Fields of interest:
Land Use Planning; Urban Renewal; New Towns; Geographic Information Systems; Transport and Big Data; Smart Cities; Urban Planning and Development in Hong Kong and China, and S.E. Asia
I joined the Centre in 1981 after working as a Research Officer of the Strategic Planning Unit of the Hong Kong Government. I am now the Chan To Haan Professor in Urban Planning and Design and Chair Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Director of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Research Centre. I have been the Dean of the Graduate School, Director of Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, Director of Institute of Transport Studies, and Convenor and Deputy Convenor of Contemporary China Studies Strategic Research Area of the University. My main areas of specialization are urban planning and development in Hong Kong, China, and SE Asia, and the applications of geographic information systems in urban and regional planning and smart cities. I was elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003, Fellow of TWAS (The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World) in 2010, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in UK in 2013. I was the recipient of the 2008 UN-HABITAT Lecture Award in recognition of outstanding and sustained contribution to research, thinking and practice in human settlements development and planning and 2012 Dr. Gill-Chin Lim Global Award presented in the 53rd Annual Conference of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) held in Cincinnati, USA, 2 November 2012, in recognition of global commitment and leadership as a scholar and an educator in the field of humanistic globalization. I also received the Distinguished Research Achievement Award of HKU in 2016 and the Life Time Achievement Award in GIS from the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographical Information Sciences (CPGIS) in 2017. I have been Founding Secretary-General of the Asian Planning Schools Association (APSA), Founding Secretary-General of Asia Geographic Information System Association. I have been Chairman of the Hong Kong Geographical Association, Vice-President of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP), Vice-president of the Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP), Programme Director of the Geographic/Land Information Technology Programme of the Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP), Founding President of the Hong Kong Geographic Information System Association (HKGISA), and Chairman of the Geographic Information Science Commission of the International Geographic Union (IGU). I am also honorary professor at various major universities and research institutes in China, including Institute of Geography, Beijing; Tongji University, Shanghai; Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, and Wuhan University, Wuhan. Apart from working in Hong Kong and China, I have done fieldwork in Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines. I have been invited to attend many expert group meetings of the United Nations Centre of Regional Development (UNCRD) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). I have conducted many CPD training courses on urban planning and management and geographic information systems in Hong Kong and China. I have served on various planning related bodies of the Hong Kong Government. At present I am a member of the editorial board of Computers, Environment and Urban System, Transactions in GIS, Progress in Planning, International Planning Studies, Environment and Planning B and other international journals. I have been a member of the Planners Registration Board, Transport Advisory Committee, Town Planning Appeal Board, Member of the Pan-PRD Panel of the Central Policy Unit and Chairman of the Transport Complaint Unit of the Hong Kong SAR Government. At present, I am a member of the Appeal Tribunal (Buildings Ordinance). I have been invited to participate in many expert group meetings on master plans of Chinese cities, such as Guangzhou , Zhuhai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou.
Awards & Achievements
Grants
Selected Recent Publications
Qi, Z., Yeh, A.G.O., Li, X., & Liu, X. (2022). A land clearing index for high-frequency unsupervised monitoring of land development using multi-source optical remote sensing images. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 187, 393-421. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.03.017
Chen, Z., & Yeh, A.G.O. (2022). Delineating functional urban areas in Chinese mega city regions using fine-grained population data and cellphone location data: A case of Pearl River Delta. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 93, 101771. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2022.101771
Xia, C., & Yeh, A.G.O. (2022). Mobility as a response to environmental hazards in the urban context: A new perspective on mobility and inequality. Travel Behaviour and Society, 27, 192–203. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2022.01.008
Huang, G., Qiao, S., & Yeh, A.G.O. (2021). Spatiotemporally heterogeneous willingness to ridesplitting and its relationship with the built environment: A case study in Chengdu, China”, Transportation Research Part C, 133. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2021.103425
Zhou, X., & Yeh, A.G.O. (2021). Understanding the modifiable areal unit problem and identifying appropriate spatial unit in jobs-housing balance and employment self-containment using big data. Transportation, 48(3), 1267–1283. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-020-10094-z
Mu, X., Yeh, A.G.O., Zhang, X., Wang, J., & Lin, J. (2021). Moving down the urban hierarchy: Turning point of China’s internal migration caused by age structure and hukou system. Urban Studies, 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980211007796
Yeh, A.G.O., Lin, G.C.S., & Yan, F. (Eds.) (2021). Mega-City Region Development in China. Oxon: Routledge.
Yeh, A.G.O. (2021). Successes and failures of new towns in Hong Kong. In R. Peiser, & A. Forsyth (Eds.), New Towns for the Twenty-First Century (pp. 182-199). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Si, Q., Yeh, A.G.O., & Zhang, M. (2020) Capitalisation of accessibility to dockless bike sharing in housing rentals: Evidence from Beijing. Transportation Research Part D. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102640
Si, Q., Yeh, A.G.O., Zhang, M., & Yan, X. (2020). Effects of state-led suburbanization on traffic crash density in China: Evidence from the Chengdu City Proper. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 148, 105775. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2020.105775
Chen, Z., Zhou, X., & Yeh, A.G.O. (2020). Spatial accessibility to kindergartens using a spectrum combinational approach: Case study of Shanghai using cellphone data. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 1–18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2399808320954221
Chen, Z., & Yeh, A.G.O. (2021). Effects of built environment on activity participation under different space-time constraints: A case study of Guangzhou, China. Travel Behaviour and Society, 22, 84-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2020.08.007
Chen, Z., & Yeh, A.G.O. (2020). Socioeconomic variations and disparity in space-time accessibility in suburban China: A case study of Guangzhou. Urban Studies. DOI: 10.1177/0042098020916416
Fang, B., & Yeh, A.G.O. (2020). Spatial-economic impact of missing national highway links on China’s regional economy. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 84, 102377.
Guo, H., Li, W., Yao, F., Wu, J., Zhou, X., Yue, Y., & Yeh, A.G.O. (2020). Who are more exposed to PM2.5 pollution: A mobile phone data approach. Environmental International.
Li, X., & Yeh, A.G.O. (2020). Cellular automata modelling for urban planning in fast-growth regions. In S. Geertman, & J. Stillwell (Eds.), Handbook of Planning Support Science (pp. 397-415). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Yeh, A.G.O., Yue, Y., Zhou, X., & Gao, Q.L. (2020). Big data, urban analytics and the planning of smart cities. In S. Geertman, & J. Stillwell (Eds.), Handbook of Planning Support Science (pp. 179-198). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Zhou, X., & Yeh, A. G. O. (2020). Understanding the modifiable areal unit problem and identifying appropriate spatial unit in jobs–housing balance and employment self-containment using big data. Transportation.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-020-10094-z
Mu, X., & Yeh, A. G. O. (2020). Regional delineation of China based on commuting flows. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 52(3), 478 – 482.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X19873006
Xia, C., Yeh, A. G. O., & Zhang, A. (2020). Analyzing spatial relationships between urban land use intensity and urban vitality at street block level: A case study of five Chinese megacities. Landscape and Urban Planning, 193, 103669.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103669
Wang, J., & Yeh, A. G. O. (2020). Administrative restructuring and urban development in China: Effects of urban administrative level upgrading. Urban Studies, 57(6), 1201–1223.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019830898
Qi, Z., Yeh, A. G. O., & Li, X. (2019). Scattering-mechanism-based investigation of optimal combinations of polarimetric SAR frequency bands for land cover classification. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 85 (11), 799-813.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.85.11.799
Xia, C., Zhang, A., Wang, H., & Yeh, A. G. O. (2019). Predicting the expansion of urban boundary using space syntax and multivariate regression model. Habitat International, 86, 126–134.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2019.03.001
Xu, S., Qi, Z., Li, X., & Yeh, A. G. O. (2019). Investigation of the effect of the incidence angle on land cover classification using fully polarimetric SAR images. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 40 (4), 1576-1593.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1528021
Xia, C., Zhang, A., & Yeh, A. G. O. (2019). Shape-weighted landscape evolution index: An improved approach for simultaneously analyzing urban land expansion and redevelopment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244, 118836.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118836
Xia, C., Zhang, A., Wang, H., & Yeh, A. G. O. (2019). Predicting the expansion of urban boundary using space syntax and multivariate regression model. Habitat International, 86, 126–134.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2019.03.001
Chen, Z., & Yeh, A. G. O. (2019). Accessibility inequality and income disparity in urban China: A case study of Guangzhou. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 109(1), 121-141.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2018.1470923
“Angle Difference Method for Vehicle Navigation in Multilevel Road Networks With a Three-Dimensional Transport GIS Database” (2017), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 140-152 (A.G.O. Yeh, Teng Zhong, Yang Yue)
“Measurements of POI-based Mixed use and Their Relationships with Neighbourhood Vibrancy” (2016), International Journal of Geographical Information Science (Yang Yue, Yan Zhuang, A.G.O. Yeh, Jin-Yun Xie, Cheng-Lin Ma and Qing-Quan Li)
”Transportation Disadvantage and Activity Participation in the Cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan” (2016), Transport Policy, 47(1), pp. 1-12. (Adeel, Muhammad, A.G.O Yeh and Feng Zhang)
”Spatial Proximity and Location Dynamics of Knowledge-Intensive Business Service in the Pearl River Delta, China” (2016), Habitat International, Vol. 53, pp. 390-402 (Jiejing Wang, Xiaohu Zhang, and A.G.O. Yeh)
”Monthly Short-Term Detection of Land Development Using RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric SAR Imagery” (2015), Remote Sensing of Environment, 164, 179-196. (Z. Qi, A.G.O. Yeh, X. Li, X. Shi, and X. Zhang)
“A Three-Component Method for Timely Detection of Land Cover Changes Using Polarimetric SAR Images” (2015), ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 107, 3-21. (Z. Qi, A.G.O. Yeh, X. Li, and X. Zhang)
”Hierarchical Polygonization for Generating and Updating Lane-based Road Network Information for Navigation from Road Markings” (2015), International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Vol. 29, No. 9, pp. 1509-1533. (A.G.O. Yeh, Teng Zhong, Yang Yue)
”Producer Service Linkages and City Connectivity in the Mega-City Region of China: A Case Study of the Pearl River Delta” (2015), Urban Studies, Vol. 52, No. 13, pp. 2458-2482. (A.G.O. Yeh, Fiona F. Yang, Jiejing Wang)
”Economic Transition and Urban Transformation of China: The Interplay of the State and the Market” (2015), Urban Studies, Vol. 52, No. 15, pp. 2822-2848. (A.G.O. Yeh, Fiona F. Yang, Jiejing Wang)
“Zooming into Individuals to Understand the Collective: A Review of Trajectory-based Travel Behaviour Studies” (2014), Travel Behaviour and Society, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 69–78. (Yang Yue, Tian Lan, A.G.O. Yeh, Qing-Quan Li)
“Patterns of Residential Adjustment for Older Person: Who will Recover and How Do They Recover? A Study in Different Residential Environments in Hong Kong” (2014), Social Indicators Research, 119(1), pp. 295-319. (Kevin H. C. Cheng, David R. Phillips, Oi-Ling Siu and A.G.O. Yeh)
Producer Services in China: Economic and Urban Development (2013), London: Routledge, 356 pp. (edited by AG.O. Yeh and Fiona F. Yang)
“Spatial Development of Producer Services in the Chinese Urban System” (2013), Environment and Planning A, Vol. 45, pp. 159-179. (Fiona F. Yang and A.G.O. Yeh)
“Interjurisdictional Cooperation through Bargaining: The Case of the Guangzhou–Zhuhai Railway in the Pearl River Delta, China” (2013), The China Quarterly, 213, pp. 130-151. (Jiang Xu and A.G.O.Yeh)
“An Improved Distance Metric for the Interpolation of Link-Based Traffic Data Using Kriging: A Case Study of a Large-Scale Urban Road Network” (2012). International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 26(4). pp. 667-689. (H. Zou, Yang Yue, Q.Q. Li, and A.G.O. Yeh)
“Integration of Polarimetric Decomposition, Object-Oriented Image Analysis, and Decision Tree Algorithms for Land-Use and Land-Cover Classification using RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric SAR Data” (2012), Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 78, No. 2, pp. 169-181. (Z. Qi, A.G.O. Yeh, X. Li and Z. Lin)
“A Novel Algorithm for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Using RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric SAR Data” (2012), Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 118, pp. 21-39. (Z. Qi, A.G.O. Yeh, X. Li and Z. Lin)
“A Self-Learning Short-Term Traffic Forecasting System” (2012), Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 39, pp.471–485 ( Zhu, Jiasong and A.G.O. Yeh)
High-Rise Living in Asian Cities (2011), Dordrecht: Springer, 195 pp. (Belinda Yuen and A.G.O. Yeh (eds.))
Governance and Planning of Mega-City Regions: An International Comparative Perspective (2011), London: Routledge, 272 pp. (Jiang Xu and A.G.O. Yeh (eds.))
China’s Pan-Pearl River Delta: Regional Cooperation and Development (2011), Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 243 pp. (A.G.O. Yeh and Jiang Xu (eds.))
“Intraurban Location of Producer Services in Guangzhou, China” (2011), Environment and Planning A, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 28-47. (Hong Yi, Fiona F. Yang and A.G.O. Yeh)
“Hong Kong: The Turning of the Dragon Head” (2011), in Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes (eds.),Planning Asian Cities – Risks and Resilience, London: Routledge, pp. 180-200. (A.G.O. Yeh)