November 2020
Mr Ng Si Ieong Hugo, MUD and MUP graduate, publishes a book entitled《誌同道合 – 香港標牌探索》and receives interview from Hong Kong Economic Journal on 21 November 2020 about his new book and the design of road sign. More interesting concepts and facts of road sign/logo can be found at https://designagehk.org/.
Dr Kyung-min Nam received interview from HKU Bulletin with his article Airborne Solution published in the latest issue of HKU Bulletin November 2020 (Vol.22 No.1).
Dr Derrick Ho is appointed as a guest editor for the special issue of “Climate Change, Aerosol Pollution and Public Health Risk in an Urban Context” of the journal Frontiers in Climate; and is re-appointed his editorship with BMC Public Health as an editorial board member for the “Environmental Health” section.
Welcome our new Research Postgraduate (RPg) students in 2020-21:
| Name | Qualification | Study field |
| Ms Yao Du
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MA (Sociology), CUHK LLB (Sociology), East China University of Political Science & Law, China |
Urban planning and design
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| Ms Chenxi Li (University Postgraduate Fellowships (UPF) Awardee) |
MSc (Human Geography), Sun Yat-sen University, China BSc (Resources Environment & Urban and Rural Planning Management), Sun Yat-sen University, China |
Neighbourhood and housing Urban development and socio-spatial inequality Urban policy and planning |
| Ms Zixin Luo (UPF Awardee) |
MEng, Tongji University, China BEng, Sun Yat-sen University, China |
Smart cities Quantitative urban study |
| Mr Hanxi Ma
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MSc (Urban Planning), HKU BEng (Urban and Rural Planning), Tsinghua University, China |
Big data Transport and land use in urban planning |
| Mr Lu Shan
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Master of Urban and Rural Planning, Southeast University, China Bachelor of Urban Planning, Southeast University, China |
Urbanism with attention on high-density, compact cities, housing research and design methods |
| Ms Cuiping Tan
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Master in Land Management, Renmin University of China, China Bachelor in Public Administration and Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, China |
Urban renewal Reconstruction of urban villages in China |
| Mr Kasemsit Yimparsit (UPF Awardee) |
MSc (Real Estate), University of Washington, USA MA (Labor Economics and Human Resource Management), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand BEcon, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
Urban planning
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| Ms Jianting Zhao
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Master of Urban Spatial Analytics, University of Pennsylvania, USA BSc (Landscape Architecture), University of Wisconsin, USA |
Measuring urban intervention
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| Ms Yiling Zheng
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Master in Urban Planning, Wuhan University, China Bachelor in Geographical Information System, Wuhan University, China |
Healthy cities: Built environment and health
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| Ms Mingzhi Zhou (The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPF) Awardee) |
Master of Planning, University of Southern California, USA Bachelor of Management, Fudan University, China |
Nexus between travel behavior and built environment Urban informatic Human well-being |
Congratulate the following RPg students who graduated in 2020-21:
| Name | Research Title | Supervisor |
| Ms Rong Cai
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Rethinking Neighbourhood Governance in Urban China: Framing and Examining and Role of Homeowner Associations | Professor Shenjing He (Co-supervisor: Dr Roger Chan) |
| Mr Huagui Guo
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Air Pollution and Health Disparities in China: Differential Exposure and Unequal Health Effect | Dr Weifeng Li (Co-supervisor: Professor Anthony Yeh) |
| Ms Yiling Luo (HKPF Awardee) |
Gender, Place and Entrepreneurship in the Network Age: A Case Study of Shenzhen, China | Dr Roger Chan (Co-supervisor: Professor Shenjing He) |
| Ms Yueli Xu | Exploring the Impacts of Participation in Regeneration: Evidence from Communal Space Regeneration Projects in Three Types of Neighbourhoods in Shanghai | Dr Mandy Lau (Co-supervisor: Professor Rebecca L.H. Chiu) |
| Ms Changchang Zhou (HKPF Awardee) |
State Rescaling and Policy Experimentation in Understanding China’s Rural Land Reform: A Case Study of Wujin | Dr Roger Chan (Co-supervisor: Dr Weifeng Li) |
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