2/25

Portland’s Response to the Western North American Heatwave: A Brief Report

Athanasios Burlotos

Caleb Dresser

Vivek Shandas

2023/1

Mitigating wildfire smoke inside homes: Evidence from Oregon, September 2020

Risk Analysis

Charles Castillo

Ruth Dittrich

Vivek Shandas

Elliott Gall

Olyssa Starry

2023/11/12

Community science for the (climate) win: An equity-based framework for understanding and acting on extreme urban heat

Jeremy S Hoffman

Vivek Shandas

Lara Johnson

2022/5/19

Toward an Equitable Distribution of Urban Green Spaces for People and Landscapes: An Opportunity for Portland’s Green Grid

Vivek Shandas

Dana Hellman

2022/1/25

Predicting Urban Air Temperatures Using Land Cover Type and Satellite Observations of Surface Temperatures

Garett Pignotti

Kevan Moffett

Vivek Shandas

2022

Conclusion: Common themes, lessons learned, and next steps

Vivek Shandas

Dana Hellman

2022/5/19

An introduction to researcher–practitioner partnerships for climate equity

Dana Hellman

Vivek Shandas

2022/5/19

Spatial configuration and time of day impact the magnitude of urban tree canopy cooling

Environmental Research Letters

Michael Alonzo

Matthew E Baker

Yuemeng Gao

Vivek Shandas

2021/8/4

Integrating diverse perspectives for managing neighborhood trees and urban ecosystem services in portland, OR (US)

Land

Lorena Alves Carvalho Nascimento

Vivek Shandas

2021/1/7

Fahrenheit 911: Heat, Cities, and Climate Literacy from the Ground Up

Vivek Shandas

2021

Toward a Resilient Urban Forest

Vivek Shandas

2021

Quantifying changes in tree canopy and ecosystem services in a metropolitan region in the Pacific Northwest, USA

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Fernanda Ribeiro

Noah Young

Tanushree Biswas

Ryan Haugo

Vivek Shandas

2021/12

Surface to Air: Using Land Cover to Predict Air Temperatures from Remotely Sensed Land Surface Temperature in Urban Environments

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Garett Pignotti

Kevan Moffett

Vivek Shandas

2021/12

The Scenario Collaboratory: a framework for integrating environmental assessments and scenarios into municipal planning

Liliana Caughman

Noel Plemmons

Fletcher Beaudoin

Michele Crim

Vivek Shandas

2020/8/18

Conclusion: Livability in a Warming Climate

Urban Adaptation to Climate Change: The Role of Urban Form in Mediating Rising Temperatures

Vivek Shandas

Cynthia Skelhorn

Salim Ferwati

Vivek Shandas

2020

Community Resilience to Climate Change: Theory, Research and Practice

Dana E Hellman

Vivek Shandas

2020

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