Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Prof Surjan has successfully engaged with issues of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and urban sustainability for two decades. He served as a Lead Author for the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He also served as Contributing Author for the United Nation’s Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. He has also successfully worked in academic, civil society and government institutions in Asia-Pacific region. Prof Surjan is editor of the international journal Sustainability Science (2017 Impact Factor 3.855) and program committee member of the Australian & New Zealand Disaster & Emergency Management Conference.
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Akhilesh Surjan is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 7 Similar Profiles
disaster
Earth & Environmental Sciences
vulnerability
Earth & Environmental Sciences
urban area
Earth & Environmental Sciences
climate change
Earth & Environmental Sciences
domestic waste
Earth & Environmental Sciences
city
Earth & Environmental Sciences
damage
Earth & Environmental Sciences
climate
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Research Output 2016 2019
Connecting the actors, discovering the ties: Exploring disaster risk governance network in Asia and the Pacific
Trias, A. P. L., Lassa, J. & Surjan, A., Feb 2019, In : International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 33, p. 217-228 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Disasters
disaster
governance
Ecosystems
ecosystem
12
Downloads
(Pure)
Measuring political will: An index of commitment to disaster risk reduction
Lassa, J. A., Surjan, A., Caballero-Anthony, M. & Fisher, R., Mar 2019, In : International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 34, p. 64-74 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Disasters
disaster
commitment
political activity
vulnerability
Exploring linkages between sustainable consumption and prevailing green practices in reuse and recycling of household waste: Case of Bhopal city in India
Pandey, R. U., Surjan, A. & Kapshe, M., 1 Feb 2018, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 173, p. 49-59 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
domestic waste
Recycling
recycling
income
Kitchens
Building Community Resiliency: Linkages Between Individual, Community, and Local Government in the Urban Context
Shaw, R., Parvin, G. A., Surjan, A. & Atta-Ur-Rahman, 2016, Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia. Shaw, R., Rahman, A., Surjan, A. & Parvin, G. A. (eds.). 1 ed. UK: Butterworth-Heinemann, p. 287-292 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
local government
urban area
megacity
waste management
rural area
Cities, Vulnerability, and Climate Change
Atta-Ur-Rahman, Parvin, G. A., Shaw, R. & Surjan, A., 2016, Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia. Shaw, R., Rahman, A., Surjan, A. & Parvin, G. A. (eds.). 1 ed. UK: Elsevier, p. 35-47 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
vulnerability
climate change
greenhouse gas
climate
water stress