Publications

Jordan Branham, Nikhil Kaza, Todd BenDor. Do development disincentives influence land conservation activity?. Frontiers of Ecology & Environment, 2024.

Betsy Donald, Shauna Brail, Nichola Lowe, C. DeLoyde, Kaitlin Heatwole, F. Hernandez, K. Hill-Tout, Nikhil Kaza, Kshtiz Khanal, Donald Planey, Jueyu Wang. The Dashboard Is Not Dead: Dashboards as Effective Tools in Skills Building, Sense-Making and Community Collaboration. Journal of American Planning Association, 2024.

K. Khanal, Nichola Lowe, Nikhil Kaza. Retraining for Energy Transition: A Workforce Development Approach Using Occupational Similarity and Unsupervised Clustering. Economic Development Quarterly, 2024.

Kshitiz Khanal, Nikhil Kaza, Miyuki Hino, Antonia Sebastian. Manufactured Housing in North Carolina: A Computer Vision Approach. 2024.

Julia Cardwell, Nikhil Kaza. Extension, Densification, Dispersion and Stagnation: Patterns in Urban Spatial Development in Metropolitan United States 2001-2021. Applied Spatial Analysis & Policy, 2024.

M. Hino, T. K. BenDor, J. Branham, N. Kaza, A. Sebastian, S. Sweeney. Growing Safely or Building Risk?. Journal of American Planning Association, 2024.

Nikhil Kaza. Multiclass Compactness Index for Urban Areas. The Professional Geographer, 2024.

M. DiCarlo, E. Z.Berglund, N. Kaza, A. Grieshop, L. Shealy, A. Behr. Customer Complaint Management and Smart Technology Adoption by Community Water Systems. Utilities Policy, 2023.

Kshitiz Khanal, Nichola Lowe, Nikhil Kaza. Targeting Occupations to Retrain for Clean Energy Workforce Development And Implications for Labor Market Dynamics. ACSP Conference - Chicago, IL, 2023.

J. Branham, N. Kaza, T. K. BenDor, D. Salvesen, K. Onda. Removing Federal Subsidies from High-Hazard Coastal Areas Slows Development. Frontiers in Ecology & Environment, 2022.

J. Wang, N. Kaza, N. McDonald, K. Khanal. Socio-Economic Disparities in Activity-Travel Behavior Adaptation during the COVID-19 Pandemic in North Carolina. Transport Policy, 2022.

J. Becker, N. Kaza. Tale of Two Sprawls: Energy planning and challenges for Smart Growth 2.0. Handbook on Smart Urban Growth, 2022.

Kshitiz Khanal, Nikhil Kaza, Noah Kittner. Evaluating generalisation of deep learning computer vision models for satellite data and global development. SatSummit, 2022.

Chaosu Li, Yan Song, Nikhil Kaza, Rene Burghardt. Explaining spatial variations in residential energy usage intensity in Chicago: The role of urban form and geomorphometry. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2021.

Miyuki Hino, Todd K BenDor, Nikhil Kaza, Antonia Sebastian, Jordan Branham, Shane Sweeney. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Managing Floodplain Development in North Carolina (Invited). American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting - New Orleans, LA, 2021.

Miyuki Hino, Todd K BenDor, Nikhil Kaza, Antonia Sebastian, Jordan Branham, Shane Sweeney. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Managing Floodplain Development in North Carolina. ACSP Conference, 2021.

J. Branham, K. Onda, N. Kaza, T. K. BenDor, D. Salvesen. How does the removal of federal subsidies affect investment in coastal protection infrastructure?. Landuse Policy, 2021.

Jordan Branham, Nikhil Kaza, Todd K BenDor, Kyle Onda. Does Subsidy Removal Reduce Coastal Development? Measuring the Effect of US Coastal Barrier Resources Act. ACSP Conference, 2021.

N. Kaza, K. Nesse. Characterizing the Regional Structure in United States: A county-based analysis of labor market centrality. International Journal of Regional Science Review, 2021.

N. Kaza. Urban Form and Transportation Energy Consumption. Energy Policy, 2020.

J. E Pesantez, E. Z. Berglund, N. Kaza. Smart Meters Data for Modeling and Forecasting Water Demand at the User-level. Environmental Modelling and Software, 2020.

N. Kaza. Landscape Shape Adjusted Compactness Index for Urban Areas. Geoforum, 2020.

K. Onda, J. Branham, T. K. BenDor, N. Kaza, D. Salvesen. Does removal of federal subsidies discourage development? An evaluation of the US Coastal Barrier Resources Act. PLOS One, 2020.

M. He, J. Glasser, N. Pritchard, S. Bhamidi, N. Kaza. Demarcating Regions using Community Detection in Commuting Networks. PLOS One, 2020.

K. Peng, N. Kaza. Association between Neighborhood Food Access, Household Income, and Purchase of Snacks and Beverages in the United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020.

N. Kaza, D. Brookshire, K. Toledo, M. Perrit, S. Murphy. Whose plan is it anyway? Energy Planning by American Indian Tribes in the United States. 2019.

N. Kaza. Vain Foresight: Against the Idea of Implementation in Planning. Planning Theory, 2019.

Nikhil Kaza. Urban Form and Transportation Energy Consumption. ACSP Conference - Columbia, SC, 2019.

K. Onda, P. Sinha, F. Stevens, A.E. Gaughan, N. Kaza. Missing Millions: Undercounting Urbanisation in India. Population & Environment, 2019.

M. He, S. Bhamidi, N. Kaza. Intertemporal Community Detection in Bikeshare Networks. 2019.

Ke Peng, Nikhil Kaza. Effects of Street Connectivity and Duration of Exposure on Visits to Fast Food Restaurants: A GPS based case study of Atlanta Region. ACSP Conference - Columbia, SC, 2019.

Kyle Onda, Jordan Branham, Todd BenDor, Nikhil Kaza, David Salvesen. Does Removing Federal Infrastructure Subsidies Discourage Development. Third International Conference on Natural Resource Management and Public Policy - Wuhan, 2019.

K. Peng, N. Kaza. Built environment and the purchase of fruits and vegetables in United States households. Public Health Nutrition, 2019.

K. K. Gadiraju, R. R. Vatsavai, N. Kaza, E. Wibbels, A. Krishna. Machine Learning Approaches for Slum Detection Using Very High Resolution Satellite Images. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops (ICDMW), 2018.

Chaosu Li, Yan Song, Nikhil Kaza. Urban form and household electricity consumption: A multilevel study. Energy and Buildings, 2018.

Nikhil Kaza, Parmanand Sinha, Forrest Stevens, Andrea E. Gaughan. The Missing Millions: Undercounting Urbanisation in India. World Congress of Regional Science Association International, 2018.

S. Qiu, N. Kaza. Evaluating the impacts of the clean cities program. Science of The Total Environment, 2017.

Chaosu Li, Yan Song, Nikhil Kaza. Residential Energy Consumption: A Structural Analysis of Chicago. ACSP Conference - Portland, OR, 2016.

N. Kaza, S. Riley, R. G. Quercia, C. Tian. Location Efficiency & Mortgage Risks for Low-Income Households. Housing Policy Debate, 2016.

D. A Hartley, N. Kaza, T. W. Lester. Are America's Inner Cities Competitive? Evidence from the 2000s. Economic Development Quarterly, 2016.

J. McCarty, N. Kaza. Urban Form and Air Quality. Landscape and Urban Planning, 2015.

N. Kaza. Time Dependent Accessibility. Journal of Urban Management, 2015.

M. Zapata, N. Kaza. Radical Uncertainty: Scenario planning for futures. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 2015.

Nikhil Kaza. bibstringReview of mkbibemphThe Exposed City: Mapping the Urban Invisibles, bibstringby Nadia Amaroso. Journal of Regional Science, 2015.

Nikhil Kaza. bibstringReview of mkbibemphPlanning Support Systems for cities and regions, bibstringby Richard Brail. Journal of American Planning Association, 2015.

N. Kaza. Whose Plan Is It Anyway? Energy Planning By American Indian Tribes In The United States. 53rd ACSP Conference, 2014.

Nikhil Kaza, Gerrit Knaap, Lewis D. Hopkins. Vain Foresight: Against Implementation. ACSP Conference - Portland, OR, 2014.

N. Kaza, M. Patane. The Land Use Energy Connection. Journal of Planning Literature, 2014.

N. Kaza. Persons, Polities and Planning. Planning Theory, 2014.

N. Kaza, C. Tian, R. G. Quercia. Home Energy Efficiency and Mortgage Risks. Cityscape, 2014.

N. Kaza, T.W. Lester, D. Rodriguez. The spatio-temporal clustering of green buildings in the US. Urban Studies, 2013.

N. Kaza. The changing urban landscape of continental United States. Landscape and Urban Planning, 2013.

D. Brookshire, N. Kaza. Planning for Seven Generations: Energy Planning of American Indian Tribes. Energy Policy, 2013.

T.W. Lester, N. Kaza, S. Kirk. Making Room for Manufacturing: Understanding Industrial Land Conversion in Cities. Journal of American Planning Association, 2013.

N. Kaza, T. K. BenDor. Land Value Impacts of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration. Journal of Environmental Management, 2013.

N. Kaza. Industrial Land Transformation in Cities. Urban Affairs Association, 2013.

N. Kaza, C. Tian, R. Quercia. Home Energy Efficiency and Mortgage Risks. ACEEE finance Forum, 2013.

N. Kaza. The Changing Urban Landscape of United States. 50th WRSA Conference, 2012.

D. Brookshire, N. Kaza. Sustaining the Seventh Generation: Strategic Energy Planning of American Indian Tribes. 2012 Society of Government Economists, 2012.

N. Kaza. Persons, Polities and Planning. 26th AESOP Conference, 2012.

N. Kaza, L. D. Hopkins. Intentions, Urban Plans and Information Systems. International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 2012.

Nikhil Kaza. bibstringReview of mkbibemphLand Policy: Planning and the Spatial Consequences of Property, bibstringby Benjamin Davy. Planning Theory, 2012.

T. K. BenDor, N. Kaza. A Theory of Spatial Systems Archetypes. System Dynamics Review, 2012.

M. Zapata, N. Kaza. Scenario Planning for Uncertain Futures: Incorporating Multiple Futures and Multiple Publics. 51st ACSP Conference, 2011.

A. Chakraborty, N. Kaza, G. J. Knaap, B. Deal. Robust Plans and Contingent Plans: Scenario Planning for an Uncertain World. Journal of the American Planning Association, 2011.

N. Kaza, G. J. Knaap. Principles of Planning for Economists. Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning, 2011.

N. Kaza, I. Knaap, G. J. Knaap, R. Lewis. Peak Oil, Urban Form and Public Health: Exploring the Connections. American Journal of Public Health, 2011.

T. BenDor, N. Kaza. Land Value Impacts of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration: An Analysis of the Research Triangle Region of North Carolina. 51st ACSP Conference, 2011.

N. Kaza, C. Towe, X. Ye. A Hybrid Land Conversion Model Incorporating Multiple End Uses. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2011.

N. Kaza. Understanding the spectrum of residential energy consumption: A quantile regression approach. Energy Policy, 2010.

N. Kaza, C. Towe, X Ye. Scenarios Using Land Conversion Model for Multiple Land uses. 50th ACSP Conference, 2010.

A. Blohm, J. Becker, N. Kaza, G. Knaap, G. Moglen, M. Ruth. Envisioning a sustainable Maryland: Comparing alternative development scenarios considering energy con- sumption and water quality. 49th WRSA Conference, 2010.

G. Knaap, N. Kaza, R. Lewis. Density and Public Health: It is not that simple. 50th ACSP Conference, 2010.

N. Kaza, D. Finn, L. D. Hopkins. Updating Plans: A Historiography of Decisions Over Time. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 2009.

N. Kaza, L. D. Hopkins. In What Circumstances Should Plans Be Public?. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2009.

N. Kaza, G.J. Knaap, K. Clfiton. Economic Scenarios and Development Patterns in the Baltimore-Washington Region. 49th ACSP Conference,, 2009.

N. Kaza, C. Towe, X. Ye, B Thapa. An Economic model of Land Conversion Incorporating Multiple Land uses. American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meetings, 2009.

N. Kaza. Reasoning with plans: Inference of semantic relationships among plans about urban development. 2008.

G. Knaap, A. Chakraborty, N. Kaza. Planning a new era in the smart growth state: A primer on state development plans. 2008 ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress, 2008.

N. Kaza, D. Finn, L. D. Hopkins. Updating Plans: A historiography of decision over time. COST 21 Second Towntology Workshop, 2007.

N. Kaza. Plans in Decision Support Systems and Decisions in Planning Support System. 48th ACSP Conference, 2007.

N. Kaza, L. D. Hopkins. Ontology for Land Development Decisions and Plans. Ontologies for Urban Development, 2007.

N. Kaza. Tyranny of the Median: A reflection on the participatory urban processes. Planning Theory, 2006.

K. P. Donaghy, N. Kaza. The Value of Waiting: A primer on Option Value for Planners. 47th ACSP Conference, 2006.

N. Kaza, L. D. Hopkins. Reasoning with Plans: Semantic Relationships among Interde- pendent and Contingent Landuse Plan. 47th ACSP Conference, 2006.

N. Kaza, L. D. Hopkins. Ontology for Land Development Decisions and Plans. Ontologies for Urban Development: Interfacing Urban Information Systems, 2006.

N. Kaza, L. D Hopkins. In What Circumstances Should We Plan in Public?,. Second World Planning Schools Congress, 2006.

J. Calderón, A. de Froment, M. Donaldson, G. McInery, N. Kaza. Games on Evolving Networks. Proceedings of Complex Systems Summer School at Santa Fe Institute, 2006.

L. D. Hopkins, N. Kaza, V. G. Pallathucheril. Representing Urban Development Plans and Regulations as Data: A Planning Data Model. Environment & Planning B : Planning and Design, 2005.

N. Kaza. Deliberations between experts and laity: An approach to building planning information systems. UCGIS summer assembly, 2005.

L. D. Hopkins, N. Kaza, V. G. Pallathucheril. A Data Model to Incorporate Plans and Regulations in Urban Simulation Models. GIS, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, 2005.

N. Kaza. Towards a Data Model for Urban Planning: Ontological Constructs for Representing Regulations and Guidelines with Geography. 2004.

L. D. Hopkins, N. Kaza, V. G. Pallathucheril. Shared Data Model for Describing Plans and Regulations as Inputs to Simulation Models of Urban Development. North American Meetings of RSAI conference, 2003.

L. D Hopkins, N. Kaza, V. G. Pallathucheril. Planning Markup Language: Representing the Meanings of Plans and Regulations. ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress, 2003.

J. Branham, D. Salvesen, N. Kaza, T. K. BenDor. A Wrench in the Machine: How subsidy removal alters the politics of coastal development. Journal of American Planning Association, 1969.

T. W. Lester, N. Kaza, T. McAdam. Splintered Metropolitan Opportunity in the United States? Re-Examining the 'Mismatch' between Emerging Employment Centers and Distressed Neighborhoods. 1969.