Department of Geography and Resource Management (GRM), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong
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Faculty Member

Prof. LAI Yuk Fo, Derrick

Research interests:

  • Carbon Cycling in Terrestrial and Wetland Ecosystems
  • Urban Ecology and Biogeochemistry
  • Ecosystem Restoration and Management
  • Soils and the Environment
  • Sustainable Agriculture

Faculty Member

Prof. LEE Fung, Harry

Research interests:

  • Air pollution and related issues
  • Environmental perceptions and sustainability
  • Socio-economic and demographic impacts of climate change in ancient and recent human history
  • Historical epidemiology
  • Underlying mechanisms of climatic extremes

Faculty Member

Prof. CHAN Chung Shing (Johnson)

Research interests:

  • Place branding
  • Sustainable tourism
  • Accessible and multi-sensory tourism

Faculty Member

Prof. HARRIS, Jack L.

Research interests:

  • Evolutionary economic geography
  • Clusters, innovations systems, and entrepreneurial ecosystems
  • Sustainable transitions
  • Blue economy
  • FinTech
  • Industrial policy

Faculty Member

Prof. SHEN Jianfa

Research interests:

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

Faculty Member

Dr. WONG Kwan Kit, Frankie

Research interests:

  • Digital image analysis 
  • Vegetation classification and mapping 
  • Spatial modeling

Faculty Member

Prof. LEE Wai Ying, Joanna

Research interests:

  • Urban planning
  • Urban development and theories

Faculty Member

Dr. Sampson Wong

Research interests:

  • Contemporary urban practices, especially creative interventions
  • Hong Kong urban culture
  • Art and the city
  • Public space

Faculty Member

Prof. JIN Ting, Scarlett

Research interests:

  • Shared Mobility
  • Sharing Economy
  • Urban Geography
  • The Future of Work
  • The Social and Urban Impact of Technological Advancement

Faculty Member

Prof. KAN Zihan

Research interests:

  • Geographic Information Science (GIS)
  • Environmental Health
  • Spatiotemporal Analysis
  • Transportation Geography
  • Travel Behavior

Faculty Member

Prof. XU Jiang (Chairperson)

Research interests:

  • State spatiality and its relevance to urban and regional development
  • Urban planning, urban land use and spatial transformation, and their relevance to environmental issues, resilience, and healthy city development
  • Regional governance and spatial transformation in the Greater Bay Area and Pan-PRD
  • State-business dynamic interaction in emerging industries

Faculty Member

Prof. XU Yuan

Research interests:

  • Environmental Policy, Governance and Strategy
  • Energy Transition and Climate Mitigation
  • Political Economy

Faculty Member

Prof. MA Peifeng

Research interests:

SAR/InSAR remote sensing
Geohazard monitoring
Carbon neutrality
sustainable development

Faculty Member

Prof. MARAFA, Lawal M.

Research interests:

  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Soils and Environment
  • SDGs and Resources Management
  • Tourism, Ecotourism and Environment
  • Landscapes, Soundscapes and Tranquility

Faculty Member

Prof. NG Mee Kam

Research interests:

  • Urban planning and governance
    城市規劃與管治
  • Strategic spatial planning
    策略性空間規劃
  • Production of space and the politics of planning
    空間再造與規劃政治
  • Urban regeneration
    都市更新
  • Sustainable development
    可持續發展
  • Community planning and human flourishing
    社區規劃和幸福感

Faculty Member

Prof. ZHENG Qiming

Research interests:

  • Remote sensing of urban environment;
  • Global environmental and climate changes;
  • Land-based solutions for climate change mitigation;
  • Night-time light remote sensing

Faculty Member

Prof. CHUNG King Lam, Calvin

Research interests:

  • Politics of urban sustainability
  • Greenway planning and governance
  • Urban sustainability transition
  • Theorising from urban China

Faculty Member

Dr. LI Jing

Research interests:

  • Real Estate and Housing
  • Belt and Road Initiative

Faculty Member

Prof. LU Xingcheng

Research interests:

Air pollution modeling
Atmospheric chemistry
Machine learning

Faculty Member

Prof. KWAN Mei-Po

Research interests:

  • Geographic Information Science
  • Society, Space & Environments
  • Cities & Metropolitan Areas

Faculty Member

Dr. NG Kit-ying (Angel)

Research interests:

  • Applied Geomorphology
  • Terrain Evaluation Techniques using LiDAR and GIS
  • Geohazard Assessment
  • Nature-based Solutions
  • Landslide early warning systems

Faculty Member

Prof. Li Jianfeng

Research interests:

  • Hydroclimatology
  • Climate Extremes
  • Water Hazards
  • Climate Change

Faculty Member

Prof. HE Ying, Sylvia

Research interests:

  • Transportation Planning and Policy
  • Travel Behavior
  • Transit-Oriented Development
  • Emerging Mobilities (e.g., Electric Vehicles)
  • Urban and Regional Studies
  • New Towns
  • Shrinking Cities
  • Urban Analytics

Faculty Member

Dr. GUO Chunlan

Research interests:

  • Disaster risk reduction
  • Population, migration and health
  • Smart cities

Faculty Member

Prof. CHEN Yongqin, David

Research interests:

  • Hydrologic Analysis and Modeling
  • Hydroclimatology and Climate Change
  • Water Resources Management
  • Environmental Assessment and Sustainability

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