Research Interests
Education
Ph.D. (2005): Urban Science and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
M.S. (2000): Human Geography, Peking University, China.
B.S. (1997): Double Major in Economic Geography and Software Engineering, Peking University, China.
Courses Taught
Key Research Activities Principal Research Projects
General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Dynamic Impacts of Compulsory Education Policies on Equalizing Educational Opportunities for Migrant Children and Optimization Strategies (January 2023 – December 2026, Ongoing).
Major Program of the National Social Science Foundation of China: Theory and Practice of Equalizing Basic Public Services and Accessibility in China's Relatively Developed Regions (Chief Expert, April 2020 – December 2022).
Shenzhen Stable Support Program Key Project: Research on Coordinated Transport Development Mechanisms in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (January 2021 – December 2023, Ongoing).
General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Quantifying Health Effects and Mechanisms of Transit Metropolis Development: A Physical Activity Perspective (January 2017 – December 2020).
Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program: Integrated Transport-Land Use Planning Decision Support System (January 2014 – December 2016).
General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Polycentric Spatial Structure Development and Transport Performance Under Rail Transit (January 2014 – December 2017).
Recent Books
Yang, J., Duan, Y. (2023). Rail Transit-Oriented Integrated Development Policies and Planning. Science Press.
Xinyu Jason Cao, Chuan Ding, Jiawen Yang，Urban Transport and Land Use Planning: A Synthesis of Global Knowledge，Elsevier, 2022.
Selected Publications
[1]. Xiangfu Kong, Jiawen Yang, Jiandong Qiu, Qin Zhang, Xunlai Chen, Minquan Wang, S Jiang, 2022, Post‐event flood mapping for road networks using taxi GPS data, Journal of Flood Risk Management, e12799.
[2]. Duan Yang, He Zhenzi, Jiawen Yang (2021). Challenges of integrated transport-land use planning in the high-speed rail era: A case study of China's HSR station location. Journal of Human Settlements in West China, 29–35.
[3]. Jiawen Yang, Yufei Zhou，Jason Cao, 2021, Elaborating threshold and synergistic effects of subway access and land uses on urban vitality in Shenzhen, Transportation Research Part A, 144, 74-88
[4]. Jiawen Yang, Pingren Su and Jason Cao, 2020, On the importance of Shenzhen metro transit to land development and threshold effect, Transport Policy, 99: 1-11
[5]. Jiawen Yang，Lili Zhu，Yang Duan， Jiangping Zhou，Hanxi Ma, 2020, Developing metro-based accessibility: Three aspects of China’s Rail+Property practice， Transportation Reearch Part D, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102288
[6]. Jason Cao, Zhesong Hao, Jiawen Yang, Jiangbin Yin, Xiaoyan Huang, 2020, Prioritizing neighborhood attributes to enhance neighborhood satisfaction: An impact asymmetry analysis, Cities, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102854
[7]. Chuan Ding, Xinyu Cao, Meixuan Dong, Yi Zhang, Jiawen Yang, 2019, Non-linear relationships between built environment characteristics and electric-bike ownership in Zhongshan, China, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 75: 286–296 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2019.09.005
[8]. Xiongbin LIN, Jiawen Yang*, 2019, Supporting Green Transportation with Transportation Impact Assessment in China, Transportation Research Part D: Transportation and Environment, 73: 67-75.
[9]. Lingqian Hu, Jiawen Yang*, Tianren Yang, Ruanjie Tu, Jing Zhu, 2020, Urban Spatial Structure and Travel in China, Journal of planning literature, 35(1):6-24, DOI: 10.1177/0885412219853259
[10]. Jiawen Yang, Peiling Zhou, 2019, Obesity Epidemic and Metropolitan-Scale Built Environment: Examining the health effects of polycentric development, Urban Studies, DOI: 10.1177/0042098019844177
[11]. Jiawen Yang, Huaqing Zhou, Meng Zhou, 2018, Bus transit subsidy under China’s transit metropolis initiative: The case of Shenzhen, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 1-8.
[12]. Xiongbin Lin, Jiawen Yang, Ian MacLachlan, 2018, High-speed rail as a solution to metropolitan passenger mobility: The case of Shenzhen-Dongguan-Huizhou metropolitan area, Journal of Transport and Land Use, 11:1257-1270
Awards and Honors
World's Top 2% Most Influential Scientists (Single-Year Impact, 2021).
Peking University Hundred Talents Program (Awarded in 2012).
Pengcheng Scholar (Long-term Distinguished Professor, Awarded in 2014).
Shenzhen National-Level High-Level Talent (Awarded in 2020).
Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researcher (2014–2019).
Professional Service
Associate Editor: Journal of the American Planning Association.
Associate Editor: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
Editorial Board Member: International Urban Planning.
