Professor Ya Ping Wang

  • Chair in Global City Futures (Urban Studies)

telephone: 0141 330 5307
email: YaPing.Wang@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

Room 244, 29 Bute Gardens, Urban Studies, School of Social & Political Sci, Glasgow

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3765-0205

Biography

Professor Ya Ping Wang is Chair in Global City Futures at the School of Social and Political Sciences and Director of GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) (http://www.centreforsustainablecities.ac.uk/). He was Head of Urban Studies from 2013-2015. He is Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institutes (MRTPI).

Ya Ping studied Geography in Xi’an, China and Town Planning in Scotland. After gaining his PhD from Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University in 1991, he worked there as post-doctoral research fellow, lecturer, reader in planning and housing, and professor in urban studies until 2012. He was the founding Director of Scottish Centre for Chinese Urban and Environmental Studies, based at Heriot-Watt University from 2007 to 2012.

Research interests

Ya Ping’s research focuses on housing, urban planning, urban transformations, living conditions of rural to urban migrants in China and a number other developing countries in Asia and Africa. He is a well-known and influential researcher on Chinese housing and urban development. His research was supported by the UKRI, ESRC, DFID, British Academy, British Council, Leverhulme Trust, and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Apart from a series of international journal articles, Ya Ping is the author of Urban Poverty, Housing and Social Change in China (Routledge, 2004), co-author of Housing Policy and Practice in China (Macmillan and St Martin's Press, 1999, with Alan Murie) and Planning and Housing in the Rapidly Urbanising World (Routledge, 2007, with Paul Jenkins and Harry Smith).

Publications

Selected publications

Wang, Y.P. , Shao, L., Murie, A. and Cheng, J. (2012) The maturation of the neo-liberal housing market in urban China. Housing Studies, 27(3), pp. 343-359. (doi: 10.1080/02673037.2012.651106)

Wang, Y.P. , Wang, Y. and Wu, J. (2009) Urbanization and informal development in China: Urban villages in Shenzhen. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 33(4), pp. 957-973. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00891.x)

Wang, Y.P. (2012) Housing the urban poor in a marketised system in China. Urban Policy and Research, 30(4), pp. 423-441. (doi: 10.1080/08111146.2012.738192)

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (2011) The new affordable and social housing provision system in China: Implications for comparative housing studies. International Journal of Housing Policy, 11(3), pp. 237-254.

All publications

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Number of items: 94.

2022

Munir, F., Ahmad, S. , Ullah, S. and Wang, Y. P. (2022) Understanding housing inequalities in urban Pakistan: an intersectionality perspective of ethnicity, income and education. Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City, 3(1), pp. 1-22. (doi: 10.1080/26884674.2021.1986442)

2021

Wang, Y. P. and Kintrea, K. (2021) Urban expansion and land use changes in Asia and Africa. Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 12(1_supp), S13-S17. (doi: 10.1177/0975425321999081)

Pryce, G., Wang, Y. P. , Chen, Y., Shan, J. and Wei, H. (Eds.) (2021) Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China: Towards a New Dialogue. Series: The Urban Book Series. Springer: Cham. ISBN 9783030745431

Wang, Y. P. (2021) Urban villages, their redevelopment and implications for inequality and integration. In: Pryce, G., Wang, Y. P., Chen, Y., Shan, J. and Wei, H. (eds.) Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China: Towards a New Dialogue. Series: The Urban Book Series. Springer: Cham, pp. 99-120. ISBN 9783030745448 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-74544-8_7)

2020

Wang, W., Wang, Y. P. and Kintrea, K. (2020) The (re)making of polycentricity in China’s planning discourse: the case of Tianjin. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 44(5), pp. 857-875. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2427.12876)

2019

Wang, Y. P. and Kintrea, K. (2019) Sustainable, healthy and learning cities and neighbourhoods. Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 10(2), pp. 146-150. (doi: 10.1177/0975425319859129)

Liu, Y., Shi, X., Wang, Y. P. and Sun, T. (2019) Promoting green residential buildings in China: bridging the gap between design and operation to improve occupants’ residential satisfaction. Sustainability, 11(13), 3590. (doi: 10.3390/su11133590)

Li, C., Wang, Y. and Sun, L. (2019) Livability of high-rise housing: international experiences and implications on China. Journal of Human Settlements in West China, 34(2), pp. 43-57. (doi: 10.13791/j.cnki.hsfwest.20190207)

Wang, Y. P. (2019) Migration and urban housing market dynamics in China. In: Chiu, R. L.H., Liu, Z. and Renaud, B. (eds.) International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China. Series: Routledge studies in international real estate. Routledge: London and New York, pp. 307-329. ISBN 9781138345034

Sun, X., Sun, T., Jin, Y. and Wang, Y. P. (2019) Spatial organization of hierarchical medical services within the city proper of Tianjin, China: towards efficient medical alliances. Sustainability, 11(1), 229. (doi: 10.3390/su11010229)

2018

Sun, X., Yang, W., Sun, T. and Wang, Y. P. (2018) Negative emotion under haze: an investigation based on the microblog and weather records of Tianjin, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(1), 86. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph16010086) (PMID:30598015)

Sun, X., Wang, W., Sun, T. and Wang, Y. P. (2018) Understanding the living conditions of Chinese urban neighborhoods through social infrastructure configurations: the case study of Tianjin. Sustainability, 10(9), 3243. (doi: 10.3390/su10093243)

Guo, Y., Zhang, C., Wang, Y. P. and Li, X. (2018) (De-)activating the growth machine for redevelopment: the case of Liede urban village in Guangzhou. Urban Studies, 55(7), pp. 1420-1438. (doi: 10.1177/0042098017729788)

2017

Sowgat, T., Wang, Y. P. and McWilliams, C. (2017) Pro-poorness of planning policies in Bangladesh: the case of Khulna city. International Planning Studies, 22(2), pp. 145-160. (doi: 10.1080/13563475.2016.1220287)

2015

Wang, Y., Shao, L. and Wang, Y. P. (2015) Pre-reform socialist welfare housing estates in China: physical conditions and social profiles. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 14(3), pp. 609-616. (doi: 10.3130/jaabe.14.609)

2014

Chen, J., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y. P. (2014) The new chinese model of public housing: a step forward or backward? Housing Studies, 29(4), pp. 534-550. (doi: 10.1080/02673037.2013.873392)

Wang, Y. P. , Du, H. and Li, S. (2014) Migration and the dynamics of inform housing in China. In: Huang, Y. and Li, S. (eds.) Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities. Series: Routledge contemporary China series (115). Routledge: Abingdon, pp. 86-102. ISBN 9780415834285

Wang, Y. P. and Shao, L. (2014) Urban housing policy changes and challenges in China. In: Doling, J. and Ronald, R. (eds.) Housing East Asia: Socioeconomic and Demographic Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 44-70. ISBN 9780230358584

2013

Wang, Y. P. (2013) New Trend of Urbanization in China: Land and housing development in suburban areas and small towns. Working Paper. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

2012

Wang, Y.P. (2012) Housing the urban poor in a marketised system in China. Urban Policy and Research, 30(4), pp. 423-441. (doi: 10.1080/08111146.2012.738192)

Wang, Y.P. (2012) Urbanisation in China. Real Estate Research Quarterly, 11(4), pp. 30-38.

Wang, Y.P. , Shao, L., Murie, A. and Cheng, J. (2012) The maturation of the neo-liberal housing market in urban China. Housing Studies, 27(3), pp. 343-359. (doi: 10.1080/02673037.2012.651106)

2011

Ashiq-Ur-Rahman, M., Wang, Y.P. and Smith, H. (2011) Can an enabling approach promote the transformation for scaling-up pro-poor housing initiatives in Bangladesh? In: 12th Naerus Conference 2011, Madrid, Spain, 20-22 Oct 2011,

Ashiq-Ur-Rahman, M., Wang, Y.P. and Smith, H. (2011) Can democratic decentralisation promote good governance for housing the urban poor in Bangladesh? In: 40 Years of Bangladesh: Retrospect and Future Prospects, Bath University, Bath, UK, 26-29 Nov 2011, pp. 1-19.

Jing, J. and Wang, Y.P. (2011) A comparative study of social housing in Britain and China. In: 2nd International Conference on China's Urban Transition and City Planning, Cardiff, Wales, UK, 27-28 May 2011,

Wang, Y.P. (2011) The achievement, questions and visions of China's housing reform. Community Design, 41, pp. 56-57.

Wang, Y.P. (2011) New trend of urbanization in China: Land and housing development in small towns. In: International Symposium on China’s Urban Development and Land Policy, Peking University, Peking, China, 16-17 Jul 2011,

Wang, Y.P. (2011) Recent housing reform practice in Chinese cities: Social and spatial implications. In: Yanyun Man, J. (ed.) China's Housing Reform and Outcomes. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: Cambridge, MA, USA, pp. 19-44. ISBN 9781558442115

Wang, Y.P. and Li, S.M. (2011) Urbanising landless farmers in China: Village redevelopment and its housing and socio-economic implications. In: 2nd International Conference on China's Urban Transition and City Planning, Cardiff, Wales, UK, 27-28 May 2011,

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (2011) The new affordable and social housing provision system in China: Implications for comparative housing studies. International Journal of Housing Policy, 11(3), pp. 237-254.

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (2011) The new affordable and social housing provision system in China: implications for comparative housing studies. In: International Symposium on Social and Affordable Housing, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1-10 Jun 2011,

2010

Wang, Y.P. (2010) The new social housing provision system in China: Which welfare regime does it fit? In: International Conference on Comparative Housing Research Approaches and Policy Challenges in a New International Era, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands, 24-25 Mar 2010,

Wang, Y.P. (2010) Urban sprawl and the problems of landless farmers. In: Symposium on Urban Development and Land Policy in China, Peking University, Peking, China, 9-10 Jul 2010,

Wang, Y.P. , Shao, L. and Forrest, R. (2010) Housing affordability and market stability. Housing Studies, 25(6), pp. 773-775. (doi: 10.1080/02673037.2010.522051)

Wang, Y.P. , Wang, Y. and Wu, J. (2010) Housing migrant workers in rapidly urbanizing regions: A study of the Chinese model in Shenzhen. Housing Studies, 25(1), pp. 83-100. (doi: 10.1080/02673030903362019)

Wang, Y.P. , Wang, Y.L. and Wu, J.S. (2010) Private rental housing in 'urban villages' in Shenzhen: Problems or solutions? In: Wu, F. and Webster, C. (eds.) Marginalization in Urban China: Comparative Perspectives. Series: International political economy series. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK, pp. 152-175. ISBN 9780230237728

2009

Wang, Y.P. (2009) Housing since 1978. In: Pong, D. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Modern China. Charles Scribner's Sons Reference Books/Gale: Detroit, MI, USA. ISBN 9780684315669

Wang, Y.P. (2009) A planner's profile. Scottish Planner, 131(Oct), p. 14.

Wang, Y.P. , Wang, Y. and Wu, J. (2009) Urbanization and informal development in China: Urban villages in Shenzhen. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 33(4), pp. 957-973. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00891.x)

2008

Wang, Y.P. and Wang, Y. (2008) Housing and migrants in cities. In: Murphy, R. (ed.) Labour Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China. Series: Comparative development and policy in Asia series (2). Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 137-153. ISBN 9780415468015

2007

Jenkins, P., Smith, H. and Wang, Y.P. (2007) Planning and Housing in the Rapidly Urbanising World. Series: Housing, planning, and design series. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415357968

Wang, Y.P. (2007) From socialist welfare to support home ownership: the experience of China. In: Groves, R., Murie, A. and Watson, C. (eds.) Housing and the New Welfare State: Perspectives from East Asia and Europe. Series: Social policy in modern Asia. Ashgate: Aldershot, UK. ISBN 9780754644408

Wang, Y.P. (2007) New centre to boost planning exchange between Scotland and China. Scottish Planner, 117(Jul), p. 4.

2005

Wang, Y.P. (2005) Low-income communities and urban poverty in China. Urban Geography, 26(3), pp. 222-242. (doi: 10.2747/0272-3638.26.3.222)

Wang, Y.P. , Wang, Y. and Bramley, G. (2005) Chinese housing reform in state-owned enterprises and its impacts on different social groups. Urban Studies, 42(10), pp. 1859-1878. (doi: 10.1080/00420980500231746)

2004

Wang, Y.P. (2004) Recent Progress of Housing Reform in State Owned Enterprises in China - Final Report. Other. British Council, London, UK.

Wang, Y.P. (2004) Urban Poverty, Housing and Social Change in China. Series: Housing and society series. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415307383

2003

Wang, Y.P. (2003) Living conditions of migrants in inland Chinese cities. Journal of Comparative Asian Development, 2(1), pp. 47-69. (doi: 10.1080/15339114.2003.9678371)

Wang, Y.P. (2003) Opening an escape hatch for China's urban poor. South China Morning Post, 27 Feb,

Wang, Y.P. (2003) Progress and problems of urban housing reform. In: Jones Finer, C. (ed.) Social Policy Reform in China: Views From Home and Abroad. Series: Social policy in modern Asia. Ashgate: Aldershot, UK, pp. 176-190. ISBN 9780754631750

Wang, Y.P. (2003) Urban reform and low income communities in Chinese cities. In: Housing and Social Change: East-West Perspectives. Series: Housing and society series. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 240-263. ISBN 9780415273312

Wang, Y.P. (2003) Urban reforms in China: Improving housing for the poor. ID21: Society and Economy, 27 Jan,

2002

Wang, Y.P. (2002) Low income housing and urban poverty in China. In: 13th Annual Conference of the Chinese Economic Association (UK), Middlesex University Business School, London, UK, 25-26 Mar 2002,

2001

Wang, Y.P. (2001) Prospect and problems of urban housing reform. In: Workshop on Social Policy Reform in Socialist Market China, Scope for Lessons for and from Abroad, St Antony's College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, 19-20 Oct 2001,

Wang, Y.P. (2001) Urban housing reform and finance in China: A case study of Beijing. Urban Affairs Review, 36(5), pp. 620-645. (doi: 10.1177/10780870122185028)

Wang, Y.P. (2001) Urban poverty and housing in transitional economies: A case study of Shenyang and Chongqing. In: International Conference on Managing Housing and Social Change, Hong Kong City University, Hong Kong, China, 16-18 Apr 2001,

Wang, Y.P. (2001) Win some, lose some. China Review, 19(Summer), pp. 18-22.

Wang, Y.P. , Dai, Y.Z. and Long, H. (2001) Social Implications of Urban Reform in China - A Case Study of Housing for the Poor - Final Report. Other. Economic and Social Committee for Overseas Research (ESCOR), Department for International Development (DFID), London, UK.

Zuo, C. and Wang, Y.P. (2001) China. In: Dal Cin, A. and Lyddon, D. (eds.) International Manual of Planning Practice. International Society of City and Regional Planners: Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 46-57. ISBN 9789075524178

2000

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (2000) Social and spatial implications of housing reform in China. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 24(2), pp. 397-417. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2427.00254)

Wang, Y.P. (2000) Housing provision and housing policy reform in China. In: East Asian Housing Workshop, Seoul, South Korea, 7-10 Nov 2000,

Wang, Y.P. (2000) Housing reform and its impacts on the urban poor in China. Housing Studies, 15(6), pp. 845-864. (doi: 10.1080/02673030020002573)

Wang, Y.P. (2000) Planning and conservation in historic Chinese cities: the case of Xi'an. Town Planning Review, 71(3), pp. 329-350.

1999

Wang, Y.P. (1999) Housing reform and its impact on the urban poor. In: Conference on the Future of Chinese Cities: A Research Agenda for the 21st Century, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China, 28-31 Jul 1999,

Wang, Y.P. (1999) Urban housing reform and its limitations in China. In: Workshop on Social Policy in China, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, 24-25 Jul 1999,

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (1999) Commercial housing development in urban China. Urban Studies, 36(9), pp. 1475-1494. (doi: 10.1080/0042098992881)

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (1999) Housing Policy and Practice in China. Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333682531

1998

Wang, Y.P. (1998) Social and spatial impacts of housing reform in China. In: Asian Real Estate Society Third Annual Conference, Taipei, China, 26-29 Aug 1998,

Wang, Y.P. (1998) Urban social structure changes and the progress of housing reform in China [In Chinese]. In: First Conference of Chinese Real Estate Community, Taipei, China, 24-27 Aug 1998,

Wang, Y.P. (1998) What can be learnt from the East European housing privatisation experience? Some reflection on the future of Chinese urban housing reform [In Chinese]. In: International Symposium of Urban Housing and Property Market, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 31 Oct-1 Nov 1998,

1997

Murie, A. and Wang, Y.P. (1997) Housing Policy and Reform in the People's Republic in China. Other. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Swindon, UK.

Wang, Y.P. and Hague, C. (1997) Social and spatial stratification in Chinese cities. In: 9th Annual Conference of the Chinese Economic Association in the UK, London School of Economics, London, UK, 16-17 Dec 1997,

1996

Wang, Y.P. (1996) Urban development and housing reform in China in the 1990s. In: Annual Conference of the RGS-IBG, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 3-6 Jan 1996,

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (1996) The process of commercialisation of urban housing in China. Urban Studies, 33(6), pp. 971-989. (doi: 10.1080/00420989650011690)

1995

Wang, Y.P. and Hague, C. (1995) Baoji (City profile). Cities, 12(5), pp. 361-368. (doi: 10.1016/0264-2751(95)00052-N)

Hine, J. and Wang, Y.P. (1995) Social polarisation: An examination of the implications of economic and social change for planning in the City of Edinburgh. In: IBG 1995 Annual Conference, University of Northumbia, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 3-6 Jan 1995,

Wang, Y.P. (1995) The Characteristics of Public Sector Housing in Britain and China: A Comparative Evaluation. Other. School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Wang, Y.P. (1995) Public sector housing in urban China 1949–1988: The case of Xian. Housing Studies, 10(1), pp. 57-82. (doi: 10.1080/02673039508720809)

1994

Hine, J.P. and Wang, Y.P. (1994) Change in the city: Planning and social change in the city of Edinburgh, 1981-1991. In: 34th European Congress of Regional Science, Groningen, Netherlands, 23-26 Aug 1994,

Hine, J.P. and Wang, Y.P. (1994) Change in the City: Planning and Social Change in the City of Edinburgh, 1981-1991. In: Societies in Transition Conference, School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 29-30 Jun 1994,

Rosenburg, L. and Wang, Y.P. (1994) Dependency and Consumer Satisfaction in Sheltered Housing: An Analysis of the 1991 Bield Tenant Survey. Other. School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Rosenburg, L. and Wang, Y.P. (1994) The Financial Position of Bield Tenants in 1991 and Their Perceptions of Value-For-Money in Respect of Accommodation and Services. Other. School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Wang, Y.P. (1994) Public sector housing in Britain and China: A comparative evaluation. In: 6th International Research Conference on Housing, Beijing, China, 21-24 Sept 1994,

1993

Murie, A. and Wang, Y.P. (1993) Changes in council house estates in Edinburgh: 1981-1991. In: Research on the 1991 Census Conference, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 13-15 Sept 1993,

Rosenburg, L. and Wang, Y.P. (1993) Dependency and Consumer Satisfaction in Sheltered Housing: An Analysis of the 1991 Bield Tenant Survey - Internal Report for Bield Housing Association. Other. School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Wang, Y.P. and Hague, C. (1993) Territory planning in China: A new regional approach. Regional Studies, 27(6), pp. 561-573. (doi: 10.1080/00343409312331347765)

1992

Murie, A. and Wang, Y.P. (1992) The Sales of Public Sector Housing in Scotland: 1979-1991. Other. School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Rosenburg, L. and Wang, Y.P. (1992) The Tenant's View, Report of the 1991 Bield Tenant Survey. Other. Bield Housing Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Wang, Y.P. (1992) China. In: Dal Cin, A. and Lyddon, D. (eds.) International Manual of Planning Practice. International Society of City and Regional Planners: Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 24-32. ISBN 9789090055176

Wang, Y.P. (1992) Private sector housing in urban China since 1949: The case of Xian. Housing Studies, 7(2), pp. 119-137. (doi: 10.1080/02673039208720729)

Wang, Y.P. and Hague, C. (1992) The development and planning of Xian since 1949. Planning Perspectives, 7(1), pp. 1-26. (doi: 10.1080/02665439208725736)

1991

Rosenburg, L. and Wang, Y.P. (1991) Bield Housing Association Survey of Tenants: Summary of Statistical Results from 1986 and 1991. Other. Bield Housing Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

1989

Wang, Y.P. and Hague, C. (1989) Cross-National Comparative Analysis of Planning Systems and Practices: An Approach to a Comparison of Planning in China and Scotland. Other. Department of Town and Country Planning, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

1988

Hague, C. and Wang, Y.P. (1988) Land Policy in the People's Republic of China. Other. Department of Town and Country Planning, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

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Articles

Munir, F., Ahmad, S. , Ullah, S. and Wang, Y. P. (2022) Understanding housing inequalities in urban Pakistan: an intersectionality perspective of ethnicity, income and education. Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City, 3(1), pp. 1-22. (doi: 10.1080/26884674.2021.1986442)

Wang, Y. P. and Kintrea, K. (2021) Urban expansion and land use changes in Asia and Africa. Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 12(1_supp), S13-S17. (doi: 10.1177/0975425321999081)

Wang, W., Wang, Y. P. and Kintrea, K. (2020) The (re)making of polycentricity in China’s planning discourse: the case of Tianjin. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 44(5), pp. 857-875. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2427.12876)

Wang, Y. P. and Kintrea, K. (2019) Sustainable, healthy and learning cities and neighbourhoods. Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 10(2), pp. 146-150. (doi: 10.1177/0975425319859129)

Liu, Y., Shi, X., Wang, Y. P. and Sun, T. (2019) Promoting green residential buildings in China: bridging the gap between design and operation to improve occupants’ residential satisfaction. Sustainability, 11(13), 3590. (doi: 10.3390/su11133590)

Li, C., Wang, Y. and Sun, L. (2019) Livability of high-rise housing: international experiences and implications on China. Journal of Human Settlements in West China, 34(2), pp. 43-57. (doi: 10.13791/j.cnki.hsfwest.20190207)

Sun, X., Sun, T., Jin, Y. and Wang, Y. P. (2019) Spatial organization of hierarchical medical services within the city proper of Tianjin, China: towards efficient medical alliances. Sustainability, 11(1), 229. (doi: 10.3390/su11010229)

Sun, X., Yang, W., Sun, T. and Wang, Y. P. (2018) Negative emotion under haze: an investigation based on the microblog and weather records of Tianjin, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(1), 86. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph16010086) (PMID:30598015)

Sun, X., Wang, W., Sun, T. and Wang, Y. P. (2018) Understanding the living conditions of Chinese urban neighborhoods through social infrastructure configurations: the case study of Tianjin. Sustainability, 10(9), 3243. (doi: 10.3390/su10093243)

Guo, Y., Zhang, C., Wang, Y. P. and Li, X. (2018) (De-)activating the growth machine for redevelopment: the case of Liede urban village in Guangzhou. Urban Studies, 55(7), pp. 1420-1438. (doi: 10.1177/0042098017729788)

Sowgat, T., Wang, Y. P. and McWilliams, C. (2017) Pro-poorness of planning policies in Bangladesh: the case of Khulna city. International Planning Studies, 22(2), pp. 145-160. (doi: 10.1080/13563475.2016.1220287)

Wang, Y., Shao, L. and Wang, Y. P. (2015) Pre-reform socialist welfare housing estates in China: physical conditions and social profiles. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 14(3), pp. 609-616. (doi: 10.3130/jaabe.14.609)

Chen, J., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y. P. (2014) The new chinese model of public housing: a step forward or backward? Housing Studies, 29(4), pp. 534-550. (doi: 10.1080/02673037.2013.873392)

Wang, Y.P. (2012) Housing the urban poor in a marketised system in China. Urban Policy and Research, 30(4), pp. 423-441. (doi: 10.1080/08111146.2012.738192)

Wang, Y.P. (2012) Urbanisation in China. Real Estate Research Quarterly, 11(4), pp. 30-38.

Wang, Y.P. , Shao, L., Murie, A. and Cheng, J. (2012) The maturation of the neo-liberal housing market in urban China. Housing Studies, 27(3), pp. 343-359. (doi: 10.1080/02673037.2012.651106)

Wang, Y.P. (2011) The achievement, questions and visions of China's housing reform. Community Design, 41, pp. 56-57.

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (2011) The new affordable and social housing provision system in China: Implications for comparative housing studies. International Journal of Housing Policy, 11(3), pp. 237-254.

Wang, Y.P. , Shao, L. and Forrest, R. (2010) Housing affordability and market stability. Housing Studies, 25(6), pp. 773-775. (doi: 10.1080/02673037.2010.522051)

Wang, Y.P. , Wang, Y. and Wu, J. (2010) Housing migrant workers in rapidly urbanizing regions: A study of the Chinese model in Shenzhen. Housing Studies, 25(1), pp. 83-100. (doi: 10.1080/02673030903362019)

Wang, Y.P. (2009) A planner's profile. Scottish Planner, 131(Oct), p. 14.

Wang, Y.P. , Wang, Y. and Wu, J. (2009) Urbanization and informal development in China: Urban villages in Shenzhen. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 33(4), pp. 957-973. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00891.x)

Wang, Y.P. (2007) New centre to boost planning exchange between Scotland and China. Scottish Planner, 117(Jul), p. 4.

Wang, Y.P. (2005) Low-income communities and urban poverty in China. Urban Geography, 26(3), pp. 222-242. (doi: 10.2747/0272-3638.26.3.222)

Wang, Y.P. , Wang, Y. and Bramley, G. (2005) Chinese housing reform in state-owned enterprises and its impacts on different social groups. Urban Studies, 42(10), pp. 1859-1878. (doi: 10.1080/00420980500231746)

Wang, Y.P. (2003) Living conditions of migrants in inland Chinese cities. Journal of Comparative Asian Development, 2(1), pp. 47-69. (doi: 10.1080/15339114.2003.9678371)

Wang, Y.P. (2003) Opening an escape hatch for China's urban poor. South China Morning Post, 27 Feb,

Wang, Y.P. (2003) Urban reforms in China: Improving housing for the poor. ID21: Society and Economy, 27 Jan,

Wang, Y.P. (2001) Urban housing reform and finance in China: A case study of Beijing. Urban Affairs Review, 36(5), pp. 620-645. (doi: 10.1177/10780870122185028)

Wang, Y.P. (2001) Win some, lose some. China Review, 19(Summer), pp. 18-22.

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (2000) Social and spatial implications of housing reform in China. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 24(2), pp. 397-417. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2427.00254)

Wang, Y.P. (2000) Housing reform and its impacts on the urban poor in China. Housing Studies, 15(6), pp. 845-864. (doi: 10.1080/02673030020002573)

Wang, Y.P. (2000) Planning and conservation in historic Chinese cities: the case of Xi'an. Town Planning Review, 71(3), pp. 329-350.

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (1999) Commercial housing development in urban China. Urban Studies, 36(9), pp. 1475-1494. (doi: 10.1080/0042098992881)

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (1996) The process of commercialisation of urban housing in China. Urban Studies, 33(6), pp. 971-989. (doi: 10.1080/00420989650011690)

Wang, Y.P. and Hague, C. (1995) Baoji (City profile). Cities, 12(5), pp. 361-368. (doi: 10.1016/0264-2751(95)00052-N)

Wang, Y.P. (1995) Public sector housing in urban China 1949–1988: The case of Xian. Housing Studies, 10(1), pp. 57-82. (doi: 10.1080/02673039508720809)

Wang, Y.P. and Hague, C. (1993) Territory planning in China: A new regional approach. Regional Studies, 27(6), pp. 561-573. (doi: 10.1080/00343409312331347765)

Wang, Y.P. (1992) Private sector housing in urban China since 1949: The case of Xian. Housing Studies, 7(2), pp. 119-137. (doi: 10.1080/02673039208720729)

Wang, Y.P. and Hague, C. (1992) The development and planning of Xian since 1949. Planning Perspectives, 7(1), pp. 1-26. (doi: 10.1080/02665439208725736)

Books

Jenkins, P., Smith, H. and Wang, Y.P. (2007) Planning and Housing in the Rapidly Urbanising World. Series: Housing, planning, and design series. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415357968

Wang, Y.P. (2004) Urban Poverty, Housing and Social Change in China. Series: Housing and society series. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415307383

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (1999) Housing Policy and Practice in China. Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333682531

Book Sections

Wang, Y. P. (2021) Urban villages, their redevelopment and implications for inequality and integration. In: Pryce, G., Wang, Y. P., Chen, Y., Shan, J. and Wei, H. (eds.) Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China: Towards a New Dialogue. Series: The Urban Book Series. Springer: Cham, pp. 99-120. ISBN 9783030745448 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-74544-8_7)

Wang, Y. P. (2019) Migration and urban housing market dynamics in China. In: Chiu, R. L.H., Liu, Z. and Renaud, B. (eds.) International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China. Series: Routledge studies in international real estate. Routledge: London and New York, pp. 307-329. ISBN 9781138345034

Wang, Y. P. , Du, H. and Li, S. (2014) Migration and the dynamics of inform housing in China. In: Huang, Y. and Li, S. (eds.) Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities. Series: Routledge contemporary China series (115). Routledge: Abingdon, pp. 86-102. ISBN 9780415834285

Wang, Y. P. and Shao, L. (2014) Urban housing policy changes and challenges in China. In: Doling, J. and Ronald, R. (eds.) Housing East Asia: Socioeconomic and Demographic Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 44-70. ISBN 9780230358584

Wang, Y.P. (2011) Recent housing reform practice in Chinese cities: Social and spatial implications. In: Yanyun Man, J. (ed.) China's Housing Reform and Outcomes. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: Cambridge, MA, USA, pp. 19-44. ISBN 9781558442115

Wang, Y.P. , Wang, Y.L. and Wu, J.S. (2010) Private rental housing in 'urban villages' in Shenzhen: Problems or solutions? In: Wu, F. and Webster, C. (eds.) Marginalization in Urban China: Comparative Perspectives. Series: International political economy series. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK, pp. 152-175. ISBN 9780230237728

Wang, Y.P. (2009) Housing since 1978. In: Pong, D. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Modern China. Charles Scribner's Sons Reference Books/Gale: Detroit, MI, USA. ISBN 9780684315669

Wang, Y.P. and Wang, Y. (2008) Housing and migrants in cities. In: Murphy, R. (ed.) Labour Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China. Series: Comparative development and policy in Asia series (2). Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 137-153. ISBN 9780415468015

Wang, Y.P. (2007) From socialist welfare to support home ownership: the experience of China. In: Groves, R., Murie, A. and Watson, C. (eds.) Housing and the New Welfare State: Perspectives from East Asia and Europe. Series: Social policy in modern Asia. Ashgate: Aldershot, UK. ISBN 9780754644408

Wang, Y.P. (2003) Progress and problems of urban housing reform. In: Jones Finer, C. (ed.) Social Policy Reform in China: Views From Home and Abroad. Series: Social policy in modern Asia. Ashgate: Aldershot, UK, pp. 176-190. ISBN 9780754631750

Wang, Y.P. (2003) Urban reform and low income communities in Chinese cities. In: Housing and Social Change: East-West Perspectives. Series: Housing and society series. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 240-263. ISBN 9780415273312

Zuo, C. and Wang, Y.P. (2001) China. In: Dal Cin, A. and Lyddon, D. (eds.) International Manual of Planning Practice. International Society of City and Regional Planners: Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 46-57. ISBN 9789075524178

Wang, Y.P. (1992) China. In: Dal Cin, A. and Lyddon, D. (eds.) International Manual of Planning Practice. International Society of City and Regional Planners: Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 24-32. ISBN 9789090055176

Edited Books

Pryce, G., Wang, Y. P. , Chen, Y., Shan, J. and Wei, H. (Eds.) (2021) Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China: Towards a New Dialogue. Series: The Urban Book Series. Springer: Cham. ISBN 9783030745431

Research Reports or Papers

Wang, Y. P. (2013) New Trend of Urbanization in China: Land and housing development in suburban areas and small towns. Working Paper. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Wang, Y.P. (2004) Recent Progress of Housing Reform in State Owned Enterprises in China - Final Report. Other. British Council, London, UK.

Wang, Y.P. , Dai, Y.Z. and Long, H. (2001) Social Implications of Urban Reform in China - A Case Study of Housing for the Poor - Final Report. Other. Economic and Social Committee for Overseas Research (ESCOR), Department for International Development (DFID), London, UK.

Murie, A. and Wang, Y.P. (1997) Housing Policy and Reform in the People's Republic in China. Other. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Swindon, UK.

Wang, Y.P. (1995) The Characteristics of Public Sector Housing in Britain and China: A Comparative Evaluation. Other. School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Rosenburg, L. and Wang, Y.P. (1994) Dependency and Consumer Satisfaction in Sheltered Housing: An Analysis of the 1991 Bield Tenant Survey. Other. School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Rosenburg, L. and Wang, Y.P. (1994) The Financial Position of Bield Tenants in 1991 and Their Perceptions of Value-For-Money in Respect of Accommodation and Services. Other. School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Rosenburg, L. and Wang, Y.P. (1993) Dependency and Consumer Satisfaction in Sheltered Housing: An Analysis of the 1991 Bield Tenant Survey - Internal Report for Bield Housing Association. Other. School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Murie, A. and Wang, Y.P. (1992) The Sales of Public Sector Housing in Scotland: 1979-1991. Other. School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Rosenburg, L. and Wang, Y.P. (1992) The Tenant's View, Report of the 1991 Bield Tenant Survey. Other. Bield Housing Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Rosenburg, L. and Wang, Y.P. (1991) Bield Housing Association Survey of Tenants: Summary of Statistical Results from 1986 and 1991. Other. Bield Housing Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Wang, Y.P. and Hague, C. (1989) Cross-National Comparative Analysis of Planning Systems and Practices: An Approach to a Comparison of Planning in China and Scotland. Other. Department of Town and Country Planning, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Hague, C. and Wang, Y.P. (1988) Land Policy in the People's Republic of China. Other. Department of Town and Country Planning, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Conference Proceedings

Ashiq-Ur-Rahman, M., Wang, Y.P. and Smith, H. (2011) Can an enabling approach promote the transformation for scaling-up pro-poor housing initiatives in Bangladesh? In: 12th Naerus Conference 2011, Madrid, Spain, 20-22 Oct 2011,

Ashiq-Ur-Rahman, M., Wang, Y.P. and Smith, H. (2011) Can democratic decentralisation promote good governance for housing the urban poor in Bangladesh? In: 40 Years of Bangladesh: Retrospect and Future Prospects, Bath University, Bath, UK, 26-29 Nov 2011, pp. 1-19.

Jing, J. and Wang, Y.P. (2011) A comparative study of social housing in Britain and China. In: 2nd International Conference on China's Urban Transition and City Planning, Cardiff, Wales, UK, 27-28 May 2011,

Wang, Y.P. (2011) New trend of urbanization in China: Land and housing development in small towns. In: International Symposium on China’s Urban Development and Land Policy, Peking University, Peking, China, 16-17 Jul 2011,

Wang, Y.P. and Li, S.M. (2011) Urbanising landless farmers in China: Village redevelopment and its housing and socio-economic implications. In: 2nd International Conference on China's Urban Transition and City Planning, Cardiff, Wales, UK, 27-28 May 2011,

Wang, Y.P. and Murie, A. (2011) The new affordable and social housing provision system in China: implications for comparative housing studies. In: International Symposium on Social and Affordable Housing, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1-10 Jun 2011,

Wang, Y.P. (2010) The new social housing provision system in China: Which welfare regime does it fit? In: International Conference on Comparative Housing Research Approaches and Policy Challenges in a New International Era, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands, 24-25 Mar 2010,

Wang, Y.P. (2010) Urban sprawl and the problems of landless farmers. In: Symposium on Urban Development and Land Policy in China, Peking University, Peking, China, 9-10 Jul 2010,

Wang, Y.P. (2002) Low income housing and urban poverty in China. In: 13th Annual Conference of the Chinese Economic Association (UK), Middlesex University Business School, London, UK, 25-26 Mar 2002,

Wang, Y.P. (2001) Prospect and problems of urban housing reform. In: Workshop on Social Policy Reform in Socialist Market China, Scope for Lessons for and from Abroad, St Antony's College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, 19-20 Oct 2001,

Wang, Y.P. (2001) Urban poverty and housing in transitional economies: A case study of Shenyang and Chongqing. In: International Conference on Managing Housing and Social Change, Hong Kong City University, Hong Kong, China, 16-18 Apr 2001,

Wang, Y.P. (2000) Housing provision and housing policy reform in China. In: East Asian Housing Workshop, Seoul, South Korea, 7-10 Nov 2000,

Wang, Y.P. (1999) Housing reform and its impact on the urban poor. In: Conference on the Future of Chinese Cities: A Research Agenda for the 21st Century, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China, 28-31 Jul 1999,

Wang, Y.P. (1999) Urban housing reform and its limitations in China. In: Workshop on Social Policy in China, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, 24-25 Jul 1999,

Wang, Y.P. (1998) Social and spatial impacts of housing reform in China. In: Asian Real Estate Society Third Annual Conference, Taipei, China, 26-29 Aug 1998,

Wang, Y.P. (1998) Urban social structure changes and the progress of housing reform in China [In Chinese]. In: First Conference of Chinese Real Estate Community, Taipei, China, 24-27 Aug 1998,

Wang, Y.P. (1998) What can be learnt from the East European housing privatisation experience? Some reflection on the future of Chinese urban housing reform [In Chinese]. In: International Symposium of Urban Housing and Property Market, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 31 Oct-1 Nov 1998,

Wang, Y.P. and Hague, C. (1997) Social and spatial stratification in Chinese cities. In: 9th Annual Conference of the Chinese Economic Association in the UK, London School of Economics, London, UK, 16-17 Dec 1997,

Wang, Y.P. (1996) Urban development and housing reform in China in the 1990s. In: Annual Conference of the RGS-IBG, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 3-6 Jan 1996,

Hine, J. and Wang, Y.P. (1995) Social polarisation: An examination of the implications of economic and social change for planning in the City of Edinburgh. In: IBG 1995 Annual Conference, University of Northumbia, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 3-6 Jan 1995,

Hine, J.P. and Wang, Y.P. (1994) Change in the city: Planning and social change in the city of Edinburgh, 1981-1991. In: 34th European Congress of Regional Science, Groningen, Netherlands, 23-26 Aug 1994,

Hine, J.P. and Wang, Y.P. (1994) Change in the City: Planning and Social Change in the City of Edinburgh, 1981-1991. In: Societies in Transition Conference, School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of Art/Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 29-30 Jun 1994,

Wang, Y.P. (1994) Public sector housing in Britain and China: A comparative evaluation. In: 6th International Research Conference on Housing, Beijing, China, 21-24 Sept 1994,

Murie, A. and Wang, Y.P. (1993) Changes in council house estates in Edinburgh: 1981-1991. In: Research on the 1991 Census Conference, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 13-15 Sept 1993,

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Grants

Current Projects

  • ‘The GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC)’, funded by UKRI/ESRC, £7.1 million, PI with over 50 researchers. SHLC is an international consortium of nine research partners aiming to strengthen capacity to address urbanisation and migration problems, health and education challenges in neighbourhoods in fast-growing cities in Africa and Asia. International partners include University of Glasgow, Human Sciences Research Council and University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, Ifakara Health Institute of Tanzania, Khulna University in Bangladesh, Nankai University in China, National Institute of Urban Affairs of India, University of Rwanda, University of the Philippines Diliman.
  • ‘The Remaking of Chinese Urban Neighbourhoods: socio-spatial transformation and access to public services’, supported by ESRC £750,000 and National Natural Science Foundation of China - NSFC 2.5 million RMB, PI with over 20 researchers in Glasgow and Nankai University in China, 2016-2019.
  • ESRC International Centre Partnerships China: Urban Transformation: ‘Urban Development, Migration, Segregation and Inequality’, supported by ESRC £160,000 and CASS – China Academy of Social Sciences, PI with over 20 academic researchers from University of Glasgow, University of Sheffield and Institute of Urban Development and Environmental Studies of CASS, 2015-2019.

Recent Projects

  • ‘Village Lead Land and Property Development in China’, supported by Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, $15,000, with Professor Yanglin Wang from Beijing University, China, 2013-14
  • ‘Urbanisation Process and its Environmental Impacts in Yingchuan Plain’ with Dr J. Gong; and ‘Oasis Formation Process and Driving Forces in the Beida River catchment area in the last 30 years’ with Professor J.M. Zhang (both at Lanzhou University), supported by the Ministry of Education, China: Chunhui Project, 2012-14
  • ‘Housing market performance in small cities and towns in China’, supported by Peking University – Lincoln Institute Centre for Urban Development and Land Policy, Research Fellowship, 2010-2011.
  • ‘Urban sprawl and landless farmers in major Chinese cities’, supported by Leverhulme Trust, Research Fellowship, 2007-2009
  • ‘Housing for Rural Migrants in Chinese Cities: the case study of Shenzhen’, supported by British Academy (Larger Research Grant Scheme), with Professor Yanglin Wang and Professor Jianshen Wu from Beijing University, China, 2005-2007.
  • ‘Housing Reform and Provision in State Owned Enterprises in China’, supported by British Council, 2002-2003.
  • ‘Social Implications of Urban Reform in China: A case study of housing for the poor in Shenyang and Chongqing’, Supported by ESCOR of DFID, with Professor Y Dai (Liaoning University) and Professor H Long (Chongqing University), 1999-2001.
  • ‘Housing reform and its impact on the urban poor in China’, supported by British Academy, 1998-1999.
  • ‘Urban housing policy and reform in China’, supported by ESRC, with Professor Alan Murie, 1995-1997 (project rated ‘Outstanding’ by the ESRC).
 

 



Supervision

I am willing to supervise PhD research on housing and planning related topics in China and Developing countries. 

 

Current research students:

 

  • Preeti Dagar: Creating sustainable livelihood and entrepreneurship opportunities through skills development for refugees in urban neighbourhoods in India (2018- Co-Supervisor)
  • Weikai Wang: The Production, Evolution and Reconfiguration of Polycentric Urban Landscapes in Transitional China: A Case Study of Tianjin (2016 First Supervisor).
  • Liyuan Zhuang: Neighbourhood Attachment and Social participation in Chinese Cities: A Case Study of Chengdu (2015- Secondary Supervisor).

Past Research Students:

  • Youliang Guo: Urban Village Redevelopment in Guangzhou (CSC student, 2014, Co-supervisor)  
  • Yan Wang: Social Housing Policy in Inland Chinese Cities, case study of Yingchuan City (2011-2015 second supervisor)
  • Huifang (Linda) Cong: Urban Villages and their redevelopment in Chinese Cities a case study of Weihai in Shandong Province (2011- 12 first, from 2013 second supervisor) Heriot-Watt University Studentship.
  • Aljabri, Hanan A: The effectiveness of the planning process in creating sustainable, high-quality urban design in Oman (2011-12, first supervisor)
  • Yiti WANG: Social housing policy development in China, (SCS student with the School of Architecture in Tsinghua University, Beijing, 2009-2012, co-supervisor)
  • Md. Ashiq-Ur-Rahman: Housing the Urban Poor in Bangladesh: A Study of Housing Conditions, Policies and Organisations (2009-2012, first supervisor) Heriot-Watt University Studentship.
  • Wenhao Xuan: Affordable Housing Provision in UK and China (SCS student with the School of Architecture in Tsinghua University, Beijing, 2007-2009, co-supervisor)
  • Tanjil Sowgat: Pro-poor planning in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Khulna city (2007-2012, first supervisor) Heriot-Watt University Studentship.
  • Yun Qian: Urban Regeneration and Community Development in China and Britain, (2005-2009, first supervisor), ORS award and Heriot-Watt University James Watt Scholarship.
  • Juan Jing: Prospects and Problems of High-Rise Housing Estates in China – a case study of Shenzhen, with references in experiences in Europe, (2004-08, first supervisor) ORS award and Heriot-Watt University James Watt Scholarship.

PhD thesis external examinations

Examined over 25 PhD thesis in a number of world leading universities, including: Amsterdam, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, City University of Hong Kong, Heriot-Watt, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kent, King’s College of London, Liverpool, London School of Economics and Political Science, Manchester, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, The University of Hong Kong, UCL and Utrecht University.

  • Tang, Tianyi
    Urban greening-induced gentrification: a socio-environmental justice perspective’

Teaching

Ya Ping teaches courses on global cities and international comparative planning and housing policies.

Research datasets

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2021

Munir, F., Ahmad, S. , Ullah, S. and Wang, Y. P. (2021) Understanding housing inequalities in urban Pakistan: An intersectionality perspective of ethnicity, income and education. [Data Collection]

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Additional information

Professional Membership
  • Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS)
  • Chartered Member of Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI)
  • Fellow of Royal Geographical Society (RGS/IBG)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Member of the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (Member of Directors)
  • Member of Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research
  • Member of the Urban China Research International Network (UCRIN)
External Appointments and Research Fellowships
  • University Grants Committee (UGC) of Hong Kong: Member of the Standing Review Board for the Social Science Penal (2012), Member of Sub-Panel II: Social Sciences (2013).
  • Hong Kong Baptist University: International Fellow of, hosted by the Geography Department and David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies.  February to May, 2011.
  • Peking University – Lincoln Institute Centre for Urban Development and Land Policy: Visiting Research Fellowship, 2010-2011.
  • University of Westminster: external examiner for the International Planning and Sustainable Development MA programme, 2010-2013.
  • Leverhulme Trust: Research Fellowship, 2007-2009.
  • Natural Science Foundation of China (Main research funding body in China): International Expert for the Research Grant Review Panel for the Division I of Earth Science (Geography) 2005.
  • Xi’an Jiaotong University: Visiting Professor, hosted by the Real Estate Research Centre, 2008.
  • Pearl River Delta Planning and Development Study Project, Member of the Advisory Committee 2005-2007.
  • Pacific Asia Network for Housing Research: Joint Co-ordinator for ‘Social Housing Reform in Asia-Pacific’ research group, 2002-2004.
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and The Financial and Economic Committee of the National People’s Congress, P.R. China: Invited international expert at The International Conference of Public Housing Policy System, October 2009 (sponsored by GTZ Germany).
Journal Editing and Management Board Membership
  • Housing Studies: Member of the Management Board (from 2005-2016) and Reviews Editor (2006-2010), International Advisory Board Member (2016-)
  • International Journal of Housing Policy, Member of the Advisory Committee (from May 2010)
  • Asian Geographer: Member of International Editorial Advisory Board (from 2011)
  • Housing Studies (in Chinese published in Taiwan):  Member of Management Committee, (since 2006)
  • Community Design (in Chinese): Member of the Editorial Committee (2011-)