Shubharoop Ghosh
Shubharoop Ghosh is vice president of ImageCat, Inc., a risk management company specializing in the development and use of advanced technologies for risk assessment and reduction.
Ghosh is an expert in urban planning and GIS and has more than 10 years of experience in risk analysis and risk management studies. His previous work includes leading high-profile projects and developing, analyzing, and managing data for government, insurance, and real estate sectors. He was also instrumental in the creation of data standards for the standardized loss estimation software HAZUS, as used by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Management.
Ghosh has participated in numerous post-disaster deployments and rapid damage assessments worldwide, including hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, the 2007 Southern California wildfires, and more recently, the Haiti and Chile earthquakes.
Ghosh has a master's degree in Urban Planning from the University of Southern California's (USC's) School of Policy, Planning and Development. Before joining ImageCat, he worked for the Southern California Earthquake Center at USC.
Workshop Abstracts
Mobilizing the GEO-CAN Effort in Haiti
With Marjorie Green and Jay Berger
Related Resources from Shubharoop Ghosh
Crowd-Sourcing and the Haiti Earthquake: Rapid Damage Assessment by an International Community of Motivated Earthquake Specialists
With John Bevington, Ron Eguchi, and Beverley Adams, ImageCat, 2010
Related Resources by Shubharoop Ghosh from the Natural Hazards Library
Utilizing New Technologies in Managing Hazards and Disasters
With Ronald T. Eguchi, Charles K. Huyck, Beverly J. Adams and Anneley McMillan, Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis, 2010
PowerPoint Presentations from the 2010 Natural Hazards Workshop
A New Chapter in Rapid Damage Assessment: Using Technology and the Power of the Crowd
Shubharoop Ghosh