Professor and Consultant
CAPA Strategies
Portland, Oregon
Vivek Shandas is a researcher, entrepreneur, and over the past 20 years, has been providing guidance to diverse organizations for managing urban landscapes for public health, social justice, and economic prosperity. He has published over 100 scientific journal articles, five books, and is a well-known speaker on topics of environmental justice, urban heat, air quality, urban forests, climate change, and pubic policy. He serves as a professor of geography at Portland State University, and is the Founder and current advisor to CAPA Strategies a global consulting firm that supports landscape and community adaptation to a warming planet.
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FRI-B03: Mapping Heat, Health & Equity: Landscape Tools for Climate Resilience
Friday, September 18, 2026
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT