Prof. Shih-Kung Lai

College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Tongji University, China

Email: lai@mail.ntpu.edu.tw

Qualifications
1990 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

1985 M.Sc., The Ohio State University, USA

1979 B.Sc., National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (China)

Publications (Selected)

1. Lai, Shih-Kung, 2012, Cities, Complexity, and Planning: Acting in Complex Systems, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Surrey, UK. (in writing)
2. Lai, Shih-Kung and Haoying Han, 2009, Complexity: New Perspectives of Urban Planning, China Architecture and Building Press, Beijing, China. (in Chinese)
3. Lai, Shih-Kung, 2006, Cities, Complexity and Planning: Understanding and Improving Urban Development, Chan’s Book Inc., Taipei, Taiwan. (in Chinese)
4. Lai, Shih-Kung, 2005, Urban Development: The Logic of Making Plans, Wu-Nan, Taipei, Taiwan and the Commercial Press, Beijing, China (Chinese translation with essays, original author: Lewis D. Hopkins)
5. Lai, Shih-Kung, 2010,  “Evaluation of effectiveness of plans for urban development,” Planners (forthcoming). (in Chinese)
6. Lai, Shih-Kung, Haoying Han, and Cifang Wu, 2009, “A preliminary treatise on behavioral planning theory,” Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities and Social Sciences) (DOI:10.3785/j.issn.1008-942X.2009.08.071). (in Chinese)
7. Han, Haoying, Shih-Kung Lai, and Cifang Wu, 2009, “A strategic approach to contemporary urban planning in China: assessment of design-based and strategy-based planning in the complex urban system,” Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities and Social Sciences), 39(6), 187-194. (in Chinese)
8. Lai, Shih-Kung and Haoying Han, 2009, “Compensation policies for agricultural land requisition in China: a review,” Review of Real Estate and Urban Studies, 1(2), 123-134
9. Chiu, Ching-Pin and Shih-Kung Lai, 2009, “An experimental comparison of negotiation strategies for siting NIMBY facilities,” Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, advance online publication, doi:10.1068/b35037
10. Xue, Minsheng and Shih-Kung Lai, 2009, “Effects of budgetary policies on population migration: an examination through complexity science in Taiwan,” Journal of Complex Systems and Complexity Science at Qingdao University, 6(2), 1-9. (in Chinese)
11. Chang, Song-Tyan and Shih-Kung Lai, 2009, “Chaos and emergence of West Gate Market (Red Tower): a city is not a tree,” Chung Hua Journal of Architectur, 3(3), 33-46. (in Chinese)
12. Lu, Cheng-Chung and Shih-Kung Lai, 2008, “Exploration of the network connectivity pattern of the global cities: a case of the airline routes,” Journal of Architecture and Planning, 9(2), 123-140. (in Chinese)