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

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創新衛星成功發射 本系成員主導開發

由本系關美寶教授和馬培峰教授主導開發的「香港青年科創號」衛星於2024年9月24日成功發射進入軌道。該衛星為國際首顆人工智能(AI)大模型科學衞星,搭載了亞米級高分辨光學遙感相機和在軌智慧處理載荷,將對大灣區一帶作高分辨率監測,服務災害回應、智慧城市、碳中和及低空經濟等領域。

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GRM Faculty Members Shine in World’s Top 2% Scientists List

Eight GRM faculty members have been recognized in the World’s Top 2% Scientists list published by Stanford University in September 2024. They include (listed in alphabetical order by surname): Prof. Chan Chung Shing Johnson, Prof. Chen Yongqin David, Prof. He Ying Sylvia, Prof. Kwan Mei Po, Prof. Lai Yuk Fo Derrick, Prof. Lau Ngar Cheung Gabriel, Prof. Leung Yee, and Prof. Shen Jianfa.

Rankings of GRM faculty members on the list: [PDF]

GRM Hosted International Scholars to Explore Sustainable Urban Growth Management

On 5 Sep 2024, GRM hosted a mini-conference titled ‘Zoning Urbanisation: A Global Comparison of Sustainable Growth Management’. Experts from Brazil, Ireland, Sweden and the UK joined local scholars, including GRM’s Prof Xu Jiang, Prof Ng Mee Kam and Prof Calvin Chung, to evaluate a variety of strategies for promoting sustainable urbanisation through zoning. The event sparked insightful discussions on the varied impacts of different zones on communities living in and alongside them. CUHK Faculty of Social Science and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) sponsored this mini-conference.

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GRM to host 12th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism

GRM will host the 12th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism on 9-11 May 2024. Supported by the Master of Social Science in Sustainable Tourism (MSSST) programme, the conference has been held annually since 2012. The upcoming conference in 2024 revolves around the theme of “Tourism Development and Investment in Sustainability”, aiming to explore how tourism and sustainable investments can shape a better world. It will discuss how to diversify markets, reduce risks, enhance resilience, and involve locals. It will also examine how investments can foster innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship while conserving nature and culture.
For paper submission and registration information, please visit the conference website: http://mssst.grm.cuhk.edu.hk/st2024/

GRM PhD Student won Best Student Paper Award

Our PhD student Zhengke Zhou won the 2024 Best Student Paper Award from the Economic Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers (AAG). Zhengke examines Shenzhen’s battery recycling industry to reveal how materialities of the environment shape state-firm interactions in the development of green industries.

GRM students crowned in Open Data Hackathon 2023

Four of our Year 4 undergraduates, Yu Lok Hin Nicolas, Tse Kwan Hon Kelvin, Li Wang Tsun Harold and Chan Shun In Caleb won Champion and Best Teamwork Award in the Tertiary Stream of “Open Data Hackathon 2023”. Their winning proposal of a real-time warning system of hazard trees envisions an open dataset that can be edited by officials through an interdepartmental dashboard and contributed by the general public through an app.

More about the hackathon: https://events.hk-tag.org/program-details-2023/.

Seven GRM Scholars Among World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2023

Seven GRM scholars were named on the list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists published by Stanford University in October 2023. They (in alphabetical order of surnames) are Prof. Chen Yongqin David, Prof. He Ying Sylvia, Prof. Kwan Mei Po, Prof. Lai Yuk Fo Derrick, Prof. Lau Ngar Cheung Gabriel, Prof. Leung Yee, and Prof. Shen Jianfa.

Ranking of the GRM faculty members named: [PDF]

Full list: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6

 

In Memory of Professor Leung Cheuk Fai Jimmy

It is with great sorrow that we announce the untimely passing of Professor Leung Cheuk Fai Jimmy on 26 July 2023. Professor Leung was a distinguished alumnus of CUHK and served as our adjunct professor from 2014 until the very end of his life. Our thoughts are with Professor Leung’s family.

GRM members honoured for planning projects

Two projects involving GRM members are selected for The Hong Kong Institute of Planners Awards 2022 for integrating innovative planning ideas and existing planning elements to inject new life into the city.

Prof. Ng Mee Kam, Dr Lee Wai Ying Joanna, Prof Li Jing Victor, Prof Shen Jianfa and two PhD students, Yeung Tsz Chun Arthur and Zhu Jiageng, received Certificate of Merit for their project “A Living Museum: Point-Line-Plane Conservation of the Ma On Shan Iron Mine Landscape”. Prof Au Wai Kwong Elvis and Prof Ling Kar Kan also received Certificate of Merit for their project “Reimagining a Future-ready Kennedy Town and Mount Davis”.

GRM professors listed in 2023 best scientists ranking

In the 2023 edition of Research.com ranking of best scientists, five GRM professors are listed as top researchers in four fields:

– Social Sciences and Humanities: Prof. Mei-Po Kwan, Prof. Jianfa Shen
– Earth Science: Prof. Yongqin David Chen
– Environmental Sciences: Prof. Ngar-Cheung Lau
– Computer Science: Prof. Yee Leung

For more details on the ranking, please visit https://research.com/

GRM PhD students excelled in international paper competitions

In the 2023 Graduate Student Paper Competitions of the American Association of Geographers, GRM PhD students Xuan He and Guannan Zou brought home the champion and runner-up awards, respectively, of the competition organised by the Asian Geography Specialty Group, while Xuan He also received an honourable mention from the Urban Geography Specialty Group.

Xuan He’s research explores the walking behaviour of older adults and the walkability of the built environment for them by using open data and big data, while Zou’s paper analyses the Chinese state’s roles in promoting regional growth driven by innovative industries.

GRM undergraduate won GIS application award

In the 2023 ESRI Young Scholars Award, our undergraduate Chan Yin Wang Adrian won first runner-up in Hong Kong in the Individual Application category for his project on “GIS Application in Feng Shui”. Read more about his project at https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e67f149fbed143c9a00ae4d25a47ad62.

Retirement Recital in honour of Professor Fung Tung

After 35 years of distinguished service at the Department of Geography and Resource Management (GRM), Professor Fung Tung will retire at the end of academic year 2022/23. In honour of Professor Fung, GRM will join hands with the Department of Music and the Centre for Chinese Music Studies to organise a concert entitled “Earth as Sensed through Music and Images: Professor Fung Tung Pipa and Guqin Retirement Recital” on 29 June 2023. To reserve your place, please sign up starting from 10 am, 5 June 2023 by scanning the QR code on the poster or by visiting https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13667342.