Assistant Professor
Political Science & Geography

Sina Razzaghi Asl

757-683-6098
The Asl Research Group

7025 BATTER ARTS & LETTERS
NORFOLK, VA 23529

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

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Razzaghi Asl, S., Wang, W. and Saitgalina, M. ""Quantifying Building-Level Flood Recovery Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions: A GeoAI Scenario Analysis for Coastal Virginia"" $100,000. April 1, 2026 - April 1, 2027
Razzaghi Asl, S. ""AI-Driven Spatial Targeting of NbS: A Prescriptive Framework for Compound Flood-Heat Resilience in Coastal Virginia"" $31,000. Old Dominion University. March 1, 2026 - March 1, 2027

Expertise

Geography
Hazards and Environmental Geography

Research Interests

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

Articles

Razzaghi Asl, S., Tate, E. and Pearsall, H. (2026). SECURE-NBS: A conceptual framework for integrated nature-based flood risk reduction. Landscape and Urban Planning 271 (105637).
Razzaghi Asl, S., Tate, E., T. Emrich, C., Rahman, M. and Royster, K. (2026). Beyond discrete indicators: Modeling intersectional flood vulnerability. Applied Geography 187 (103894).
Razzaghi Asl, S., Azadgar, A. and Nyka, L. Green Privilege? Exploring Spatial Relations between Nature-based Solutions and Social Vulnerability in Three European Cities. Local Environment.
Razzaghi Asl, S., Drakes, O., Tate, E., Brody, S., Highfield, W. and Atoba, K. (2026). The Influence of Scale in Modeling Social Vulnerability and Disaster Assistance. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 116 (1) , pp. 198-218.
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.
  • 2026: Fellow: Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards & Disasters Researchers, 2025-2027. , National Science Foundation
  • 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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