Research Interest/Fcous Areas:

IPCC Working Group II:

• ·      Climate Change Adaptation
• ·      Sea-Level Rise
• ·      Coastal Climate Adaptation
• ·      Urban Climate Adaptation
• ·      Climate Services
• ·      Climate Risk Communication and Capacity Building
• ·      Climate Adaptation Policies and Governance
• ·      Mainstreaming Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

• ·      SDG Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
• ·      SDG Goal 13: Climate Actions
• ·      SDG Goal 14: Life Below Water
• ·      SDG Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

I. Journals:

Communicated:

• Khan, A.S., Mandal, S.K and Rajan, S.C. Risk communication and capacity-building: A case study on framing CBA strategies of artisanal fishing communities to sea-level rise using BASIEC. Climate Services - Elsevier (Under consideration and in first revision of the manuscript (Manuscript Number: CLISER-D-21-00063. Reviewers Recommended for Publication with Minor Revisions).

Published:

• Ramachandran, A., Khan, A.S., Prasnnahvenkatesh, R., Palanivelu, K and Jayanthi, N (2017). Projection of climate change induced sea level rise for the coasts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India using SimCLIM: A first step towards planning adaptation policies.  Journal of Coastal Conservation, 21:731-742. (Springer-Impact Factor: 0.9).
• Khan A.S.., Ramachandran, A., Palanivelu, K and Selvam, V. (2016). Climate change induced sea level rise projections for the Pichavaram mangrove region of the Tamil Nadu coast, India: A way forward for framing time-based adaptation strategies. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 45 (2): 296-303. (NISCAR Publications - Impact Factor: 0.23).
• Khan A.S., Ramachandran, A. and  Palanivelu, K. (2014). Climate Portfolio of Pichavaram mangrove region of Tamil Nadu coasts, India: An add-on information for adaptation policy planning. Journal of Integrative Environmental Science, 11(3-4):173-186. (Taylor and Francis Publication: Impact Factor: 1.2].
• Khan, A.S., Ramachandran, A., Usha, N., Punitha, P and Selvam, V. (2012). Predicted impact of sea-level rise at Vellar-Coleroon estuarine region of Tamil Nadu Coast, in India: Mainstreaming adaptation as a coastal zone management option. Ocean and Coastal Management, 69:327-339. (Elsevier Publications - Impact Factor: 1.8).
• Khan, A.S., Ramachandran, A., Usha, N., Arul Aram, I and Selvam, V. (2012). Rising sea and threatened mangroves: a case study on stakeholders’ engagement in climate change communication and non-formal education. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology. 19(4) 330-338. (Taylor and Francis Publications- Impact Factor: 1.6).
• Khan, A.S. and Ramachandran, A. (2012). Adaptation policy road map appraisal. Environmental Policy and Law: The Journal for Decision Makers, 42(6):312-316. (International Council of Environmental Law & IOS Publications: Impact Factor 0.045).
• Khan, A.S., Ramachandran, A., Malini, P. and Usha, N. (2012). Adopt adaptation to changing climate: Realizing the need of the hour. Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 18(1):  83-90.
• Khan, A.S. Ali, M.S. and Baig, J.A. (2009). Halophilic (aerobic) bacterial growth of mangrove ecosystem. Journal of Environmental Biology, 30(5):705-707.
• Khan, A.S and Ali, M.S. (2009). Mangroves Living at the Edges: A Social Survey Based on Environmental Issue. Journal of Human Ecology, 25(2): 75-77.
• Khan, A.S. and Ali, M.S. (2009). Identification of NIF gene encoding nitrogenase of Azotobacter vinelandii of mangrove soil. Indian Journal of Environmental Sciences 13(2):135-139.
• Khan, A.S. and Ali, M.S. (2007). Mangroves - An ecosystem in peril. Journal of Current Sciences, 10(1): 419-423.

II.Book Chapters:

• Khan, A.S. (2021). Adaptation to sea-level rise and sustainable development goals. Encyclopedia of SDG Goals-Life below water. Climate Change Management, Springer, Switzerland, pp.1-14.
• Khan, A.S., Ramahcandran, A., Palanivelu, K. (2021). Urban Climate Change Adaptation Framework for Chennai City, India. Handbook of Climate Change Management: Research, Leadership and Transformation. Climate Change Management, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp.3431-3454.
• Khan, A.S., Ramachandran, A.,  Selvam, V., Palanivelu, V., Punitha, S.,  Thirumurugan, P., Jayakumar, S and Malini, P. (2021). Elevation Based Sea-Level Rise Impact Assessment for Sustainable Coastal Natural Resources Management and Coastal Adaptation Planning. Sustainability in Natural Resources Management and Land Planning, World Sustainability Series, Springer, Cham, 381-394.
• Khan, A.S., Mandal, S.K and Rajan, S.C. (2020). BASIEC: A coastal climate service awareness framework for community-based adaptation to rising sea levels. Handbook of Climate Services. Climate Change Management, Springer, Cham, pp.11-31.
• Khan, A.S., Chen, S.R. and de Sherbinin, A. (2020). COREDAR: A coastal climate service framework on sea-level rise risk communication for adaptation policy planning and decision-making. In. Filho, W.L. and Jacob, D. (Eds). Handbook of Climate Services, Climate Change Management, Springer,  Cham, pp.85-104
• Khan, A.S., Mandal, S.K and Rajan, S.C. (2020). Chennai city and coastal hazards: Addressing community-based adaptation through the lens of climate change and sea-level rise. Climate change, Natural Hazards and Adaptation Options: Handling the impacts of a changing climate. Climate Change Management, Springer, Cham, pp.777-798.
• Khan, A.S., MacManus, K., Jane, M., Madajewicz, M and Ramasubramanian, L (2020). Building resilience of urban ecosystems and communities to sea-level rise: Jamaica Bay, New York City. In. Leal Filho, W. (Eds.). Handbook of Climate Change Resilience - Towards Integrated Responses to the Causes and Impacts of Climate Change. Climate Change Management, Springer, Cham, pp.95-115.
• Anil Kumar, N.P., Khan, A.S. and Balakrishanan, V. (2019). Coffee, Climate and Biodiversity: Understanding the Carbon Stocks of the Shade Coffee Production System of India. In.Leal Filho, W., Barbir, J. Preziozi, R (Eds). Handbook of climate change and biodiversity. Climate Change Management, Springer, Cham, pp.113-134.
• Khan, A.S. (2017). COREDAR for cities: Developing a capacity building tool for sea-level rise risk communication and urban community-based adaptation. In. Leal Filho, W., Keenan, J. M. (Eds). Climate change adaptation in North America: Fostering resilience and the regional capacity to adapt. Climate Change Management, Springer, Berlin, pp.137-157.

III. Presentations - Seminars. Conferences and Workshops:

• Khan, A.S. (2019). Chennai city and coastal hazards: Addressing community-based adaptation through the lens of climate change and sea-level rise. International Symposium on Climate Change and Natural Hazards, University of Padova, Padova, Venice, Italy, 25th Feb, 2019.
• Khan, A,S. (2018).Vulnerability and impacts of mangrove ecosystem: A review of South Asia (Pichavaram) mangrove management for adaptation. Workshop on Status of Climate Science and Technology in Asia, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, 16th Nov, 2018.
• Khan, A.S. (2016). COREDAR for cities: Developing a capacity building tool for sea-level rise risk communication and urban community-based adaptation. North American Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation. Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA. 16th-18th Aug, 2016.
• Khan, A.S. (2016). COREDAR. Seminar Series of International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA, 14th June, 2016.
• Khan, A.S. (2016). “Decision makers need”. SESYNC-Meta Analyis of Climate Change Vulnerability Mapping Studies”, Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 17th-19th Feb, 2016.
• Khan, A.S., Robert S.Chen, Alex de Sherbinin, A.Ramachandran and K.Palanivelu (2015). COREDAR: Communicating Risk of Sea-level rise and Engaging Stakeholders in framing Community-Based Adaptation Strategies. Poster Presentation, American Geo-Physical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. 16th Dec, 2016.
• Khan, A.S. (2015). Public Health Implications of Sea-level rise. Rising seas summit. Association of Climate Change Officers, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 3-5 Nov, 2015.
• Khan, A.S. (2015). Viewing the coast from the lens of climate Change adaptation. Seminar on Understanding Local Adaptation through the Lens of Climate Change:  Tamil Nadu Perspective, Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research, Anna University, Chennai, 20th Feb, 2015.
• Khan, A.S., Malleshappa, H and Jayanthi, M (2015). Preparedness of Tamil Nadu State Through The Lens of Climate Change Adaptation and Health: A Governance and Policy Perspective. International Conference on Climate Change and Health, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Puducherry, India, 9th Jan, 2015.
• Khan, A.S., Ramachandran, A. and Selvam, V. (2011). Planned adaptation: a case study on dealing coastal climate uncertainties. The Knowledge systems of societies for adaptation and mitigation of impacts of climate change, Alexander Von Humboldt and Institute of Social Economic Change, Bangalore, India, 19th-21st Oct, 2011.
• Khan, A.S. and Ramachandran.A. (2011). Valuing indigenous knowledge for restoration of mangrove ecosystem to changing climate. 4th World Conference on Ecological Restoration, Merida, Mexico, 21st-25th August, 2011 (Travel Funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India-Young Scientist Travel Fund).
• Khan, A.S and Ramachandran, A. (2011). Adaptation to climate change: what does it mean to international and national policy options?. National Seminar on "Climate Change Issues and Challenges in International Environmental Law". The Tamil Nadu  Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 4th-5th June, 2011.
• Khan, A.S., Malini, P and Ramachandran. A. (2010). From Kyoto to Copenhagen-The Road Less Travelled (An assessment of UNFCCC-Policy negotiations on COP15 Climate Summit). National Conference on Climatic Change and Environmental Resource Management”. Velammal Engineering College, Chennai, India. 29th Jan, 2010.
• Khan. A.S, Divya. C, Ramachandran. A. (2009). Tackling Climate Change: Tacking Science to Society (A local approach for global issue with the policy focus). First Indian Youth Science Congress, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 5th-7th June, 2009.
• Khan, A. S, Chandran.D, Vimal.D and Kumar.Y. (2009).  Coastal Climate Campaign-Finding ways to take Action. International Conference on Climate Change: Impact and Responses (Common Ground Conferences) Bharathiya Vidyapeet University, Pune, India, 9th -11th Jan, 2009.

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Teaching Following Subjects for the Masters Programme - M.A/M.Sc in Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability Studies:

• EC&SS03:Introduction to Climate Science (2 Credits)
• EC&SS05:Vulnerability, Adaptation and Livelihoods (2 Credits)
• EC&SS10:Global Climate and Environmental Governance (2 Credits)
• EC&SS16:Extreme Events and Hazards (2 Credits)