ChengHe Guan

ChengHe Guan is an Assistant Professor of Urban Science and Policy at NYU Shanghai, Global Network Assistant Professor, and PhD Advisor at NYU Wagner. He is the founding co-director of the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Urban Design and Urban Science (LOUD) https://urban.shanghai.nyu.edu/. Dr. Guan is affiliated with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, the School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences at East China Normal University, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Additionally, he serves as a senior research consultant to the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford.

Dr. Guan’s research focuses on spatial analytics of urban morphology and green space planning, organized around two interconnected themes: (1) Urban green space analytics with AI-enhanced urban sensing techniques, and (2) Urban form analytics and simulation for climate-adaptive cities. His work is published in leading academic journals such as Nature Communications, Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio), Journal of Planning Education and Research, Landscape and Urban Planning, Land Use Policy, Health and Place, Journal of Urban Affairs, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, and Cities. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=VXqmlksAAAAJ&hl=en

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• Guan, C.*, Zhou, Y. (2024) Exploring environmental and social equity in peri-urban parks: A mobile phone data-driven analysis in Tokyo. Landscape and Urban Planning 248, 105104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105104

• Guan, C. *, You, M. (2024) Integrating landscape and urban development in a comprehensive landscape sensitivity index: A case study of the Appalachian Trail Region. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 93, 128234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128234

• Guan, C.*, You, M., Li, Y., Tan, J., Jenq, C. (2024) Analyzing adverse effects of subway extension on housing prices in affluent urban neighborhoods. Applied Geography 166, 103265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103265

• Wu, T., Guan, C.* (2024) Advancing intra and inter-city urban digital twins – An updated review. Journal of Planning Education and Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X241260887

• You, M., Guan, C.* (2024) Does self-containment of spatial scale and land use function promote sustainable new town development? Evaluation of urban heat island dynamics. Land Use Policy 146, 107323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107323

• Wang, Y., Guan, C.*. (2024) Integrating green space measures into future town planning: A case study of Zhejiang. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241274913

• Zhou, Y., Guan, C.*, Wu, L., Li, Y. Nie, X., Song, J., Kim, S., Akiyama, Y. (2024) Visitation-based classification of urban parks through mobile phone big data in Tokyo. Applied Geography 167, 103300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103300

• Deng, D., Hu, Q., Guan, C.*, Chen, Y., Menendez, M. (2024) From access to application: Building a government-owned open data platform for connected and autonomous vehicles. Cities 149, 104918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104918

• Cai, Z., Cheng, T., Li, Y., Tang, J., Guan, C.*. (2024) Spatial analysis of hospital accessibility in Nanjing: The role of community health service centers. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-024-09577-8

• Chen, Z., Liu, Y., Yan, P., Guan, C.* (2024) Two-stage deployment and operation plan of PCR sample collection booths under demand uncertainty. Sustainable Cities and Society 105315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105315

• Wu., L., Zhou, Y., Nie, X., Kim, S., Shao, Y., Guan, C.*. (2024) “Unfenced” parks and residents’ visit patterns: A regression discontinuity design in Shanghai. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 100, 128459.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128459

• Ma, R., Gao, J. Guan, C., Zhang, B. (2024) Coal mine closure substantially increases terrestrial water storage in China. Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio) 5, 418. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01589-z

• Ren, X., Chow, J., Guan, C. (2024) Mobility service design with equity-aware choice-based decision-support tool: New York case study. Transportation and Research Part D: Transport and Environment. SI: Innovative Mobilities. 132, 104255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104255

• Li, Z., Li, H., Guan, C., Zhong, M., Chen, Z. (2024) On the value of orderly electric vehicle charging in carbon emission reduction. Transportation and Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 135, 104383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104383

• Guan, C., Gómez, J., Tripathy, P., Duque, J., Passos, S., Cheng, T., Li, Y., Keith, M. (2023) Evaluating the sensitivity of water protection policy on urban growth: A case study of Jiaxing. Special issue - Data science for developing cities. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 1-20 https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083231163182

• Guan, C.*, Tan, J., Li, Y., Tong, C., Yang, J., Liu, C., Keith, M. (2023) How do density, employment and transit affect the prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic? A study of 3,141 counties across the United States. Health & Place 84, 103117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103117

• Guan, C.*, Yan, K., Zhang, B., Li, Y., Zhang, X. (2023) The efficacy of mortgage lending on geographically disparate and differently priced residential neighborhoods in Shanghai. The Professional Geographer 75(3) 495-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2022.2148902

• You, M., Huang, J., Guan, C.* (2023) Are new towns prone to urban heat island effect? Implications for planning form and function. Sustainable Cities and Society 99, 104939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104939

• Yang, Y., Cheng, D., Zhang, B., Guan, C.*, Cheng, X., Cheng, T.  (2023) Coal resource-based cities at the crossroads: Towards a sustainable future. Cities 140, 100424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104424

• Hong, A., Baker, L., Curiel, R., Duminy, J, Buswala, B., Guan, C., Ravindranath, D. (2023) Reconciling big data and thick data to advance the new urban science and smart city governance. Journal of Urban Affairs 45(10), 1737-1761. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2021.2021085

Education

• DDes
  Harvard University
• MDes
  Harvard University
• MArch
  Washington University in St. Louis
• BArch
  Southeast University