Agrawal, Sandeep Kumar

Bio

Dr. Agrawal is an urban and regional planner whose research interests include land use and regional planning, international development, migration, human rights and climate resilience. His most recent works are on human rights and municipal bylaws, and regional and rural planning in Alberta. He has also recently begun a number of projects in partnership with First Nations communities in Canada's north.

His international works include high density rural regions of India, effects of tall buildings in Colombo, Sri Lanka and evaluation of housing affordability programs in the United Arab Emirates. His newly co-authored book “Understanding India’s new Approach to Spatial planning and Development: A Salient Shift?” is published by the Oxford University Press. He recently completed a SSHRC/IRCC funded project on documenting the settlement experience of Syrian refugees in Alberta. His SSHRC-funded pan-Canadian work on human rights are currently ongoing.

Dr. Agrawal is the inaugural Director of the University of Alberta’s School of Urban and Regional Planning.

Publications, Activities, and Awards

Analyzing spatiotemporal variations of the urban heat Island (UHI) with land use changes in Edmonton neighbourhoods
Analyzing the relationship between urban heat islands and transit-oriented developments: A case of Edmonton, Canada
Analyzing the spatiotemporal variation of urban heat islands in winter city neighbourhoods: A case of Edmonton, Canada
Calibrating community spirit and quantifying greenhouse gas emissions
Community Leagues and Neighbourhood Energy Transitions in Edmonton
Diffusing Energy Transitions: the case of Community Leagues in Edmonton, Canada
Edmonton may be known for winter chill, but heat islands on the rise, researchers say
Edmonton may be known for winter chill, but heat islands on the rise, researchers say
Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Nexus at Neighborhood Scale
Exploring spatiotemporal changes of the urban heat Island effect in high-latitude cities at a neighbourhood level: A case of Edmonton, Canada
Homelessness and Affordable Housing in the Northwest Territories: From the Lens of Energy
Housing and Homelessness in Indigenous Communities of Canada’s North
Indigenizing Planning: Reflections on how colonial planning encountered the indigenous consciousness of space in postcolonial Sri Lanka
Islands in the heat: research reveals urban hotspots in Edmonton
Just Transition in the Northwest Territories: Insights and Values from Indigenous and non-Indigenous Northerners
Last Mile Energy Transitions by Community Leagues in Edmonton
Relating Local Climatic Zones and UHI Mapping to predict changes in local thermal environment
Something old, something new, something green: community leagues and neighbourhood energy transitions in Edmonton, Canada
Southern urbanism: a systematic review of concepts, debates, and future directions
Sustainability Transitions: the case of Community Leagues in Edmonton, Canada
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The Uneven Urban Geography of Energy Transitions: Lessons from Edmonton
Understanding risk communication in practice: Insights from municipalities in Alberta, Canada
Understanding the Geography of Low-Carbon Transitions in Canadian Municipalities: insights from the Prairies
Understanding the Geography of Urban Energy Transitions in Canada: insights from the Prairies
Variations in Direct Greenhouse Gas Emissions across Neighbourhoods: A Case of Edmonton in Canada
Variations in Greenhouse Gas Emissions across Neighborhoods in Edmonton
Variations in Greenhouse Gas Emissions across Neighborhoods in Edmonton
Variations in Gross and Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions across Neighborhoods in Edmonton
Vulnerability portrayals across climate risk discourses in Bhubaneswar: an evolutionary perspective
What does neighbourhood climate action look like? A scoping literature review
Yes! Energy Transition in my Backyard

Agrawal, Sandeep Kumar

Bio

Projects

Energy, housing and homelessness nexus in northern Indigenous communities in Canada

Existing capacity and best practices for the integration of future energy systems into Canadian cities and First Nations Communities

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Publications, Activities, and Awards