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Basic Information
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Brief Introduction
Dr. Hu received her Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from Nanjing University (China) and Ph.D. in Urban Geography and Spatial Planning from Utrecht University (the Netherlands). She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and a visiting scholar at the University of Washington. Dr. Hu is now an associate professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Nanjing University. Her research interests focus on low-carbon urban planning, multi-scale social-ecological systems, and environment-behavior-health coupling mechanism.
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Courses
lUrban and Regional System Analysis (undergraduate class)
lStatistical Methods in Urban Planning
(//www.icourse163.org/course/NJU-1449482167)
lTechnology in Architecture and Urban Planning(ModuleⅡ)
lTheory and Practice of Healthy Cities (international postgraduate class)
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Research and Projects
lNational Natural Science Foundation of China “Residents’ low-carbon behaviors and carbon metabolism at urban neighborhood scale and adaptive carbon reduction strategies from the perspective of residential differentiation” (PI)
lNational Key R&D Program of China “Improving water and heat regulation processes with landscape configuration optimization technology at the urban community level from a 3-D perspective” (main participant)
lNational Key R&D Program of China “The ecological impact mechanism and comprehensive regulation of human activities on the coastal zone” (main participant)
lNational Natural Science Foundation of China “Understanding the impacts of built environment on health from perspectives of residential spatial differentiation” (PI)
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Publications
lHu, H., Xu, J., Zhang, X*. (2020) The role of housing wealth, financial wealth, and social welfare in elderly households' consumption behaviors in China. Cities. 96.
lHu, H., Geertman, S., Hooimeijer, P. (2018) Market-conscious planning: a planning support methodology for estimating the added value of sustainable development in fast urbanizing China. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. 11, pp. 397-413.
lHu, H., Xu, J., Shen, Q.*, Shi, F., Chen, Y. (2018) Travel mode choices in small cities of China: a case study of Changting. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 59, pp. 361-374.