Assistant Professor
Political Science & Geography

Sina Razzaghi Asl

757-683-3925

BATTER ARTS & LETTERS
NORFOLK, 23529

Sina Razzaghi Asl is an interdisciplinary social and environmental scientist whose work lies at the intersection of hazards geography and nature-based solutions. His research addresses the challenge of applying spatial vulnerability and resilience frameworks across diverse contexts, with a focus on incorporating local dynamics in responding to environmental hazards and disasters. He employs advanced geospatial techniques, remote sensing, and spatial statistical analyses to examine the complex relationships between various types of nature-based solutions, social vulnerability indicators, and hazard outcomes. His goal is to inform strategies that mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change. He earned his Ph.D. in Geography from Temple University and subsequently served as a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University.

Ph.D. in Geography, Temple University, (2023)

Ph.D. in Landscape, Iran University of Science and Technology, (2011)

Geospatial Data Science Graduate Certificate
Sponsoring Organization: Temple University
Date Obtained: 2023-12-01

Research Interests

Hazards Geography, Nature-based Solutions, Disaster Vulnerability, Flood Hazards, Geospatial Data Science, Environmental Planning

Articles

Razzaghi Asl, S. (2025). Green spaces and flood vulnerability in urbanising regions: a case study in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Environmental Hazards , pp. 1–23.
Azadgar , A., Gańcza, A., Razzaghi Asl, S., Salata, S. and Nyka, L. (2025). Optimizing nature-based solutions for urban flood risk mitigation: A multi-objective genetic algorithm approach in Gdańsk, Poland. Science of The Total Environment 963 (178303).
Razzaghi Asl, S., Rahman, A., Tate, E., Lehman, W. and Wing, O. (2025). Social Vulnerability Correlates of Flood Risk to Crops and Buildings. . Natural Hazards 121 , pp. 8137–8158.
Razzaghi Asl, S., Drakes, O., Tate, E., Brody, S., Highfield, W. and Atoba, K. The Influence of Scale in Modeling Social Vulnerability and Disaster Assistance. Annals of the American Association of Geographers.
  • 2024: Gilbert F. White Award for Best PhD Dissertation in the Field of Hazards Geography, Association of American Geographers
  • 2023: Jeanne X. Kasperson Student Paper Competition winner, Association of American Geographers
  • 2023: Olen Paul Matthews and Kathleen A. Dwyer Fund for Water Resources Award for Best Physical Geography Paper, Association of American Geographers

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