Subham Kharel
Ph.D. candidate, Urban Planning and Transportation, University of Texas
Subham Kharel is a Ph.D. candidate in Urban Planning and Transportation at the University of Texas at Arlington. He has extensive expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, statistical analysis, and Python programming, and their applications in urban planning. His dissertation focuses on applying Amartya Sen's capability approach to transportation, food environment planning, poverty, and spatial mismatch. His work extends the implications of spatial mismatch hypothesis by going beyond traditional accessibility and equity metrics to consider the broader capabilities and freedoms individuals must have to access essential services and opportunities. This pioneering research focuses on developing innovative multimodal accessibility and equity measures, and advanced spatial regression techniques, and applying multilevel structural equation modeling to unravel how certain communities suffer based on variety of factors including residential location, disposable income, educational attainment, transportation choices, and availability of opportunities. Subham’s interests and experience lies in the intersection of transportation equity, poverty, suburbanization, transit infrastructure, land use, urban form, travel behavior, remote sensing, and GIS.Google Scholar Profile
Blogs from Subham Kharel
Equity Illuminated: Navigating Urban Food Deserts Through Pricing Dynamics
Integrating measures such as the AS/PS ratio alongside traditional metrics like the Gini Coefficient is essential for building a more equitable food system that promotes the health and well-being of all communities, regardless of their economic status or location.
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