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Chhandara Pech


Issues Demography & Population Studies, Environment & Climate Resilience, Inequality & Poverty, Transportation

Deputy Director
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge

Chhandara Pech is the Deputy Director at the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge. His expertise is in spatial and statistical analysis. He has conducted extensive research on neighborhood change, gentrification, residential segregation, wealth/income inequality, and the foreclosure crisis. He was the lead data analyst for the Los Angeles component of the Gentrification and Displacement Project. Chhandara earned his Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning, a BA in Political Science, and has a certification in Geographic Information Systems from UCLA.