Dr. Jiang Xu

Department of Geography and Resource Management

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)

Associate Professor

Email: jiangxu@cuhk.edu.hk

Qualifications

Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong

M.Sc., Sun Yat-sen University

B.Sc., Sun Yat-sen University

Publications (selected)

Refereed Publications (Journal articles and book chapters)

1. Xu, J. (forthcoming), ‘Bargaining for Nature: Treating the Environment in China’s Urban Planning Practice’, Urban Geography.
2. Xu, J. (2015), ‘Environmental discourses in China’s urban planning system: a scaled discourse analytical-perspective’, Urban Studies. DOI: 10.1177/0042098015571054.
3. Xu, J. and Shao, Y.W. (2015), ‘Resilient cities: A new shift to urban crisis management’, Urban Planning International, 30(2): 1-3.
4. Shao, Y.W. and Xu, J. (2015), ‘Understanding Urban Resilience: A Conceptual Analysis Based on Integrated International Literature Review’, Urban Planning International, 30(2).
5. Xu, J. and Chung, K.L. (2014), ‘Environment’ as an Evolving Concept in China’s Urban Planning System’, International Development Planning Review, 36(4): 391-412 (2014 Best IDPR Paper).
6. Xu, J. and Chen, Y.Y. (2014), ‘Planning intercity railway in China’s mega-city regions: insights from the Pearl River Delta’, China Review, 14(1): 11-36.
7. Ng, M.K. and Xu, J. (2013), ‘Second Metamorphosis? Urban Restructuring and Planning Responses in Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the 21st Century’, in Uwe Altrock and Sonia Schoon (eds.) Maturing Megacities: The Pearl River Delta in Progressive Transformation, London: Springer, pp. 29-60.
8. Xu, J and Yeh, A.G O (2013), ‘Interjurisdictional Cooperation through Bargaining: The Case of Guangzhou-Zhuhai Railway in the Pearl River Delta, China’, The China Quarterly, 213, pp. 130-151.
9. Xu, J. and Yeh, A.G.O. (2012), ‘Re-Building regulation and re-inventing governance in the Pearl River Delta, China’, Urban Policy and Research, 30(4): 385-401.
10. Xu, J. (2012), ‘Planning for Eco-Cities in China: Imaginary or Real?’, in Yang, H.Z. and Yang, Z.P. (eds.), Green Initiative: Re-Explore the Relationship between Nature and Humanity, Taipei: Central University, pp. 839-865.
11. Xu, J. and Wang, J.J. (2012), Reassembling the state in urban China, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol. 53(1): 7-19.
12. Wang, J.X., Rong, C.H., Xu, J. and Or, S.W. (2012), ‘The financing of hierarchical railway development in China’, Research in Transportation Economics. Vol 35(1): 26-33.

Selected conference papers and presentations

1. Xu, J. (2013), ‘Bargaining for Nature in China’s Urban Planning Practice: Insights from the Tianjin Eco-City Project’, paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Climate Change, 18-19 July 2013 at Port Louis, Mauritius.
2. Xu, J. (2013), ‘Contentious Space and Politics of Scale: Railway planning through bargaining in China’s Pearl River Delta – a further review’, paper presented at the IGU Kyoto Regional Conference, 5-10 August 2013, Kyoto, Japan.
3. Chen, Y.Y. and Xu, J. (2013), ‘Negotiate environment with planning: the treatment in urban planning system in China’, paper presented at the IGU Kyoto Regional Conference, 5-10 August 2013, Kyoto, Japan.
4. Chung, K.L. and Xu, J. (2013), ‘Interrogating the Operationalization of Green Urbanism in Chinese Cities: The Interplay of Sector, Scale and Time’, paper presented at the Inter-University Seminar on Asian Megacities: Asian Urbanism and Beyond, 15-18 August 2013, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
5. Chen, Y.Y. and Xu, J. (2013), ‘Integrating green into planning: a dilemma in urban planning systems of Chinese cities’, paper presented at the Inter-University Seminar on Asian Megacities: Asian Urbanism and Beyond, 15-18 August 2013, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
6. Xu, J. and Chung, K.L. (2012), ‘Environment’ as an evolving concept in China’s urban planning system’, Paper presented at the International Conference on Spatial and Social Transformation in Urban China, 13 Dec 2012 at HKBU.
7. Xu, J. and Wang, J.J. (2012), ‘Contentious Space and Politics of Scale: Planning for Inter-City Railways in China’s Mega-City Regions’, Paper presented at the 32nd International Geographical Congress held at Cologne on 26-30 August 2012.

Books Edited

1. Yeh, A G O and Xu, J. and (eds) (2011), China's Pan-Pearl River Delta: Regional Cooperation and Development. Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong Press.
2. Xu, J. and Yeh, A G O (eds) (2010), Governance and Planning of Mega-City Regions: An International Comparative Perspective. London and New York: Routledge.

Profile Details

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Last upadated: 2015-06-30