About

Abhinav Alakshendra is a faculty member at the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning. His research focuses on fields related to design, construction, and planning, with an emphasis on innovative approaches in these areas. The page indicates his involvement in academic programs and outreach activities, contributing to the advancement of knowledge and practice within his discipline. His background includes extensive experience in design and construction, and he is engaged in research that aims to improve methodologies and educational practices in these fields. His contributions are centered on integrating research with practical applications, fostering collaboration, and enhancing the educational environment for students and professionals alike.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Marketing
• Business
• Engineering
• Political Science
• Medicine
• Advertising
• Psychology
• Clinical psychology
• Applied psychology
• Law
• Social psychology
• Market economy
• Transport engineering
• Geography
• Finance
• Economics
• Nursing

Selected publications

• Economic Recovery and Inequality in Post-Disaster Housing: A Case Study of Paradise, California's 2018 Camp Fire

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

  preprintOpen accessSenior author
  PublisherDOI

• Economic Recovery in High vs. Low-Priced Housing Areas After Disaster: Paradise, California's 2018 Camp Fire

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

  preprintOpen accessSenior author
  PublisherDOI

• Social and Community Mapping of Inclusivity: A Spatial Analysis of Patna, Bihar

  Sustainable development goals series · 2024-01-01

  book-chapterSenior author
  PublisherDOI

• Public Goods Provision and Upward Intergenerational Occupational Mobility: Empirical Evidence from China

  Sustainable development goals series · 2024-01-01 · 1 citations

  book-chapterSenior author
  PublisherDOI

• Rent control according to <i>Seinfeld</i>

  American Journal of Economics and Sociology · 2023-02-14 · 1 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Abstract More than 30 years after its premiere, Seinfeld continues its run as a seminally popular television show. On October 1, 2021, five‐year streaming rights to the show were purchased by Netflix for $500 million. Set in New York City, where rent control laws have a long history, several episodes of the show consider the trials of apartment living, including shortages, tastes for discrimination by sellers, bribery, search costs, and quality degradation. Seinfeld also illustrates the informal process through which rent‐controlled apartments are advertised (e.g., less advertising under rent control shortage). This paper argues that popular media can be used as an effective pedagogical tool in learning. This paper analyzes four episodes of Seinfeld to help students identify and differentiate the very real costs of rent control. The paper also guides students to appreciate the difficulty in crafting a policy that is free of unintended consequences.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Coping and Caregiving: Leveraging Environmental Design to Moderate Stress Among Healthcare Workers in the Emergency Department Setting

  HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal · 2023 · 16 citations

  • Computer Science
  • Psychology
  • Applied psychology

  BACKGROUND: Due to exposure to overwhelming work stressors, approximately half of emergency department (ED) physicians and nurses experience burnout, leading to lower productivity, lower quality of care, higher risk of medical errors, higher rates of absenteeism, and eventually turnover. Growing evidence suggests that the physical environment can be leveraged to support healthcare workers' well-being. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to identify (1) self-care behaviors that healthcare workers engage in to help them cope with job-related stress, (2) where they engage in those behaviors, (3) attributes of the built environment that may support coping behaviors. METHODS: A mixed-methods study was conducted in three EDs, using online questionnaires (n = 85) and interviews (n = 20). RESULTS: Job-related stress was derived from interruptions, workload and inability to take breaks, insufficient workspace, lack of privacy, unpredictability of EDs, and security concerns. Talking with a colleague, getting something to eat or drink, listening to music, and taking a walk were considered destressing activities. The bathroom was considered a place for destressing by the majority of participants, followed by outside areas, physician-only areas, and care team stations. Supportive environmental features included sufficient workspace, maximized privacy, reduced noise and clutter, controlled temperature and lighting, spaces for decompressing, spaces for documentation, close-by breakrooms with enough eating space and massage chairs, chairs with back support, standing desks, food options, and convenient bathrooms. CONCLUSIONS: Design decisions play an important role in supporting stress reduction among healthcare workers. This study provides several strategies to achieve this aim.

  PublisherDOI

• The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South

  Journal of Urban Technology · 2022-10-02 · 2 citations

  article1st authorCorresponding
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• Establishing a Dual Generational Modality Dataset: Comparing the Ride-Sharing Adoption Trends and Perspectives of Consumers from two Generational Cohorts, Millennials and Gen-Xers - E2

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2021-10-28

  datasetOpen access1st authorCorresponding

  Ride-hailing services such as Uber or Lyft are the latest tool in sustainable transportation strategies to come under scrutiny. Originally thought to be a way to reduce congestion, these services have actually been shown to increase it in some cases. Although the number of individuals driving around urban centers to find parking appears to decrease with the adoption of ride-hailing, Uber or Lyft drivers are instead circling around waiting for riders. Additionally, ride-hailing services have not led to the abandonment of personal vehicles, but rather to the abandonment of public transit in some cases. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of ride-hailing services in the two largest age cohorts in the United States: Millennials and Generation X-ers, focusing on the Southeastern states of Florida and North Carolina. This study seeks to determine how each generation has adopted these methods to help planners learn how to incorporate these strategies in transportation planning. The data provides information about the mode of transportation, trip details, and important socio-economic indicators of 1903 respondents from Florida and North Carolina.

  PublisherDOI

• Understanding the New Characteristics and Development Strategies of Coastal Tourism for Post-COVID-19: A Case Study in Korea

  Sustainability · 2021 · 43 citations

  • Business
  • Geography
  • Marketing

  The COVID-19 outbreak has restricted international travel, halting tourism globally. Thus, travel demand has shifted from international to domestic destinations. The prolonged travel restriction has changed travel trends and travelers’ behaviors, adversely affecting the tourism industry worldwide. This study attempted to understand and examine the changes in travel preferences, such as choice of destinations, activities, and transportation modes, following the COVID-19 outbreak. This study used primary survey data of 200 respondents collected in June 2020 and secondary survey data collected by the Korea Tourism Organization in 2015 and 2017. The study also examined the role of the government in supporting strategies to prepare for the post-COVID tourism landscape. The analysis showed that the pandemic has caused travelers to favor short-haul destinations where non-contact (socially distanced) travel is possible. The study also found that the distributed land strategy that can make “untact” tourism a possibility could boost the struggling tourism industry.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Establishing a Dual Generational Modality Dataset: Comparing the Ride-Sharing Adoption Trends and Perspectives of Consumers from two Generational Cohorts, Millennials and Gen-Xers - E2

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2021-10-28

  datasetOpen access1st authorCorresponding

  Ride-hailing services such as Uber or Lyft are the latest tool in sustainable transportation strategies to come under scrutiny. Originally thought to be a way to reduce congestion, these services have actually been shown to increase it in some cases. Although the number of individuals driving around urban centers to find parking appears to decrease with the adoption of ride-hailing, Uber or Lyft drivers are instead circling around waiting for riders. Additionally, ride-hailing services have not led to the abandonment of personal vehicles, but rather to the abandonment of public transit in some cases. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of ride-hailing services in the two largest age cohorts in the United States: Millennials and Generation X-ers, focusing on the Southeastern states of Florida and North Carolina. This study seeks to determine how each generation has adopted these methods to help planners learn how to incorporate these strategies in transportation planning. The data provides information about the mode of transportation, trip details, and important socio-economic indicators of 1903 respondents from Florida and North Carolina.

  PublisherDOI

Frequent coauthors

• Michael W. Babcock

  3 shared

• Jaya Prakash Pradhan

  Central University of Gujarat

  3 shared

• Ruth Steiner

  University of Florida

  3 shared

• Ziming Li

  2 shared

• Shane Sanders

  2 shared

• Allie Thomas

  2 shared

• Jesse Anderson

  Cook Children's Medical Center

  2 shared

• Suzanna Smith

  University of Florida

  1 shared