Amit Patel

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs and PhD in Public Policy Program Director

Publications

Journal Articles | Google Scholar Profile

Patel, A., Borja-Vega, C., Mimmi, L., Soukup, T., Kolomaznik, J., Bhan, T., Mundt, M., Lee, H. (2022). Predicting deprivations in housing and basic services from space in the slums of Dhaka. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221123589

Patel, A. (2022). How applicable are scaling laws in predicting slum population in urban systems? Evidence from India. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221122793

Killemsetty, N., & Patel, A. (2022). Slum-dwellers as experts: a value focused thinking approach to understand housing challenges in slum communities of India. Journal of Urban Affairs.

https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2022.2099283

Meng-Hao, Li., Siddique, AB., Wilson, B. Patel, A., El-Amine, H and Koizumi, N. (2022). Identifying Kidney Trade Networks using Web Scraping Data. BMJ Global Health. [Open Access]

Killemsetty, N., Johnson, M., & Patel, A. (2021). Understanding housing preferences of slum dwellers in India: a community-based operations research approach. European Journal of Operations Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.06.055

Patel, A., Lotia, H., Malik, A., Mundt, M., Lee, H., Rafiq, MA. (2020). Gendered Impacts of Environmental Degradation in Informal Settlements: A Comparative Analysis and Policy Implications for India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2020.1829454

Patel, A., Joseph, G., Killemsetty, N., Eng, S. (2020), Effects of Residential Mobility and Migration on Standards of Living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239735. [Open Access]

Patel, A., and Shah, P. (2020). Rethinking slums, cities, and urban planning: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Cities and Health. [Free access by Taylor & Francis]

Patel, A. (2020). Preventing COVID-19 amid public health and urban planning failures in slums of Indian Cities. World Medical and Health Policy. [Free Access by Wiley]

Patel, A.  Shah, P., and Beauregard, B. (2020). Measuring Housing Deprivations in India: An Alternative Approach to Slum Enumeration. Habitat International. Vol. 101 [Open Access]

Das Gupta, D; Patel, A; Saxena, D; Koizumi, N; Trivedi, P; Patel, K; Raval, D; †King, A; †Chandler, K (2020), Tuberculosis (TB) Treatment Non-adherence among the Urban Poor in India”. World Medical and Health Policy. Vol. 12 No. 2, pp. 163-181.  [Wiley Publisher Link]

Patel, A., Joseph, G., Shrestha, A., & Foint, Y. (2019). Measuring deprivations in the slums of Bangladesh: implications for achieving sustainable development goals. Housing and Society, 1–29. [Taylor & Francis Publisher Link]

Siddique, A, Krebs, M, Alvarez, S., Greenspan, I., Patel, A., Kinsolving, J., and Koizumi, N. (2019). “Mobile Apps for the Care Management of Chronic Kidney and End-Stage Renal Diseases: Systematic Search in App Stores and Evaluation”, JMIR mHealth and uHealth; 7(9): e12604  [Open Access] 

Mayer, J., Kai C., Patel, A., Stanford I., Kulkarni, R. and Koizumi, N. (2016). “Reading Tea Leaves: What 1331 Protest Placards Tell Us About the Tea Party Movement.” Visual Communication Quarterly. [Taylor & Francis Publisher Link]

Vora, K., Sandul, Y., Patel, A., Upadhyay, A., Mavalankar, D. (2015). “Has Chiranjeevi Yojana Changed the Geographic Availability of Free Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care Services in Gujarat, India?” Global Health Action. v. 8, oct. 2015. ISSN 1654-9880. [Open Access]

Koizumi, N., DasGupta, D., Patel, A., Smith, T., Mayer, J., Callender C., Melancon, J. (2015). “Geographic Variation in Cold Ischemia Time: Kidney vs Liver Transplantation in the United States, 2003-2011”. Transplantation Direct. [Open Access]

Patel, A.Koizumi, N., Crooks, A., (2014). “Measuring Slum Severity in Mumbai and Kolkata: a Household based Approach.” Habitat International. Vol. 41, pp. 300-306. [ScienceDirect Link]

Patel, A., Crooks, A., Koizumi, N., (2012)“Slumulation: an Agent-based Modeling Approach to Slum Formations.” Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. Vol. 15 No. 4 Article 2. [Open Access]

Koizumi, N., Nicogossian, A., Patel, A., Kloc, M. (2010) “A Preliminary Assessment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Infections in the U.S.A. Communities Neighboring Military Installations.” World Medical & Health Policy: Vol. 2 No. 4 Article 15. [Wiley Online Library Link]

Ramani, KV., Mavalankar, D., Patel, A., Mehandiratta, S. (2007) “A GIS Approach to Plan and Deliver Healthcare Services to Urban Poor: a Public Private Partnership Model for Ahmedabad City, India.” International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing. Vol. 1 No. 2 pp.159-173. [Emerald Insight Link]

Refereed Book Chapters

Patel, A., Crooks, A., Koizumi, N. (2017). “Integrating GIS and ABM to Explore Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India” in Thill J.C. and Drajicavic, S. (eds.), Geocomputational Analysis and Modeling of Regional Systems, Springer. Get the Book Here [Amazon Link]

Koizumi, N., ….Patel, A.,…(2016)“Mathematical Optimization and Simulation Analyses for Optimal Organ Allocation System” in Yang, H. and Lee, E. (eds). Healthcare Data Analytics: From Data to Knowledge to Healthcare Improvement, Wiley Series in Operations Research and Mangaement Science, John Wiley & Sons Inc. Get the Book Here [Amazon Link]

Crooks, A.T., Patel, A. and Wise, S. (2014), Multi-agent Systems for Urban Planning, in Pinto, N.N., Tenedório, J. Antunes A. P. and Roca, J. (eds.), Technologies for Urban and Spatial Planning: Virtual Cities and Territories, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, pp. 29-56. Get the Book Here [Amazon Link]

Ramani, KV. Mavalankar D. Patel, A. and Mehandiratta S. (2008). “Managing Urban Health through Public-Private Partnership: A Study of Ahmedabad City.” in Ramani KV. Mavalankar D. and Govil D. (eds.) Strategic Issues and Challenges in Health Management. New Delhi: Sage Publications. Ch. 16: pp. 173-184. Get the Book Here [Amazon Link]

Refereed Chapters in Proceedings

Koizumi, N., Gentili, M., … Patel, A., et al. (2014). “Redesigning Organ Allocation Boundaries for Liver Transplantation in the United States.” in Matta, A., Li, J., Sahin, E., Lanzarone, E., Fowler, J. (eds). Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, Vol. 6, pp. 15-27. Get the Book Here [Amazon Link]

Patel, A., Koizumi, N., Crooks, A. (2012). “Simulating Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India.” Proceedings for the 6th Urban Research and Knowledge SymposiumDownload article from the World Bank Website

Policy Brief

Patel, A., Lotia, H., Malik, A., Mundt, M., Lee, H. and M. Rafiq. 2018. “How Climate Change and Environmental Degradation Hurts Women More Than Men in Slums of South Asia .” GrOW Research Series Policy Brief. Montreal, Canada: Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University. [Open Access]

Teaching Case

Patel, A. (2018). “Making Ahmedabad Slum-free”. Reference no. 218-0015-1 The Case Centre, UK. [Publisher Link]   [Featured Case Announcement]

Patel, A. (2018). “Teaching Note: Making Ahmedabad Slum-free”. Reference no. 218-0015-8. [Publisher Link]

Book Review

Patel, A. (2012). Book Review. The Exposed City: Mapping the Urban Invisibles. Author: Nadia Amoroso. Journal of Planning Education and Research. Vol. 32 No. 3 pp. 244-246. [Sage Journals Link]

Working Papers

Patel, A., Mundt, M., Lee, HJ, Lotia, H, Rafiq MA, and Malik, A (2018). “Empowering Women in South Asia’s Slums: The Challenges of Environmental Degradation” GrOW Working Paper Series, GWP-2018-17 – Research Contribution Paper. Available at: http://grow.research.mcgill.ca/publications/working-papers/gwp-2018-17.pdf

Koizumi, N., Rothbard, A., Patel, A., Noll L. and Smith, T.E. (2010). “Assessing Geographical Clustering of Outpatient Psychiatric Service Utilization in Philadelphia.” GMU School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 2010-27. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1692968.

Patel, A., Ramani, KV., Mavalankar, D., Agarwal, A., Maiya, S., Nayak B. (2007) “Implementing a Public Private Partnership Model for Managing Urban Health in Ahmedabad.” IIMA Working Paper No. 2007-09-03.

Ramani, KV., Mavalankar, D., Patel, A. Mehandiratta, S., Bhardwaj, R.,Joshi, D. (2006) “A Public Private Partnership Model for Managing Urban Health: A Study of Ahmedabad City”, IIMA Working Paper No. 2006-03-05.

Ramani, KV., Mehandiratta, S., Patel, A., Joshi, D. Patel, N. Karnick, P. Kaur, M. (2005) “Urban Health Status in Ahmedabad City: GIS based study of Baherampura, Kubernagar and Vasna wards.” IIMA Working Paper No. 2005-03-05.

Mavalankar, D., Ramani, KV., Patel, A., Shankar, P. (2005). “Building the Infrastructure to Reach and Care for the Poor: Trends, Obstacles and Strategies to overcome them”, Background paper for World Health Report 2005: Make Every Mother and Child Count. Geneva: World Health Organization.

Exhibitions

Opportunity Calling, Photo Exhibition at the Founders Art Gallery, Curator (with Maggie Edwards), May 6, 2015 – August 9, 2015.

Not in Focus: Stories from Ahmedabad Slums, photo exhibition at the Founders Art Gallery, Curator, October 1, 2013 – November 3, 2013.

Media Coverage

Daily World (01.06.2021). “Urban housing shortage is on rise in India

Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (10.28.2013). “Milljarður manna býr í fátækrahverfum (Billion people living in slums)”

Ahmedabad Mirror (10.12.2013). “CEPT takes City Slums to US”

CEPT University News (09.26.2013) “Not in Focus: Stories from Ahmedabad Slums”

School of Public Policy Currents Magazine (10.29.2013) “Mason Policy PhD Wins Honorary Dissertation of the Year…Twice”

Mason Research Magazine (2013). “PhD Student Develops Modeling Program to Help with India’s Housing Problems”

Conference Presentations and Invited Seminars

Patel, A. and Shah, P. (2021). Rethinking slums, cities, and urban planning: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic.  17th International Conference on Urban Health, Transforming our Collective Urban Future: Learning from COVID-19. Virtul. July 6-8, 2021.

Patel, A. (2021). Introduction to social epidemiology. National Online Workshop on Epidemiology and Disease Modeling. Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar and Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (Government of Gujarat). Virtual. April 8–10, 2021.

Patel, A. (2021). Conceptualizing slums and cities as networks: implications for urban planning and public health. Applied Urban Modelling 2020: Modelling the New Urban World, Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge, UK. Virtual. January 28, 2021.

Patel, A. (2020) Reading Begging Signs: What They Tell Us About Perceived Identities, Causes, and Social Constructions of Homelessness in the US Cities, 50th Annual Conference of Urban Affairs Association, Washington, DC. April 2-4, 2020 [Conference is cancelled due to COVID-19 public health emergency].

Patel, A. and Killemsetty, N†. (2020). A Systematic Review of Slum Policies in the Global South: What could Policymakers Learn from Successes and Failures of the Past, 21st Annual Land and Poverty Conference, held at the World Bank, Washington, DC. March 16-20, 2020 [Conference is cancelled due to COVID-19 public health emergency].

Killemsetty, N† and Patel, A. (2020). Giving voice to the Slum Dwellers – Understanding the implications of the implementation of the Land Rights Act in Odisha State, India, 21st Annual Land and Poverty Conference, held at the World Bank, Washington, DC. March 16-20, 2020 [Conference is cancelled due to COVID-19 public health emergency].

Patel, A., Malik, A., Mundt, M., Lotia, H., Lee, H., & Rafiq, M. A. (2020). Gendered impacts of environmental degradation in informal settlements: a comparative analysis and policy implications for India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Gender Exchange Webinar Series. The United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC. August 26, 2020.

Patel, A. and Malik, A. (2019). “Empowering Women in South Asia’s Slums: The Challenges of Environmental Degradation”, 41st Annual Fall Research Conference of Association of Public Policy and Management (APPAM), Atlanta, GA. November 7-9, 2019.

Patel, A.  and Shah, P. (2019), “Measuring Housing Deprivations in India: An Alternative Approach to Slum Enumeration” at Urban Affairs Association Conference 2019 held at Los Angeles, CA. April 25-29, 2019.

Koizumi, N., Patel, A. (2019).  “Network analysis and optimal interventions for disruption of organ trafficking”, at GMU-NSF Conference on Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks held at George Mason University, Arlington, VA. March 24-25, 2019.

Patel, A. Mimmi, L. Borja-Verga, C., Soukup, T., Kolomaznik, T., †Bhan,, T., †Mundt, M., †Lee, H.J., †Anyanwu, I. (2018). “Predicting Housing Deprivations from Space in Slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh”, at 20th Land and Poverty Conference 2019 held at the World Bank, Washington, DC. March 25-29, 2019.

Patel, A.  and Shah, P. (2019), “Measuring Housing Deprivations in India: An Alternative Approach to Slum Enumeration” at Land and Poverty Conference 2019 held at the World Bank, Washington, DC. March 25-29, 2019.

Patel, A., Lotia, H, Malik, A, †Mundt, M., †Lee, HJ, and Rafiq MA (2018).  “Empowering Women in South Aisa’s Slums: the Challenges of Environmental Degradation”, at Pathways to Gender Equality: Economic Gender Analysis Addressing Current and Future Challenges held at American University, Washington, DC. November 2-3, 2018.

Patel, A. Mimmi, L. Borja-Verga, C., Soukup, T., Kolomaznik, T., †Bhan,, T., †Mundt, M., †Lee, H.J., †Anyanwu, I. (2018). “Predicting Housing Deprivations from Space in Slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh”, Public Policy Research Seminar Series, University of Massachusetts Boston. September 17, 2018.

Soukup, T., Mimmi, L. Borja-Verga, C., Patel, A. (2018). “Predicting Slum Dweller’s Deprivations from Space “, Mapping Urban Areas from Space Conference 2018. Held at Frascati – Italy, October 30-31, 2018.

Patel, A. (2018). “Determinants of Emergence and Growth of Slums in South Asian Cities” at Examining Dynamics of Deprived Settlements in Different Geographic Contexts; Standards and Transferability, Workshop at Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2- 6, 2018.

Patel, A., Joseph, G., †Killemsetty, N. (2018) “Effects of Residential Mobility and Migration on Standards of Living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania”, 12th World Congress of Regional Science Association International, at Goa, India: May 29 – June 1, 2018.

Patel, A., Mimmi, L. Borja-Verga, C., †Bhan, T., †Mundt, M., †Lee, H.J., Soukup, T., Kolomaznik, T. (2018). “Predicting Deprivations in Housing and Basic Services from Space: A Pilot Study in Slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh”, 12th World Congress of Regional Science Association International, at Goa, India: May 29 – June 1, 2018.

Lotia, H., Rafiq, A., Patel, A., †Lee, HJ., †Mundt, M. (2018), “Effects of Degraded Environmental Conditions on Women Empowerment in Slums of Four Cities of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan”, at Workshop with Policymakers on Empowering Pakistani Women for Growth & Prosperity: From Evidence to Policy, at Islamabad, Pakistan. February 8, 2018.

Patel, A., Soukup, T., Kolomaznik, J., Borja-Verga, C., Mimmi, L. (2017). “Integrating Multi-Dimensional Data for Inclusive and Sustainable Development of Urban Slums”, at The World Bank, Washington, DC. September 14, 2017.

Patel, A. and Killemsetty, N. (2017). “OrganSIM: An Agent-based Model of Organ Trade and Trafficking Markets”, at Symposium on Organs for Transplant: Expanding Sources and Ethical Considerations, George Mason University, Arlington, VA. March 9, 2017. Abstract | Presentation

Koizumi, N. and Patel, A. (2016). “ICT-based Innovations to Improve Treatment Adherence among Urban Poor in India”, Seminar, USAID, Washington, DC, February, 11, 2016.

Patel, A. and King, A. (2015). “ICT-based Innovations to Improve Treatment Adherence among Urban Poor in India”, Public Policy Research Seminar Series, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston, December 1, 2015.

Patel, A., and Killemsetty, N. (2014)“Measuring and Monitoring Housing Deprivations in Developing Countries: an Alternative Approach to Slum Enumeration” at the 61st Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International at Washington, DC. November 12-15, 2014.

Patel, A., Crooks, A., and Koizumi, N. (2014)“Simulating Slum Policies Using a Spatial Multi-Agent Decision Support System” at the 61st Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International at Washington, DC. November 12-15, 2014.

Koizumi, N., Patel, A., DasGupta, D., Saxena, D., Mavalankar, D. (2014). “Integrating Innovations to Improve TB Drug Compliance among the Urban Poor” at the International Conference on Reducing Burden of Preventable Infections: Opportunities and Challenges for the 21st Century at Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, India. October 15-16, 2014.

Williams, S., Pecini S., Patel, A., Dani, L., Bolanos L., (2014). “The Math Skills Workshop: A Unit-Wide Collaboration to Fill Gaps in Student Learning”. Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. September 19, 2014.

Patel, A. (2014). “Simulation Approach to Policymaking: Case of Ahmedabad Slums”, Faculty of Technology Open Lecture Series 2014 at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India. January 16, 2014.

Patel, A., and Shah, P. (2013). “Scaling Laws in Slums: An Evidence from Indian Cities” at the 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International at Atlanta, Georgia. November 13-16, 2013.

Koizumi, N., Smith A., Patel, A. …et al. (2013). “Applications of Spatial, Mathematical and Simulation Models to Construct Efficient and Equitable Allocation System for Liver Transplantation.”  60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International at Atlanta, Georgia. November 13-16, 2013.

Patel, A. and Koizumi, N. (2013). “Health Implications of Urban Poverty and Deprivation: Evidence from Slums in India” at Forum on Health, Homelessness and Poverty at Arlington, VA. November 7th, 2013

Patel, A., Crooks, A. and Koizumi, N. (2013). “A Spatial ABM Approach to Explore Slum Formation Dynamics in Ahmedabad, India” as part of session on Agent-Based & Cellular Automata Models for Geographical Systems 2: Land-Use Models at the Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers held at Los Angeles, CA. April 9-13, 2013.

Patel, A., Crooks, A. and Koizumi, N. (2012). “Integrating GIS and ABM to Explore Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India” as part of a Special Session on GeoComputation at the 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International at Ottawa, Canada. November 7-10, 2012.

Patel, A., Koizumi, N., and Crooks, A. (2012). “Simulating Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India” 6th Urban Research and Knowledge Symposium on “Cities of Tomorrow: Framing the Future” at Barcelona, Spain. October 8-10, 2012.

Patel, A. (2012). “Slumulation:  an Integrated Framework for Exploring Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Slum Formations” Seminar at Department of Computational Social Science, George Mason University. September 21, 2012.

Patel, A. (2012). “Slumulation: Towards an Integrated Framework for Exploring Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Slum Formations” Seminar at Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), University College London. March 28, 2012.

Patel, A., Koizumi, N., and Crooks, A. (2011). “Defining Slum Severity in Indian Mega-cities: a Comparison of Mumbai and Kolkata.” 58th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International held at Miami, Florida. November 9-12, 2011.

Koizumi, N. and Patel, A. (2011) “Using GIS and Simulation for Analyzing Optimal Organ Allocation for Liver Transplant” INFORMS Health Care Conference held at Montreal, Canada. June 20-22, 2011.

Koizumi, N., Patel, A., Isaac, W. (2010). “Changes in the Spatial Pattern of Racial and Social Segregation in the Gateway Region of New Jersey.” 57th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International held at Denver, Colorado. November 10-13, 2010.

Patel, A. (2010). “Politics of Slum Formations: a Spatial Agent-based Modeling Approach.” World Congress on Social Simulation held at Kassel, Germany. September 6-9, 2010.

Patel, A. (2010). “Slumulation 1.0: a Spatial Agent-based Model of Slum Formations.” Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers held at Washington, DC. April 14-18, 2010.

Patel, A. and Shah, P. (2009). “Theory of Slum Formation: a Simulation Approach.” 10th Annual Congress of Asian Planning Schools Association on “Future of Cities” held at Ahmedabad, India. November 24-26, 2009.

Koizumi, N., Rothbard, A., Patel A. and Noll, L. (2009). “Racial Factors Associated with Spatial Clustering of Mental Health Service Utilization.” American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Public Health Exposition held at Philadelphia, PA, USA. November 7-11, 2009.

Kloc, M., Patel, A., Koizumi, N., and Nicogossian, A. (2009). “Space – Time Spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) in Virginia.” Proceedings for the 17th International Conference of Geoinformatics held at Fairfax, VA, USA. August 2009.

Patel, A. “Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission”, presented at Training Workshop for Chief Officers of Small & Medium Towns of Gujarat at CEPT University, India. May 2007.

Mavalankar, D., Ramani, KV., Patel, A., Shankar P. “Rural Health Infrastructure in India”, presented in a colloquium for India Infrastructure Report 2007 at IIT Kanpur, India. April 2006.

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