Jiwnath Ghimire

Jiwnath Ghimire is an environmental planning scholar working in disaster recovery planning, climate action planning, science-policy interface, and community resilience in Asia and the United States. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Development at Iowa State University. His research interests include recovery planning, risk governance, climate science utilization, disaster risk assessments, climate impact analysis, environmental justice, and community resilience. He worked in different fields of disaster management in the United States, Nepal, Indonesia, and Vietnam. His ongoing research projects are: Disaster Recovery and Climate Action Planning in Iowa; Co-creating Communities of Climate Resilience: Lessons Learned for Regenerative Design; Climate Science Utilization in City Planning in Vietnam; and Spontaneous and Formal Disaster Governance during Pre- and Post-Disaster Situations in Nepal.