Shih-yang Kao | 教职员工 | 澳门尼威斯人网站8311 (XJTLU)

Profile

I obtained my Ph.D in Geography from the University of California at Berkeley. Before joining the UPD at XJTLU in 2018, I was a postdoctoral fellow and a visiting lecturer at the University of Hong Kong. My research and teaching interrogate the history and theories of urban interventions, urban politics under climate change, and the ongoing urbanisation of China's economy, society and culture.

I am currently serving as the Programme Director of UPD's two master's programs: MSc in Urban Planning and MSc in Urban Planning (Specilisation in Urban Design).

Qualifications
- Ph.D in Geography, University of California at Berkeley (with Designated Emphasis in Global Metropolitan Studies)
- Master in Urban Planning, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
- BA in Economics, National Taiwan University
Articles
- Lin, G.C.S and S. Kao (2019) "Contesting Eco-urbanism from Below: the 'zero-waste neighbourhood' in Chinese cities." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 44(1): pp. 72-89. (SSCI)
- Kao, S.Y. (2019) "Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities without People in the World's Most Populated Country" (Book Review). East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal. Duke University Press. 13(3): pp. 471-473.
- Kao, S.Y. and Lin, G.C.S. (2017) “The Political Economy of Debris Dumping in Beijing”, Modern China, 44(3): pp. 285-312. (SSCI)
- Kao, S.Y. (2011) “Photographing ‘Year One’: Wang Jiuliang and the Reign of Garbage”. Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, Hoboken, NJ USA: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Kao, S.Y. (2011) “From ‘Old Building Materials’ to ‘Building Garbage’: the Wastification of Demolition Materials in Post-socialist Beijing (以北京为例谈拆除旧料的’垃圾化’及其影响). Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Humanities and Social Sciences), vo. 2.
Chapters, cases, readings and supplements
- Kao, S.Y. and Hsu, J.Y. 2017. “Vertical Integration”, in Richardson eds. The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology. Hoboken, NJ USA: Wiley.
- Kao, S.Y. 2014. "Following-the-Thing", in Liboiron, M and J. Lepawsky eds., Discard Studies Compendium (https://discardstudies.com/discard-studies-compendium/)
Conference presentations
- 2019. “From Climate Mitigation to Adaptation: Party Authoritarianism and the Construction of Sponge Cities in Urbanizing China”, presented at Association of European Schools of Planning Annual Congress (Venice, Italy)
- 2018. "Climate governance, anti-incineration activism, and the fever of zero-waste neighbourhood construction in contemporary Chinese cities," presented at 'Waste, Pollution and Design in Asia' workshop. Singapore University of Technology and Design (Singapore).
- 2017. "Contesting Eco-urbanism from Below: Climate governance, anti-incineration activism, and the fever of zero-waste neighbourhood construction in contemporary Chinese cities," presented at 'Urban China, Histories, Cultures and Environments' workshop. Rachel Carson Center for the Environment and Society, Ludwig-Maximilians University-Munich (Munich, Germany).
- 2016. "Ecological Urbanism and the Changing Central-Local Dynamics in China," presented at Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting (San Francisco, USA).
Grants
- Research Development Fund (XJTLU, ?100,000 RMB) “From Climate Change Mitigation to Adaptation: The Fever of Sponge City Construction in China and Its Implications to Local Environmental Governance” (RDF-18-02-22; 2019-2022)
- General Research Fund (HK Research Grant Council, HKD$967,308). Co-Investigator, with George CS. Lin (PI). “Building Sustainable Cities in China: Sustainable Development and Uneven Urban Transformation in Pearl River Delta and Jing-Jin-Ji (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei) Urban Regions" (2017-2019).
Professional service activities
- Reviewer, Urban Geography. Taylor & Francis.
- Reviewer, Amsterdam University Press.
- Reviewer, Modern China. SAGE.
Teaching activities
- CDE401 Theory and Practice of Urban Regeneration
- CDE302 Planning Theory
- CDE003 Building a City
- CDE305 Final Year Project and Dissertation
- BVN403 Dissertation (Urban Design)
Courses taught
- Courses taught at University of Hong Kong: GEOG7124-Globalization & Spatial Economic Transformation in China (PG); GEOG7101-Chinese Economies: Location, Transformation and Integration (PG); GEOG4101-Sustainable Urban & Transport Planning (UG)
- Couses taught at UC Berkeley: GEOG110-Economic Geography of the Industrial World (UG); POLECON110-Classical Theories of Political Economy (UG); GEOG10-World Regions, Peoples, and States (UG)

Shih-yang KaoPh.D

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Qualifications

Articles

Chapters, cases, readings and supplements

Conference presentations

Grants

Professional service activities

Teaching activities

Courses taught