WANG Yang

Teaching Associate Professor, Ph.D from the University of Waterloo, rich experiences in teaching and project implementation in urban planning and design fields.

Education
2002-2006：Ph.D., Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, Canada

2001-2003：M.S. in Planning, Urban Planning, University of Waterloo, Canada

1995-2000：B.Eng., Architecture, Tongji University, China

Working Experiences

2020.7 -  Present：Teaching Associate Professor, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology

2019.1 - 2020.7：Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology

2015 - 2018：Associate Dean, Grad School, Southern University of Science and Technology

2010-2014：Supervisor of MEM, Executive deputy director of Innovation Education Center, etc. College of Engineering, Peking University, China

Research

Urban planning & Urban Design

Teaching Experiences

Sustech：Urban planning, Urban and Environment, Environmental Psychology, Social Research Methods and Ethics

Peking University：Dialogue with global innovative Masters, Innovative thinking

Memberships

2006- present  The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)

2006- present  American Planning Association （APA）

Research & Project Experiences

Funding from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development：

The Morphology of Mega-communities

Study on Pension Industry

Funding from Local Government：

《The Development of Affordable Housing in Beijing》

《The Mechanism of Cooperative Regional Development》

Projects from Local Government：

Master plan of Sanya City, Hainan Province

Rural Tourism Plan of Wenchang City, Hainan Province

Global Projects：

Garrison Woods Infill Community Planning Project

Crestmont Community Urban/Rural Interface Planning & Design Project

Deerfoot Meadows Brownfield Redevelopment Planning Project

Mahogany Sustainable New Community Planning Project

Hopewell Integrated New Town Planning Project

Publications

[1] Wang, Yang., and G. Wall, Administrative Arrangements in Top-down Tourism Planning, Tourism Management, 27, 4.

[2] Wang, Yang. and G. Wall, Sharing the Benefits of Tourism: A Case Study in Hainan, China, Environments, 33, 1.

[3] Wang, Yang. and G. Wall, Resorts and Residents: Stress and Conservatism in a Displaced Community. Tourism Analysis, 10, 1.

[4] Mu Xiaoyan, Wang Yang (corresponding author); Homogeneous Settlement and Community Reconstruction in the Socio-spatial Evolution in Mega-cities. Human Geography, 2013, 05

[5] Wang, Yang. and G. Wall., Perspectives on Tourism Planning in China. In (Eds.) Gartner, W. C. and C. H. C. Hsu, Handbooks of Tourism Research. The Haworth Press, Inc. (in press).

[6] Wang, Yang. Place Making and Downtown Revitalization: A Case Study of Haikou, China. Walk21 2007. 2007.10

[7] Wang, Yang. Tourism Development vs Community Development: Case Studies in Hainan, China. CIP 2005. 2005.7

[8] Wang, Yang. The Transition of Tourism Planning Model and Theories. Graduate Student Research Conference 2004. 2004.2

[9] Wang, Yang. The Planning and Management of Special Events. CIP 2003. 2003.7