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Prof. Shen Jianfa

Professor

BSc., MSc. (East China Normal)
PhD (London)

(852) 2609-6469
jianfa@cuhk.edu.hk


Courses Taught in 2008-2009

1st term:

GRM2324 Population and Resources
GRM3021 Final Year Thesis I

2nd term:

GRM2303 Urban Geography
GRM2305 Geography of China
GRM3022 Final Year Thesis II
GRM5002 Research Seminar II

Teaching Fields

Population and Resources
Urban Geography
Geography of China

Research Interests

Urbanization and migration analysis
Spatial population modeling
Inter-city competition and cooperation
Urban and regional development
Pearl River Delta and China

Services/ Posts

Head of Graduate Division, Department of Geography and Resource Management, CUHK
Director, Urban and Regional Development in Pacific Asia Programme, Hong Kong
Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
Consultant, World Bank (May2007 - March 2008)
Executive Member of the Editorial Board, China Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China
Member of Editorial Board, GeoJournal: An Internatinoal Journal on Geography
Member of International Advisory Board, Population, Space and Place
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
Member of Editorial Committee, Journal of Subtropical Environment and Resources
Advisory Professor, East China Normal University, Shanghai
Member of Specialty Committee on Quantitative Geography, Geographical Association of China
Member of Steering Committee, Commission on Population and Vulnerability, International Geographical Union

Selected Publications

YEUNG Yue-man and SHEN Jianfa (eds) (2008), The Pan-Pearl River Delta: An Emerging Regional Economy in a Globalizing China, 618pgs. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press.

SHEN Jianfa (2007), "Scale, state and the city: urban transformation in post reform China". Habitat International, vol. 31, no. 3-4, pp. 303-316.

SHEN Jianfa (2006), "Estimating Urbanization Levels in Chinese Provinces in 1982-2000". International Statistical Review, vol. 74 no. 1, pp.89-107.

SHEN Jianfa (2006), "Understanding Dual-track Urbanisation in Post-reform China: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Analysis". Population, Space and Place, vol. 12, no. 6, pp.497-516.

SHEN Jianfa (2005). "Counting Urban Population in Chinese Censuses 1953-2000: Changing Definitions, Problems and Solutions". Population, Space and Place, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 381-400.

YEUNG Yue-man and SHEN Jianfa (eds) (2004), Developing China's West: A Critical
Path to Balanced National Development, 604 pgs. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press.

SHEN Jianfa, WONG Kwan-Yiu and FENG Zhiqiang (2002), "State sponsored and
spontaneous urbanization in the Pearl River Delta of south China, 1980-1998".
Urban Geography, vol. 23, no. 7, pp. 674-694.

WONG Kwan Yiu and SHEN Jianfa (eds) (2002), Resource Management, Urbanization and Governance in Hong Kong and the Zhujiang Delta, 307pgs. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press.

SHEN Jianfa (2000) "Modelling national or regional grain supply and food balance
in China". Environment and Planning A, vol. 32, pp. 539-557.

SHEN Jianfa (1999) "Modelling regional migration in China: estimation and
decomposition". Environment and Planning A, vol. 31, pp. 1223-1238.

Research Projects

RGC Earmarked Research Grant, "Decomposing interprovincial migration in China 1995-2000: the role of spatial structure and areal attributes", Principal Investigator (09/07-08/09, $257,856)

Policy Research Grant, "Inter-city Competition and Cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen in the 11th Five-year Plan Period", Principal Investigator (09/07-08/09, $584,000)

Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, "China's 11th Five-Year Plan: Opportunities and Challenges for Hong Kong", Principal Investigator (with YEUNG Yue Man, ZHANG Li), (04/06 - 10/06, $400,000)

Direct Grant, ˇ§Migration and Urbanization in Pearl River Delta: The Role of Floating Populationˇ¨, Principal Investigator, (03/06-03/08, HK$74,800)

CUHK Direct Grant, "An Analysis of Differential Urbanization in China 1982-2000",
Principal Investigator (12/03-11/05, HK$67,000).

Private sector funding by Dah Chong Trading Company Ltd. and Sims Trading Co.,
Consultancy Study on "Viability of Xinhui as a Logistics Hub", Co-Investigator (with
YEUNG Yue-man and ZHANG Li), (11/02-1/03, HK$230,000).

CUHK Direct Grant, "Organizing Urban Space under Rapid Urbanization: Changing
urban governance in China", Principal Investigator (02/02-01/04, HK$78,400).

UGC Teaching Development Grant, "Integrating Geography Curriculum with
Internet and Information Technology: An Initiative for Web-based Teaching and
Learning for Geography in the 21st Century", Co-investigator (with Profs. Leung
Yee, Chu Kim Yee, Fung Tung, Lam Chi Chung, Lam Kin Che, Lin Hui, Lai Poh
Chin, Zhou Qiming and Shi Wenzhong), (09/99 - 09/02, HK$3,315,240).

Direct Grant, "Urban Economic and Spatial Transformation in Guangzhou and
Shenzhen", Principal investigator (01/00 - 12/01, HK$47,500).

RGC Earmarked Grant, "Urbanization and Governance in Zhujiang Delta: Anlaysis
and Policy Implications", Co-investigator (with Profs. Wong Kwan Yiu and Chu
Kim Yee, David), (10/98-03/02, HK$923,000).

United College Endowment Fund Research Grant, "Spatial Analysis of Geographic
Information in China", Principal investigator (04/00 - 09/01, HK$27,000).

Direct Grant, CUHK, "Urbanization and Development in China: Processes,
Problems and Opportunities", Principal Investigator (05/99-10/00, HK$55,000).

United College Endowment Fund Research Grant, "Geography of Surplus
Population in China in 1990s", Principal Investigator (01/98-11/98, HK$13,000).

Direct Grant, "Dynamic Analysis of China's Population and Grain Balance",
Principal Investigator (11/97-03/99, HK$50,000).

Direct Grant, "Spatial Economic Restructuring and Urbanization in Zhujiang
Delta", Co-investigator (with Profs. Wong Kwan Yiu and Chu Kim Yee, David),
(03/97-08/98, HK$44,000).

Direct Grant, "Analyzing and Forecasting China Inter-provincial Migration Using a
GIS Approach", Principal Investigator (09/96-08/97, HK$51,000).



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