Rm 3001, S&T Blg,
Nansha IT Park, No. 2 Huan Shi Da Dao Rd,
Nansha District, Guangzhou, 511458, China.
✉ chaosuli@ust.hk
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Peking University, China
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, China
CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor, Urban Governance and Design Thrust, Society Hub, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Division of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Instructor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Research Assistant, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Teaching Assistant, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE
Urban Planning and Governance
Urban Form
Climate Change Planning
Applied GIS and Urban Big Data Analytics
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
W, J. & Li, C.* (2024). Illustrating the nonlinear effects of urban form factors on transportation carbon emissions based on gradient boosting decision trees. Science of the Total Environment. (Forthcoming)
Li, J., & Li, C.* (2024). Characterizing urban spatial structure through built form typologies: A new framework using clustering ensembles. Land Use Policy, 141, 107166.
Fu, X., Sanchez, T., Li, C., & Junqueira, J. (2024). Deciphering public voices in the digital era: benchmarking ChatGPT for analyzing citizen feedback in Hamilton, New Zealand. Journal of the American Planning Association, DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2024.2309259.
Fu, X., Wang, R., & Li, C.* (2023). Can ChatGPT evaluate plans?. Journal of the American Planning Association, DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2023.2271893.
Chen, G. & Li, C.*(2023). The changing dynamics of population exposure to extreme heat in the contiguous United States from 2001 to 2020. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, DOI: 10.1177/23998083231189594.
Li, C.*, Zhu, P., Li, K., & Zhou, L. (2023). Empirical correlations between urban form and climate resilience: a study of flooding events in Macau. Urban Planning International, 38(4), 49-58. (in Chinese). DOI: 10.19830/j.upi.2023.310.
Li, C.* & Ping, D. (2023). Changes in tree canopy coverage and inequality in the contiguous United States between 2010 and 2020. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, DOI: 10.1177/23998083231177315.
Xi, Z., Li, C.#, Zhou, L., Yang, H., & Burghardt, R. (2023). Built environment influences on urban climate resilience: evidence from extreme heat events in Macau. Science of the Total Environment, 160270.
Fu, X., Li, C., & Zhai, W. (2022). Using natural language processing to read plans: a study of 78 resilience plans from the 100 Resilient Cities Network. Journal of the American Planning Association, 89(1), 107-119.
Fu, X. & Li, C.*(2022). How resilient are localities planning for climate change? an evaluation of 50 plans in the United States. Journal of Environmental Management, 318, 115493.
Zhou, L., Li, S., Li, C.*, Shen, G., Yang, H., Zhu, P., Han, H., & Li, B. (2022). Spatial congruency or mismatch? analyzing the COVID-19 potential infection risk and urban density as businesses reopen. Cities, 103615.
Quan, S. & Li, C. (2021). Urban form and building energy use: a systematic review of measures, mechanisms, and methodologies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 139, 110662.
Zhou, L., Shen, G., Li, C., Chen, T., Li, S., & Brown, R. (2021). Impacts of land covers on stormwater runoff and urban development: a land use and parcel based regression approach. Land Use Policy, 103, 105280.
Song, Y., Li, C.*, Zhou, L., Huang, X., Chen, Y., & Zhang, H. (2021). Factors affecting green building development at the municipal level: a cross-sectional study in China. Energy and Buildings, 110560.
Zhou, L., Li, S., & Li, C*. (2021). Visualising the dynamics of COVID-19 cases leading to inbound transmission in Hong Kong. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, DOI: 10.1177/0308518X20961395.
Li, C., Song, Y., Tian, L., & Ouyang, W. (2020). Urban form, air quality, and cardiorespiratory mortality: a path analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 1202.
Chen Y., Song, Y., & Li, C. (2020). Where do people tweet? the relationship of the built environment to tweeting in Chicago. Sustainable Cities and Society, 52, 1-14.
Li, C.*, Song, Y., Kaza, N., & Burghardt, R. (2019). Explaining spatial variations in residential energy usage intensity in Chicago: the role of urban form and geomorphometry. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 43(2), 317-331.
Li, C., Song, Y., & Kaza, N. (2018). Urban form and household electricity consumption: a multilevel study. Energy and Buildings, 158, 181-193. (Supported by World Bank through the project entitled Urban Scale Building Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under Grant No. P130786).
Zhao, J., Li, C., Zhang, R., & Palmer, M. (2018). Cost of an urban rail ride: a national-level analysis of ridership, capital costs and cost-effectiveness performance of urban rail transit projects in China. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 11(1), 1173-1191.
Song, Y., Li, C.*, Olshansky, R., Zhang, Y., & Xiao, Y. (2017). Are we planning for sustainable disaster recovery? evaluating recovery plans after the Wenchuan Earthquake. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 60(12), 2192-2216. (Supported by U.S. Natural Science Foundation under Grant No. 5-54928).
Li, C. & Song, Y. (2016). Government response to climate change in China: a study of provincial and municipal plans. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 59(9), 1679-1710.
Book Chapters
Li, C.*(2018). “GIS for Urban Energy Analysis” in B. Huang (Eds.), Comprehensive Geographic Information Systems. Vol. 2. Oxford: Elsevier.
Li, C.*, Song, Y., & Chen, Y. (2017). “Infrastructure Development and Urbanization in China” in Z. Tang (Eds.), China’s Urbanization and Socioeconomic Impact. Singapore: Springer.
Book Review
Li, C. (2021). Smart world cities in the 21st century (book review). Journal of Urban Technology, DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2020.1844960.
AWARDS
2015-2016 Future Faculty Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2012 Honored Graduate, Peking University
2009-2010, 2010-2011 May Fourth Fellowship, Peking University
2010-2011 Merit Student, Peking University
2009-2010, 2010-2011 Top-Class Governmental Graduate Fellowship, Peking University
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICES
Editor, Beijing Planning Review (Chinese Academic Journal)
Auditor, Guangzhou Urban Planning Association
Special Invited Member, Macau Urban Planning Institute (MUPI)
Member, The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
Member, International Association for China Planning (IACP)