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Campus Office: 0383 Design
Research Interests
Understanding the relationship between land use and environmental disasters. Developing science-policy interface for climate actions and disaster management. Operationalizing resilience and climate adaptation for cities and regions. Broadly, I am interested in environmental planning, disaster management, and social aspects of climate change.
Courses:
CRP 293/ENV S 293 - Environmental Planning
CRP 550/SUS E 550 - Making Resilient Environments
CRP 301 - Urban Analytical Methods
CRP 484 & 584/ENV S 484 - Sustainable Communities
Current Projects
- Achieving Energy Self-Sufficiency in Iowa: Community Perception, Social Acceptance, and Economic Viabilities for Solar Energy Alternatives. (ISU Research and Innovation Roundtable: Energy Solutions for Iowa and Beyond 2024-25)
- Curbing climate change and improving resilience in rural communities by creating new lifecycles for mixed waste plastics and biomass. (ISU Research and Innovation Roundtable: Energy Solutions for Iowa and Beyond 2024-25)
- Co-creating Communities of Climate Resilience: Lessons Learned for Regenerative Design (BNIM Regenerative Design Challenge Fund - 2023-2024)
- Finding Synergies between Disaster Recovery and Climate Actions: Lessons from Pre-disaster Recovery Planning Practices in Iowa
- Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Planning in Sarkegad Municipality, Humla District, Nepal
Recent publications
Thanyani S. Madzivhandila, Jiwnath Ghimire, and Sipho K. Mokoena. (2025). Green Practices among Small Business Enterprises: Challenges and Prospects in Emerging Economies of Asia and Africa. In: Diversity, AI, and Sustainability for Financial Growth. IGI Global Publication. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-6011-8.ch002.
Deepak Marahatta, Jiwnath Ghimire, Alenka Poplin (2024). Designing and Evaluating Games for Landslides, Earthquakes, and Fires: Lesson Learned from Schools in Nepal. Sustainability 16, 10296. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162310296
Ratna Mani Nepal, Bimal Khadka, Shyam Guragain, and Jiwnath Ghimire (2024). Interest and Motivation of Disadvantaged Students towards Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nepal. Frontiers in Education: Digital Learning Innovations 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1356279.
Diem-My Thi Nguyen, Thi-Nhung Do, Son Van Nghiem, Jiwnath Ghimire, Kinh-Bac Dang, Van-Trong Giang, Kim-Chi Vu, & Van-Manh Pham (2024). Flood inundation assessment of UNESCO World Heritage Sites using remote sensing and spatial metrics in Hoi An City, Vietnam. Ecological Informatics, 79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102427.
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.
