The rapidly transforming climate has grave implications on the public’s health, which are experienced through extreme events such as heat waves. In this presentation, Vivek Shandas, PhD examines the interaction among extreme heat, the built environment, and exposure pathways that accelerate impacts to human health.
Speaker
Vivek Shandas, PhD
www.pdx.edu/profile/vivek-sha...
Professor of Geography
College of Liberal Arts
Founder and Director, Sustaining Urban Places Research Lab
Nohad A.Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning
Portland State University
Shandas is an interdisciplinary scholar whose expertise is in climate change, urban heat and health, environmental justice, air quality management, green infrastructure, and spatial mapping. He specializes in developing strategies for addressing the implications of climate change on cities.
Using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods, his research aims to engage communities in identifying feedbacks among human behavior, environmental change, and human health and well-being. As such the broad aims of his teaching and research are to identify threats to planetary habitation and shape landscapes to improve urban environmental quality.
College of Health
health.oregonstate.edu​
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