He has over 16 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 urban economics, housing markets, public finance, growth management, land use planning, transportation planning, urban design, emergency management, and systems analysis. His work has been published by Urban Studies, Housing Policy Debate, Brookings Institution, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and Ashgate. Dr. Mathur holds an undergraduate degree in architecture, and a Masters degree and a Ph.D. in urban planning. For more information, see http://works.bepress.com/shishirmathur/.