Education and career
*B.S. Economic Geography and Urban Planning, Hangzhou (Zhejiang) University, 1984 *M.S. Human Geography, Nanjing Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, 1987 *M.A. Urban Studies, University of Akron, 1991 *M.A. Geography, University of Akron, 1993 *Ph.D. Geography, University of California at Los Angeles, 1998 *Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1997-2002 *Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2002-2007 *Professor, Department of Geography and Institute of Public and International Affairs, University of Utah, 2007–presentAwards and honors
*Excellence in Research Award. Graduate School/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation Award in Recognition of Excellence in Research, 2003 *Overseas Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Beijing, 2004 *Distinguished Scholar Award, Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers(AAG), Chicago, 2006 *Distinguished Service Award, Asian Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers (AAG),Las Vegas, 2009 *Distinguished Service Award, Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers (AAG), Las Vegas, 2009 *Outstanding Service Award, China Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers (AAG), Seattle, 2011 *International Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2011, 2013 *Overseas and Hong Kong-Macao Scholars Collaboration Award, Natural Science Foundation of China (formally Overseas Outstanding Young Scientist Award), 2011 (First Stage), 2013 (Second Stage) *Overseas Evaluation Expert, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2016Selected publications
Books and edited volumes
*Wei, Y.D. 2000. ''Regional Development in China: States, Globalization, and Inequality.'' Routledge. .Selected journal articles
*Wei, Y.D. 1999. "Regional Inequality in China." ''Progress in Human Geography'' 23(1): 49-59. *Wei, Y.D. and C.C. Fan. 2000. "Regional Inequality in China: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province." ''Professional Geographer'' 52(3): 455-469. *Wei, Y.D. and S. Kim. 2002. "Widening Intercounty Inequality in Jiangsu Province, China,1950-1995." ''Journal of Development Studies'' 38(6): 142-164. *Wei, Y.D. 2002. "Beyond the Sunan Model: Trajectory and Underlying Factors of Development in Kunshan, China." ''Environment and Planning A'' 34(10): 1725-1747. *Wei, Y.D. 2005. "Planning Chinese Cities: The Limits of Transitional Institutions." ''Urban Geography'' 26(3): 200-221. *Wei, Y.D. 2006. "Geographers and Globalization: The Future of Regional Geography." ''Environment and Planning A'' 38(8): 1395-1400. *Yu, D.L., Y.D. Wei and C.S. Wu. 2007. "Modeling Spatial Dimensions of Housing Prices in Milwaukee, WI." ''Environment and Planning B'' 34(6): 1085-1102. *Wei, Y.D., C.K. Leung and W.M. Li. 2008. "Institutions, Location, and Network of Multinational Enterprises in China." ''Urban Geography'' 29(7): 639-661. *He, C., Y.D. Wei and X. Xie. 2008. "Globalization, Institutional Change, and Industrial Location: Economic Transition and Industrial Concentration in China." ''Regional Studies'' 42(7): 923-945. *Luo, J. and Y.D. Wei. 2009. "Modeling Spatial Variations of Urban Growth Patterns in Chinese Cities." ''Landscape and Urban Planning'' 91(2): 51-64. *Wei, Y.D., Y.Q. Lu and W. Chen. 2009. "Globalizing Regional Development in Sunan, China: Does Suzhou Industrial Park Fit a Neo-Marshallian District Model?" ''Regional Studies'' 43(3): 409-427. *Wei, Y.D. 2010. "Beyond New Regionalism, Beyond Global Production Networks: Remaking the Sunan Model, China." ''Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy'' 28(1): 72-96. *Wei, Y.D. and C.L. Gu. 2010. "A Study of Industrial Development and Spatial Structure in Changzhou City, China: The Restructuring of the Sunan Model." ''Urban Geography'' 31(3): 321-347. *Li, Y.R. and Y.D. Wei. 2010. "The Spatial-Temporal Hierarchy of Regional Inequality of China." ''Applied Geography'' 30: 303-316. *Wei, Y.D. and J. Luo and Q. Zhou. 2010. "Location Decisions and Network Configurations of Foreign Investment in Urban China." ''Professional Geographer'' 62(2): 264-283. *Wei, Y.D., J. Li and Y.M. Ning. 2010. "Corporate Networks, Value Chains, and Spatial Organization: A Study of the Computer Industry in China." ''Urban Geography'' 31(8): 1118-1140. *Zhou, Y., Y.F. Sun, Y.D. Wei and G.C.S. Lin. 2011. "De-centering 'Spatial Fix'—Patterns of Territorialization and Regional Technological Dynamism of ICT Hubs in China." ''Journal of Economic Geography'' 11(1): 119-150. *Wei, Y.D., I. Liefner, and C.H. Miao. 2011. "Network Configurations and R&D Activities of the ICT Industry in Suzhou Municipality, China." ''Geoforum'' 42(4): 484-495. *Wei, Y.D., Y. Zhou, Y.F. Sun, and G.C.S. Lin. 2012. "Production and R&D Networks of Foreign Ventures in China." ''Applied Geography'' 32(1): 106-118. *Wei, Y.D., F. Yuan and F.H. Liao. 2013. Spatial Mismatch and Determinants of Foreign and Domestic ICT Firms in China. ''Professional Geographer'' 65(2): 247-264. *Sun, Y.F., Y. Zhou, G.C.S. Lin and Y.D. Wei. 2013. Subcontracting and Supplier Technology Upgrading. ''Regional Studies'' 47(10): 1766-1784. *Wei, Y.D. and X.Y. Ye. 2014. Urbanization, Urban Land Expansion, and Environmental Change in China. ''Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment'' 28(4): 757- 765. *Huang, H. and Y.D. Wei. 2014. Intra-metropolitan Location of Foreign Direct Investment in Wuhan, China. ''Applied Geography'' 47: 78-88. *Wei, Y.D. 2015. Network Linkages and Local Embeddedness of Foreign Ventures in China. ''Regional Studies'' 49(2): 287-299. *Wei, Y.D. 2015. Spatiality of Regional Inequality. ''Applied Geography'' 61: 1-10. *Wei, Y.D., X. Bi and Y. Ning. 2016. Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Locational Trajectories of Software Firms in Shanghai. ''Professional Geographer'' 68(2): 211-226. *Ewing, R., S. Hamidi, J.B. Grace and Y.D. Wei. 2016. Does Urban Sprawl Hold Down Upward Mobility? ''Landscape and Urban Planning'' 148: 80-88. *Wei, Y.D., H. Li and W. Yue. 2017. Urban land expansion and regional inequality in Transitional China. ''Landscape and Urban Planning'' 163: 17-31. *Shen, J., Y.D. Wei and Z. Yang. 2017. The impact of environmental regulations on the location of pollution-intensive industries in China. ''Journal of Cleaner Production'' 148: 785-794. *Wei, Y.D., W. Xiao, C.A. Simon, B. Liu and Y. Ni. 2018. Neighborhood, race and education inequality. ''Cities'' 73: 1-13. *Wei, Y.D. and R. Ewing. 2018. Urban expansion, sprawl and inequality. ''Landscape and Urban Planning'' 177: 259-265. *Li, H., Y.D. Wei, Y. Wu and G. Tian. 2019. Analyzing housing prices in Shanghai with open data. ''Cities'' 91: 165-179. *Li, H. Y.D. Wei ad Y. Wu. 2019. Analyzing the private rental housing market in Shanghai with open data. ''Land Use Policy'' 85: 271-284. *Li, H., Y. Zhou ad Y.D. Wei. 2019. Institutions, extreme weather and urbanization in the Greater Mekong Region. ''Annals of AAG'' 109(4): 1317-1340. *Huang, H. and Y.D. Wei. 2019. The Spatial-temporal hierarchy of inequality in urban China. ''Professional Geographer'' 71(3): 391-407. *Yuan F., Y.D. Wei, W. Xiao. 2019. Land marketization, fiscal decentralization, and the dynamics of urban land prices in transitional China. Land Use Policy 89: 104209. *Wu, J., Z. Yu, Y.D. Wei and L. Yang. 2019. Changing distribution of the floating population and its determinants in urban China. Habitat International 94: 102063. *Wei, Y.D., Y. Wu, F.H. Liao and L. Zhang. Regional inequality, spatial polarization and place mobility in provincial China. Applied Geography 124: 102296. *Wu, Y., Y.D. Wei and H. Li. 2020. Firm suburbanization in the context of urban sprawl. Professional Geographer 72(4): 598-617. *Wei, Y.D., J. Lin and L. Zhang. 2020. E-commerce, Taobao villages and regional development in China. Geographical Review 110(3): 380-405. *Wu, C., X. Huang, Y.D. Wei, B. Chen and X. Chuai. 2020. Valuing land use change effects upon ecosystem service values:. Ecological Indicator 117: 106507. *Nijman, J. and Y.D. Wei. 2020. Urban inequalities in the 21st century economy. Applied Geography 117: 102188. *Li, H. and Y.D. Wei. 2020. Spatial inequality of housing value changes since the financial crisis. Applied Geography 115: 102141. *Li, H., Y.D. Wei and E. Swerts. 2020. Spatial Clustering and Inequality of City-Regions in the Yangtze River Valley, China. Urban Studies 57(3): 672-689. *Yuan, F., Y.D. Wei and J. Wu. 2020. Amenity Effects of Urban Facilities on Housing Prices in China: Accessibility, Scarcity, and Urban Spaces. Cities 96: 102433. *Wang, J., Y.D. Wei and B. Lin. 2021. Functional division and the determinants of location choice for Chinese OFDI. Environment and Planning A 53(5): 937-957. *Liu, W., J. Shen, Y.D. Wei and W. Chen. 2021. Environmental injustice in China. Journal of Cleaner Production 317: 128334. *Wei, Y.D., W. Xiao, R. Medina and G. Tian. 2021. Effects of neighborhood environment, safety, and urban amenities on origins and destinations of walking Behavior. Urban Geography 42(2): 120-140 *Xiao, W., Y.D. Wei and H. Li. 2021. Spatial inequality of job accessibility in Shanghai: A geographical skills mismatch perspective. Habitat International 115: 102401. *Wei, Y.D., W. Xiao and Y. Wu. 2021. Trip generation, trip chains and polycentric development in metropolitan USA: A case study of the Wasatch Front, Utah. Applied Geography 133: 102488. *McCullough, M., N. Wan, M. Pezzolesi, T. Collins, S.E. Grineski, Y.D. Wei, J. Lazaro-guevara, S. Frodsham, J. Vanderslice, J. Holmen, T. Srinivas, S. Clements. 2021. Type 1 Diabetes Incidence Among Youth in Utah: A Geographical Analysis. Social Science and Medicine 278: 113952. *Xiao, W., Y.D. Wei and N. Wang. 2021. Modeling job accessibility using online map data. Journal of Transport Geography 93: 103065. *Xiao, W., Y.D. Wei and Y. Wu. 2022. The resilience of public transit system against COVID-19. Transportation Research D 110: 103428. *Wang, Y., Y.D. Wei and D. Sun. 2022. New city and national city size distribution. Habitat International 127: 102632. *Ma, H., Y.D. Wei, X. Huang and X. Xu. 2022. The innovation networks of large enterprises in urban China. Environment and Planning A 54(7): 1432-1449. *An, Y., Y.D. Wei, F. Yuan and W. Chen. 2022. Impacts of high-speed rails on urban networks and regional development. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 16(6): 483-495. *Zhang, W., B. Wang, Q. Wu and Y.D. Wei. How does industrial agglomeration affect urban land use efficiency? Land Use Policy 119: 106178. *Wu, Y., Y.D. Wei, H. Li and M. Liu. 2022. Amenity, firm distribution, and urban creativity: A study of producer services in Shanghai, China. Cities 120: 103421.Selected grants
*Collaborative Research: Business Organization and Network Relations of Foreign Manufacturing Ventures in the Yangtze Delta Region, China. NSF, 2001-2005. PI (with C. K. Leung). *Local Capitalism in China: An Institutional and Network Analysis of Private Enterprises in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. National Geographic Society, 2004-2005. PI. *Globalization and Regional Development in the Yangtze Delta, China. Natural Science Foundation of China, 2005-2007. PI. *A Comparative Study of ICT Industry Development in the Beijing, Shanghai-Suzhou, and Shenzhen-Dongguan City Regions in China. NSF, 2006-2009. PI (with Y. Zhou and Y. Sun). *Remaking the Sunan Model, China. National Geographic Society, 2008-2009. PI. *Remaking Development Models in China: Globalization, the State, and Regional Development. Ford Foundation, 2008-2011. PI. *Urban Land Expansion and Spatial Restructuring in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2011 *A Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Intraprovincial Inequality in China. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Overseas and Hong Kong-Macao Scholars Collaboration Fund, 2011-2017. PI. *Economic Transition, Urbanization and Spatial Inequality in China. Ford Foundation, 2015-2018. PI. *Reducing VMT, Encouraging Walk Trips, and Facilitating Efficient Trip Chains through Polycentric Development. National Institute for Transportation & Communities, 2018-2019. Co-PI. *Urban Housing and Land and Their Implications for Inequality under the Process of Urbanization in China. Ford Foundation, 2018-2022.PI *Comparative Regional Inequality Dynamics, NSF, 2018-2023. Co-PI. *Area-level Socio-economic Conditions and Individual-level Health and Mortality: Exploring Place-Based Mechanisms and Individual-level Psychosocial Processes. National Institute of Health (NIH), 2023-2027. Co-I.References
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