Education

    Ph.D.  Planning, Globalization & Governance, Virginia Tech, United States.   Supervisor: Paul Knox

    MA.    Urban Planning and Design,Tongji University, Shanghai, China.   Supervisor: Wu, Zhiqiang 

    BA.     Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Publications

• WEI Fang  & Paul Knox. Spatial Transformations in the Suburbs of the North Carolina Piedmont Region, in Jan Nijman, The Life of North American Suburbs: Imagined Utopias and Transitional Spaces. University of Toronto Press: Toronto Buffalo London. 2020

• WEI Fang  & Xiaowen Zhan.  Delineating Urban Growth Boundaries with Ecosystem Service Evaluation. Sustainability, 2019.Vol.11:1-18

• WEI Fang & Xin Wang. Measuring Spatial Accessibility to Physical Activity Spaces in Hangzhou Using 2SFCA Method. City Planning Reviw. 2019.Vol.43(11): 112-119

• WEI Fang & Xiaowen Zhan. Delineation of Rigid Urban Growth Boundary Based on Habitat Quality and Carbon Storage. Journal of Zhejiang University (Engineering Science). 2019.Vol.53(8):1478-1487

• WEI Fang  & Yuwei Wang. Influence Factors and Evaluation Methods on Habitat Quality in Urban Space Control. Architecture & Culture. 2019.Vol.8:71-73

• WEI Fang. Greener urbanization? Changing accessibility to parks in China. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2017.Vol.157:542-552.

• WEI Fang. Wangming Li et. al. Study on Urban Open Space Planning Standards. Urban Planning Review. 2016.Vol.7:74-80

• WEI  Fang. Learning from the Open Space Planning Control in the US. Urban Planning International. 2016. Vol.31 (4):84-89

• WEI Fang. Urban Public Open Space Planning. Science Press: Beijing. 2016

• WEI Fang & Paul Knox. Spatial Transformation of Metropolitan Cities. Environment and Planning A. 2015. Vol.47:50-68.

• WEI Fang & Paul Knox. Neighborhood Change in Metropolitan America. Urban Affairs Review. 2014. Vol. 50(4): 459-489.

• WEI Fang. Spatial inequity of urban open spaces - reality and challenges of China's urbanization. The 2015 International Conference on Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization. Ottawa, Canada. 2015.10

• WEI Fang  & Paul Knox. The Changing Social Ecology in the Piedmont Region. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference 2012. Cincinnati, USA. 2012.11

• WEI Fang & Paul Knox. Mechanisms and Dynamics of Neighborhood Change in US Metropolitan Areas. The Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2011. New York, USA. 2012.02

• WEI Fang  & Paul Knox. Understanding the Mechanisms and Dynamics of Neighborhood Change in US Metropolitan Areas. The 58th Annual North American Meeting of the RSAI and the 2nd Conference of RSAmericas, Southern Regional Science Association. Miami, FL, USA. 2011.11

• Taofang Yu, Zhiqiang Wu. & WEI Fang. Strategic Inflection Points and Development Strategies of Middle and Small Sized Cities: a Case Study of Zhangqiu. City Planner Review. 2005.Vol. 29:22-29

• WEI Fang. The Influence of Regional Development Policy in China. Planner. 2005.Vol. 5:122

• Historic buildings in Pudong New Area. Bureau of Pudong Development and Planning. Tongji University Press: Shanghai. 2005

• Zhiqiang Wu. & WEI Fang. Assessment System of Human Settlement and Environment in China. Science Press: Beijing. 2004

• Zhiqiang Wu. & WEI Fang. Assessment index system of sustainable development, in Sustainable Development of Human Settlement and Environment in China, Ed Binzhao Chen. Science Press: Beijing. 2003

• WEI Fang. Research of Urbanization and Modernization, in Excellent Academic Achievement of China. Research Center of Science and Technology Association in China. 2002

• WEI Fang. Urbanization and Modernization. Urban Problems. 2001. Vol.3: 16-20

Honors & Awards

• Best Favorite Professor Awards, College of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Zhejiang University

• Science & Technology Awards, Zhejiang University

• Award for Planning Excellence, Urban Planning Association of Zhejiang Province

• Gardener Award, Civil Engineering, Architectural & Planning Education Fund, Education Foundation of Zhejiang University

• Award for Planning Excellence, Urban Planning Association of Hangzhou City & Hangzhou Planning Bureau

• Humanities and Social Science Research Award, Zhejiang University

• Richard E. Zody Award for Outstanding Dissertation, Virginia Tech

• UAP Award Outstanding Dissertations in PGG, Virginia Tech

• Golden Key International Honor, Golden Key International Honor Society

• Award for Science and Technology Achievements, Ministry of Education of China

• Award for Planning Excellence, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China

• Award for Planning Excellence, Urban Planning Association of China 

• Award for National Excellent Academic Achievements, Science and Technology Association of China

• Award for Outstanding Graduates, Ministry of Education of China

• Yongming Scholarship, School of Architecture and Urban Planning,Tongji University

• Renmin Scholarship, Tongji University

Funding & Projects (Selected)

• Delineating Urban Growth Boundaries with Ecosystem Service Evaluation, Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, PI

• Built Environment and Physical Activity, Department of Education of Zhejiang Province, Co-PI

• Revision of Hangzhou Master Plan, Hangzhou Planning Bureau, Co-PI

• Community Public Space Under the Framework of Community Segregation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

• Quantitative Standards of Urban Open Space Planning, The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, PI

• Urban Wind Tunnel Planning Based on Multi-source Spatial Data Assimilation and Quantitative Simulation Analysis of Wind Field Influence Parameters, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Co-PI

• Planning Support System of Urban Growth Boundary Based on GIA - LEAM for Small and Medium-sized Cities in Yangtze River, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Co-PI

• Innovative Development path of Working Community in China’s Strategic "New Urbanization" & "Internet +" era----case study of the Hangzhou West Hi-tech Corridor, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Co-PI

• Status Quo of Moganshan Road in Gongshu District of Hangzhou City, Hangzhou Gongshu People's Government, PI

• Urban Design of Moganshan Rd., Hangzhou Gongshu People's Government, PI

• Community Public Space Planning & Research of Gongshu District in Hangzhou, Hangzhou Planning Bureau, PI

• Neighborhood Change in Metropolitan America, The Golden Key Research Grant, PI        

• Global Suburbanization: governance, land, and infrastructure in the 21^st century, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Participant

Service as Reviewer

•  Urban Affairs Review;

•  Housing Policy Debate;

•  City and Community;

•  Sustainability;

•  Cities;

•  Annals of the American Association of Geographers et.al