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Mathur, Shishir

Associate Professor,  Urban & Regional Planning
Professor/Academic,  Coll of Business - Foundation

E-mail
mathurshishir1@gmail.com
shishir.mathur@sjsu.edu
Additional Contact Information

Phone Number(s)
(408)310-7856
(408) 924-5875

Courses

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy. Planning, Univ Of Washington, 2003
  • Master of Urban Planning
    School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi (UT), India, 1997
  • Bachelor of Architecture
    Regional Engineering College Tiruchirappali, Tamil Nadu, India, 1995

Bio

Dr. Mathur is an associate professor of urban and regional planning at San Jose State University and has over 15 years of experience in academia, corporate sector and consulting. Dr. Mathur’s body of work includes more than 50 book-length manuscripts, book chapters, journal articles, working papers, conference papers/presentations, and consulting projects in the fields of urban economics, housing market, public finance, growth management, land use planning, transportation planning, urban design, emergency management, and systems analysis. Dr. Mathur’s selected works are listed at http://works.bepress.com/shishirmathur/.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Book

Mathur, S. Under contract. Property Value Capture to Fund Public Transportation in the USA. Surrey, U.K: Ashgate.

Book-length peer-reviewed monographs

Mathur, S., and A. Smith. 2012. Decision Support Framework for Using Value Capture to Fund Public Transit: Lessons from Project-specific Analysis. San Jose, CA: Mineta Transportation Institute. 216 pages.

de Cerreno, A. and S. Mathur. 2006. High-Speed Rail Projects in the United States: Identifying the Elements of Success Part 2. San Jose, CA: Mineta Transportation Institute. 208 pages.

Peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters

Mathur, S. Accepted for Publication. Do All Impact Fees Affect Housing Prices the Same? Journal of Planning Education and Research.

Mathur, S. and A. Smith. Accepted for publication. Transit Impact Fee: Enabling Statutes and Equity Concerns. Transportation Research Record.

Mathur, S. and C. Ferrell. 2013. Impact of Sub-urban Transit-oriented Developments on Residential Property Values. Transportation Research Part A 47:42–55.

Mathur, S. 2013. Self-financing Urbanization: Insights From the Use of Town Planning Schemes in Ahmadabad, India. Cities 31:308–316.

Mathur, S. 2013. Use of Land Pooling and Reconstitution for Urban Development: Experiences from Gujarat, India. Habitat International 38:199–206.

Fauria, A. and S. Mathur. 2012. Impact of Targeted Redevelopment of Central Business District on Housing Prices in the Surrounding Neighborhoods: Evidence from Oakland, California. Journal of Urban Planning and Development 138(3): 244–253.

Ferrell, C. and S. Mathur. 2012. The Influence of Neighborhood Crime on Mode Choice. Transportation Research Record 2320:55–63.

Mathur, S. 2009. A Case Study of the Parks and Recreational General Obligation Bond Measure of San Jose, California. Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 4(2/11): 34–49.

Mathur, S., V. Shankar and S. Sitikariya. 2009. Factors That Influence a Jurisdiction’s Probability of Charging Impact Fees. Journal of Urban Planning and Development 135(3): 110–115.

Mathur, S. and S. Srinivasan. 2009. High-Speed Rail in the Midwest United States: Potential for Success. Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 4(13): 59–74.

Mathur, S. 2008. Impact of Transportation and Other Jurisdictional-Level Infrastructure and Services on Housing Prices. Journal of Urban Planning and Development 134(1): 32–41.

Mathur, S. 2007. Do Impact Fees Raise the Price of Existing Housing? Housing Policy Debate 18(4): 635–659. With comment articles from Dr. Timothy Chapin (Florida State University) and Dr. David Crowe (National Association of Home Builders).

Mathur, S. 2006. Valuation of Local Public Goods and Services: A Note. In J. Carruthers and B. Mundy (eds.) Environmental Valuation: Intraregional and Interregional Perspectives. Hampshire, U.K.: Ashgate.

Blanco, H. and S. Mathur. 2005. Extending the Emergency Management Toolbox with Problem-based Cases. Journal of Emergency Management 3(1): 14–18.

Mathur, S., P. Waddell and H. Blanco. 2004. Effect of Impact Fees on Price of New Single Family Housing. Urban Studies 41(7): 1303–1312.

Carlson, D. and S. Mathur. 2004. Can We Tell if Smart Growth Aids or Thwarts Affordable Housing? In A. Downs (ed.) Growth Management and Affordable Housing: Do They Conflict? Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.