Scholars

Van Zandt, Shannon

Professor and Executive Associate Dean

Positions:

Professor and Executive Associate Dean, School of Architecture, Texas A&M University

Research Areas:

Housing, Emergency management, City planning, Vulnerability model of recovery

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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svanzandt@tamu.edu

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ORCID

0000-0003-1640-7799

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Research Areas:

Housing, Emergency management, City planning, Vulnerability model of recovery

overview

Dr. Shannon Van Zandt's scholarship focuses on the intersection of affordable housing with disaster impacts, resilience, and recovery, with particular interest in how residential land use patterns exacerbate or mitigate exposure to natural hazards, specifically flooding. She has served as PI or co-PI on nearly $10 million in external funding from the NSF, the National Institute of Standards & Technology, the Army Corps of Engineers, and others. She is an author of the 2014 book, Planning for Community Resilience: A Handbook for Reducing Vulnerability to Disasters, along with more than 45 other journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports. In Texas, Dr. Van Zandt serves on the board of Texas Housers, one of the nation's premiere advocacy organizations for low-income housing, and an active advocate for housing recovery after Hurricanes Ike, Dolly, and Harvey.

education and training

Ph.D. in City & Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States) 2004
M.U.P. in , Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 1997
B.E.D. in , Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 1993

selected publications

Academic Articles51

Newman, G., Lee, C., Van Zandt, S., Ye, X., & Jourdan, D. (2022). Toward a Unifying Definition and Approach for Quantifying Urban Policy Performance.. J Plan Educ Res. 42(4), 510-511.
Van Zandt, S., Newman, G., Lee, C., Jourdan, D., & Ye, X. (2022). Engaged Research: Inviting Residents into the Scientific Process.. J Plan Educ Res. 42(3), 258-259.
Jourdan, D., Lee, C., Newman, G., Van Zandt, S., & Ye, X. (2022). Expanding the Right to the City Through Regulatory and Financial Planning Tools. JOURNAL OF PLANNING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. 42(2), 134-135.
Lee, C., Newman, G., Jourdan, D., Ye, X., & Van Zandt, S. (2022). Natural Experiments in Planning Research. JOURNAL OF PLANNING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. 42(1), 6-8.
Woodruff, S., Bae, J., Sohn, W., Newman, G., Tran, T., Lee, J., ... Ndubisi, F. (2022). Planning, development pressure, and change in green infrastructure quantity and configuration in coastal Texas. LAND USE POLICY. 114, 105893-105893.

SDG 15

Books1

Masterson, J. H., Peacock, W. G., Van Zandt, S. S., Grover, H., Schwarz, L. F., & Cooper, J. T. (2014). Planning for Community Resilience, A Handbook for Reducing Vulnerability to Disasters. Island Press.

SDG 11 SDG 13

Chapters14

Peacock, W. G., Van Zandt, S., Zhang, Y., & Highfield, W. (2022). Inequities in long-term housing recovery after disasters. The Affordable Housing Reader. 415-433. Taylor & Francis.
Van Zandt, S., & Rohe, W. M. (2022). The sustainability of low-income homeownership: The incidence of unexpected costs and needed repairs among low-income homebuyers. The Affordable Housing Reader. 146-161. Taylor & Francis.
Masterson, J. H., & Van Zandt, S. (2020). Chapter 1 Introduction: our global story. Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change. 3-11. Elsevier.
Van Zandt, S. (2020). Chapter 12 Conclusion-lessons and regrets. Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change. 179-191. Elsevier.

SDG 10
Van Zandt, S. (2020). Chapter 2 A case for engaged research and practice. Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change. 13-25. Elsevier.

SDG 11