Personal information

Verified email domains

Canada

Biography

Liton Chakraborty is a senior policy analyst in the Emergency Management and Programs Branch of Public Safety Canada. He holds a Ph.D. in geography and environmental management from the University of Waterloo. His research analyzes socioeconomic vulnerability, social inequities, and racial/ethnic disparities in environmental risks to consider gender-based analysis plus (GBA+) factors in federal decisions supporting equitable disaster and emergency management policy development for Canada.

Activities

Employment (1)

University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment: Waterloo, ON, CA

2021-05-01 to present | Researcher
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Liton Chakraborty

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment: Waterloo, ON, CA

2015-09 to 2021-05 | Ph.D. (Geography and Environmental Management)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Liton Chakraborty

University of Waterloo: Waterloo, ON, CA

2013-09 to 2014-08 | MA (Economics)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Liton Chakraborty

Uppsala Universitet: Uppsala, SE

2010-09 to 2012-06 | MSc (Economics)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Liton Chakraborty

Works (7)

Assessing social vulnerability and identifying spatial hotspots of flood risk to inform socially just flood management policy

Risk Analysis
2023-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Liton Chakraborty; Jason Thistlethwaite; Daniel Scott; Daniel Henstra; Andrea Minano; Horatiu Rus
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Exploring spatial heterogeneity and environmental injustices in exposure to flood hazards using geographically weighted regression

Environmental Research
2022-02-23 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0013-9351
Source: Self-asserted source
Liton Chakraborty
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Leveraging Hazard, Exposure, and Social Vulnerability Data to Assess Flood Risk to Indigenous Communities in Canada

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2021-12-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2095-0055
Part of ISSN: 2192-6395
Source: Self-asserted source
Liton Chakraborty

Improving flood risk assessment by mapping socioeconomic vulnerability in a mid-sized Canadian city

Canadian Institute for Climate Choices
2021-08-13 | Interactive resource
Source: Self-asserted source
Liton Chakraborty

Social Equity Dimensions of Flood Risk Management in Canada

2021-07-21 | Dissertation or Thesis
Source: Self-asserted source
Liton Chakraborty

NGOs for Development: Experience of Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Economic and Social Progress
2020-04-01 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9789811516825
Part of ISBN: 9789811516832
Source: Self-asserted source
Liton Chakraborty

A place-based socioeconomic status index: Measuring social vulnerability to flood hazards in the context of environmental justice

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2019-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2212-4209
Contributors: Liton Chakraborty; Horatiu Rus; Daniel Henstra; Jason Thistlethwaite; Daniel Scott
Source: Self-asserted source
Liton Chakraborty via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 3)‎

Peer review (17 reviews for 7 publications/grants)

Review activity for Climate risk management. (1)
Review activity for Environmental impact assessment review. (1)
Review activity for Environmental science & technology. (2)
Review activity for International journal of disaster risk reduction. (9)
Review activity for Natural hazards. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (1)
Review activity for Social indicators research. (2)