Jiwnath Ghimire

Jiwnath Ghimire

Pronouns
he/him/his
Position
  • Assistant Professor
Department
  • Community & Regional Planning
My research roams around the topics of science-policy interface for climate actions and disaster risk reduction, land use planning, urban and rural environmental problems, food security, waste management, and social aspects of climate change and disasters. Geographically, I explore intersecting topics of planning and climate change in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific, and Continental US regions. Some of the ongoing projects are Co-creating Communities of Climate Resilience during the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, Build Back Better: Finding Synergies Between Disaster Recovery and Climate Actions in Iowa, and Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Planning in Sarkegad Municipality in Humla District, Nepal.

Contact Info

College of Design, Room 399
715 Bissell Rd
Ames
,
IA
50011-1066
Email
jghimire@iastate.edu
Phone
515-294-5470

Education

  • PhD, University of Hawaii, 2018
  • MA, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii, 2010
  • MA, Rural Development, Tribhuvan University, 2004

Interdepartmental Programs

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Selected Publications

Thi-Nhung Do, Diem-My Thi Nguyen, Jiwnath Ghimire, Kim-Chi Vu, Lam-Phuong Do Dang, Sy-Liem Pham, Van-Manh Pham. (2023). Assessing Surface Water Pollution in Hanoi, Vietnam Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Algorithms. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30, 82230-82247.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28127-2 

Jiwnath Ghimire, Ratna Mani Nepal, Julia Crowley, Dipesh Ghimire, and Shyam Guragain. (2023). Vulnerabilities and Risk Perceptions of Contracting COVID-19 among Nepali Migrant Workers. Social Sciences and Humanities Open 7 (1).   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100486.

Karl Kim, Eric Yamashita, Jiwnath Ghimire, Patricia Bye, and Deb Matherly. (2023). Knowledge to Action:  Resilience Planning Among State and Local Transportation Agencies in the United States. Journal of Emergency Management 21 (1).  https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.0715.

Jiwnath Ghimire, Ratna Mani Nepal, Julia Crowley, Dipesh Ghimire, and Shyam Guragain. (2022). Social and Economic Challenges of Returning Nepalese Migrant Workers during Initial COVID-19 National Lockdowns. Journal of Asian and African Studies 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221141359.

Karl Kim, Roberto Porro, Jiwnath Ghimire, Lillian Ramirez Durand, Ruperto Chaparro Serrano, Bernardo Gonzalez, and Eric Yamashita.(2022). Equity, Participation and Planning for Recovery in Puerto Rico. Journal of Emergency Management 19(8).  https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.0656.