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XIAOPEI YAN
Research Statement: Xiaopei Yan is Deputy Director of Zhongshan University’s Centre for
Urban and Regional Studies. She earned her master’s degree in Geography
at the University of Southampton, and she has been a visiting scholar at
the University of British Columbia in spring 2000. She is the author/editor
of six books and more than 5 dozen articles. She has been particularly
active in research on metropolitan transportation systems, including a
current collaborative project that deals with transportation policy in
two Canadian cities (Montreal, Vancouver) and three Chinese cities (Shanghai,
Guangzhou and Lanzhou).
Current Position: Professor and Deputy Director
Education: B.S. (Geography, 1982) Southwest China Normal University, China
Selected Publications: Book: Yeh, Anthony Gar-On, Xueqiang Xu and Xiaopei Yan. 1997. Urban Planning and Planning Education under Economic Reform in China. Hong Kong: Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, University of Hong Kong (in English). Book Chapters: Yan, Xiaopei and Desheng Xue. 1997. “The problems and corresponding actions in China’s urban planning education since the economic reform and open door policies in 1978.” Pages 199-206 in Anthony Gar-Oh Yeh, Xueqiang Xu and Xiaopei Yan (eds.), Urban Planning and Planning Education under Economic Reform in China. Hong Kong: Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, University of Hong Kong (in English). Xu, Xueqiang and Xiaopei Yan. 1995. “Metropolitan planning and management in the developing world: Case study of Guangzhou, China." In UN Center for Human Settlements (Habitat) (ed.), Metropolitan Planning and Management in the Developing World: Shanghai and Guangzhou, China, Nairobi (in English). Xu, A.Q., R.Y Kwok, L. X. Li and Xiaopei Yan. 1995. “Production change in Guangdong.” Pages 135-162 in R.Y. Kwok and A.Y. So (eds.), The Hong Kong-Guangdong Link—Partnership in Flux, Armonk: M.E. Sharpe (in English). Journal Articles: Yan, Xiaopei, et al. 1999. “Temporal and spatial differences of the industrial restructuring of Guangdong Province in the 1990s.” Chinese Geographical Science 9(4): 322-329. Yan, Xiaopei. 1997. “Study on the migrant labour force of China in recent years: A case study of Nanhai city of Guangdong Province.” Chinese Geographical Science 7(1): 19-29. Yan, Xiaopei, Shiyun Gu and Xiao Liu. 1997. “On the dynamics of rural urbanization in the Pearl River Delta.” China City Planning Review 13(1): 32-41. Yan, Xiaopei. 1996. “Some aspects of export labour service in China.” Chinese Geographical Science 6(1): 1-14. Yan, Xiaopei. 1995. “Chinese urban geography since the late 1970s.” Urban Geography 6. Yan, Xiaopei. 1995. “New progress in China’s urban geography.” Journal of Chinese Geography 5(3): 81-98. Yan, Xiaopei. 1994. “The comparative analysis on the geographical education of Chinese comprehensive and teacher training universities: The case studies of Zhongshan and Southwest Teachers universities.” Journal of Geography Education 31(6): 16-26. Yan, Xiaopei. 1994. “The satellite towns of metropolitan Guangzhou: Evolution, inherent links with the central city and tendencies: A case study of Renhe Town.” Journal of Chinese Geography 4(1-2): 82-90. Yan, Xiaopei. 1990. “The spatial dimension of Chinese urbanization.” GeoJournal 21(1/2): 13-23. Current Research Activities: 1999-2001 Director, Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation,
China
1998-2000 Director, National Science Foundation of Natural Science,
China
1997-2000 Co-director, Collaborative project with University of Montreal,
Canada, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency
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