Eric Chu

5.8k citations

55 papers · 3.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 26

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 1%
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Urban Studies top 0.5%

Papers in ⓘ

Urban Studies 7
- Urban Planning and Governance 7
Global and Planetary Change 19
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance 17

Co-authors: Isabelle Anguelovski (12 shared papers)Linda Shi (6 shared papers)JoAnn Carmin (3 shared papers)Kian Goh (3 shared papers)Debra Roberts (3 shared papers)Kavya Michael (3 shared papers)Clare Cannon (5 shared papers)Daniel B. Gallagher (3 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Planning Education and Research (3 papers)Climate and Development (2 papers)One Earth (2 papers)Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (2 papers)Environment and Urbanization (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Eric Chu

52 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Intersectional climate justice: A conceptual pathway for bridging adaptation planning, transformative action, and social equity 2021 · 172 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Urban Climate
2017 Environment and Urbanization
2016 Journal of Planning Education and Research
2016 Nature Climate Change

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1	Equity Impacts of Urban Land Use Planning for Climate Adaptation Journal of Planning Education and Research ·Isabelle Anguelovski, Linda Shi, Eric Chu, Daniel B. Gallagher, Kian Goh, Zachary Lamb, Kara Reeve, Hannah M. Teicher Hit paper breakdown →	2016	426
2	Roadmap towards justice in urban climate adaptation research Nature Climate Change ·Linda Shi, Eric Chu, Isabelle Anguelovski, Alexander Aylett, Jessica Debats, Kian Goh, Todd Schenk, Karen C. Seto, David Dodman, Debra Roberts, J. Timmons Roberts, Stacy D. VanDeveer Hit paper breakdown →	2016	389
3	Inserting rights and justice into urban resilience: a focus on everyday risk Environment and Urbanization ·Gina Ziervogel, Mark Pelling, Anton Cartwright, Eric Chu, Tanvi Deshpande, Leila M. Harris, Keith Hyams, Jean Kaunda, Benjamin Klaus, Kavya Michael, Lorena Pasquini, Robyn Pharoah, Lucy Rodina, Daniel Scott, Patricia Zweig Hit paper breakdown →	2017	241
4	Inclusive approaches to urban climate adaptation planning and implementation in the Global South Climate Policy ·Eric Chu, Isabelle Anguelovski, JoAnn Carmin	2015	179
5	Intersectional climate justice: A conceptual pathway for bridging adaptation planning, transformative action, and social equity Urban Climate ·Ana Terra Amorim‐Maia, Isabelle Anguelovski, Eric Chu, James J. Connolly Hit paper breakdown →	2021	172
6	Explaining Progress in Climate Adaptation Planning Across 156 U.S. Municipalities Journal of the American Planning Association ·Linda Shi, Eric Chu, Jessica Debats	2015	137
7	Variations in approaches to urban climate adaptation: Experiences and experimentation from the global South Global Environmental Change ·Isabelle Anguelovski, Eric Chu, JoAnn Carmin	2014	131
8	Climate adaptation as strategic urbanism: assessing opportunities and uncertainties for equity and inclusive development in cities Cities ·Eric Chu, Isabelle Anguelovski, Debra Roberts	2016	129
9	Recognition in urban climate justice: marginality and exclusion of migrants in Indian cities Environment and Urbanization ·Eric Chu, Kavya Michael	2018	115
10	Effects of climate change on the persistence and dispersal of foodborne bacterial pathogens in the outdoor environment: A review Critical Reviews in Microbiology ·Rosalee S. Hellberg, Eric Chu	2015	111
11	Equity, inclusion, and justice as criteria for decision-making on climate adaptation in cities Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·Eric Chu, Clare Cannon	2021	100
12	Negotiated resilience cIRcle (University of British Columbia) ·Leila M. Harris, Eric Chu, Gina Ziervogel	2017	98
13	Political feasibility of 1.5°C societal transformations: the role of social justice Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·James Patterson, Thomas Thaler, Matthew J. Hoffmann, Sara Hughes, Angela Oels, Eric Chu, Ayşem Mert, Dave Huitema, Sarah Burch, Andrew Jordan	2017	98
14	Learning pathways and the governance of innovations in urban climate change resilience and adaptation Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning ·Ryan Bellinson, Eric Chu	2018	64
15	The political economy of urban climate adaptation and development planning in Surat, India Environment and Planning C Government and Policy ·Eric Chu	2015	45
16	The Governance of Climate Change Adaptation Through Urban Policy Experiments Environmental Policy and Governance ·Eric Chu	2016	42
17	Urban climate adaptation and the reshaping of state–society relations: The politics of community knowledge and mobilisation in Indore, India Urban Studies ·Eric Chu	2017	42
18	A climate resilience research renewal agenda: learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for urban climate resilience Climate and Development ·Mark Pelling, Winston Chow, Eric Chu, Richard Dawson, David Dodman, Arabella Fraser, Bronwyn Hayward, Luna Khirfan, Timon McPhearson, Anjal Prakash, Gina Ziervogel	2021	38
19	Seeking refuge? The potential of urban climate shelters to address intersecting vulnerabilities Landscape and Urban Planning ·Ana Terra Amorim‐Maia, Isabelle Anguelovski, James J. Connolly, Eric Chu	2023	37
20	MeanSum: A Neural Model for Unsupervised Multi-Document Abstractive Summarization Eric Chu, Peter J. Liu	2019	35

About Eric Chu

Eric Chu is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 55 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (23 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (17 papers), Disaster Management and Resilience (10 papers), Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (8 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (8 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (7 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (6 papers) and Topic Modeling (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (1.4k citations), Urban Studies (322 citations), Sociology and Political Science (1.7k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (524 citations) and Transportation (136 citations). Eric Chu has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Isabelle Anguelovski, Linda Shi, JoAnn Carmin, Kian Goh, Debra Roberts, Kavya Michael, Clare Cannon, Daniel B. Gallagher, Ana Terra Amorim‐Maia and James J. Connolly. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Planning Education and Research, Climate and Development, One Earth, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability and Environment and Urbanization.

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