Simita Roy
About Simita Roy

Simita Roy is a Master of Landscape Architecture student at Texas Tech University. Her research integrates community knowledge and lived experiences into landscape decision-making. Drawing on her background in the delta region of Bangladesh, she addresses environmental change and livelihood vulnerability. Her work in the Sundarbans incorporated residents’ perspectives, while subsequent studies examined unequal water priorities in waterlogged villages and translated community observations into spatial evidence where data are scarce. Her current thesis in Cleveland, Ohio, analyzes vacant land and perceived safety along school walking routes using image analysis and participant evaluations. As a graduate research assistant at Texas Tech University, Simita contributes to projects funded by the CDC, DSHS, USDA, and NSF that investigate how enhanced landscape design can improve health, well-being, and learning. She integrates computational methods with lived experience, ensuring that community voices inform problem definition, interpretation, and the pursuit of equitable landscape design.

Research Focus

Community Resilience, Climate Adaptation, Human–Landscape Interaction, Perceived Safety, Participatory Research, and Computational Landscape Analysis.

Simita Roy
About Simita Roy

Simita Roy is a Master of Landscape Architecture student at Texas Tech University. Her research integrates community knowledge and lived experiences into landscape decision-making. Drawing on her background in the delta region of Bangladesh, she addresses environmental change and livelihood vulnerability. Her work in the Sundarbans incorporated residents’ perspectives, while subsequent studies examined unequal water priorities in waterlogged villages and translated community observations into spatial evidence where data are scarce. Her current thesis in Cleveland, Ohio, analyzes vacant land and perceived safety along school walking routes using image analysis and participant evaluations. As a graduate research assistant at Texas Tech University, Simita contributes to projects funded by the CDC, DSHS, USDA, and NSF that investigate how enhanced landscape design can improve health, well-being, and learning. She integrates computational methods with lived experience, ensuring that community voices inform problem definition, interpretation, and the pursuit of equitable landscape design.

Research Focus

Community Resilience, Climate Adaptation, Human–Landscape Interaction, Perceived Safety, Participatory Research, and Computational Landscape Analysis.