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Himanshu Grover (PhD | AICP)<\/h3>\n
Chairperson and Associate Professor
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College of Agricultural, Natural, and Life Sciences
Alabama A&M University

<\/span>Member, Editorial Board –\u00a0<\/span>Environmental Hazards (Taylor and Francis)<\/a>
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Himanshu Grover is an expert in various aspects of urban and regional planning including<\/span> land use management,<\/b> environmental planning<\/b>, <\/span>climate change<\/b>,\u00a0<\/span> community resilience<\/b>, and <\/span>disaster risk reduction<\/b>, with national and international recognition in the field. He has a\u00a0<\/span>strong background<\/strong> in <\/span>urban analytics<\/strong> (<\/span>quantitative<\/strong> and <\/span>qualitative<\/strong> research, <\/span>research design<\/strong>, <\/span>big data<\/strong>, <\/span>geospatial<\/strong>, <\/span>data pipelines<\/strong>, and <\/span>modeling<\/strong>) and <\/span>visualization<\/strong>. He is an established social science researcher, particularly skilled in generating practical insights from survey research and spatial analytical tools. He has published <\/span>several research articles and is among the top cited faculty in urban and regional planning<\/strong> in the US (3251 citations, 85% citation percentile ranking among all planning faculty\u2013 source: 2022 metrics at http:\/\/scholarmetrics.com\/). Till date Prof. Himanshu Grover\u00a0has received 18 research grants, including multiple grants from NSF and other state agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Prof. Grover has developed a strong reputation as an expert in community resilience and disaster risk reduction training<\/strong>. He regularly\u00a0conducts professional development <\/b>and certificate <\/b>courses <\/b>on disaster risk reduction <\/b>and climate\u00a0change\u00a0management<\/b>.\u00a0As an accredited professional planner (AICP), Himanshu\u2019s emphasis on translational research<\/strong> is a hallmark of his work. He actively engages with practitioners and decision-makers to ensure the integration of research outcomes into policy actions. His approach has led to several\u00a0 interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships<\/strong>, enabling him to establish a comprehensive research agenda focused on creating safe and sustainable communities<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Assessing the Expectations Gap: Impact on Critical Infrastructure Service Providers and Consumers Preparedness, and Response.<\/h2>\n

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Helping Rural Counties to Enhance Flooding and Coastal Disaster Resilience and Adaptation.<\/h2>\n

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Comprehensive Planning and Implementation (5 Cr. MUP Core Course)<\/h2>\n

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This course focuses on understanding the comprehensive planning process and learning how to create a comprehensive plan. Students will review and critique a wide range of land use planning and comprehensive plan implementation tools. This course is designed to help students learn planning skills that are critical for their success as a practitioner.<\/p>\n

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Quantitative Methods in Planning (5 Cr. MUP Core Course)<\/h2>\n

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Himanshu Grover (PhD | AICP) Chairperson and Associate ProfessorDepartment of Community and Regional PlanningCollege of Agricultural, Natural, and Life SciencesAlabama A&M University Member, Editorial Board –\u00a0Environmental Hazards (Taylor and Francis)Associate Editor –\u00a0Frontiers in Climate \u00a0 \u00a0 Himanshu Grover is an expert in various aspects of urban and regional planning including land use management, environmental planning, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/himanshugrover.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/himanshugrover.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/himanshugrover.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himanshugrover.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himanshugrover.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/himanshugrover.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1495,"href":"https:\/\/himanshugrover.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/1495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/himanshugrover.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}