Name: WANG Zhenbo

Current Appointment: Professor; Director of the Education Department

Working Experience:

12/2022–present: Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

12/2015–12/2022: Associate Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

1/2016–1/2017: Visiting Scholar, Washington University

6/2010–12/2015: Assistant Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

7/2007–6/2009Post-Doctoral, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

Education:

9/2007–7/2010: Ph.D. in Human Geography, Nanjing University, China

9/2004–7/2007M.S. in Human Geography, Jiangsu Normal University, China

9/1999–7/2004B.S. in Geography, Dezhou College and Ludong University, China

Areas of Specialization:

Urbanization and environmental effects;

Urban and regional planning;

Urban environment and health risk assessment;

Urban disaster and safety risk assessment;

Urban cultural and ecological protection;

Geographical indication research.

Academic Awards

The first prize of Science and Technology Progress Award from the Ministry of Education;

The second prize of Huaxia Construction Science and Technology Award from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development;

The second prize of Science and Technology Progress Award from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.

Society Appointments:

Third-party evaluation expert for the construction process of Beautiful China by the National Development and Reform Commission;

Third-party evaluation expert for the national business environment;

Third-party evaluation expert for cultural and ecological protection areas by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism

The leader of the Planning Group of the China Geographical Society's Science and Technology Innovation China Landmark Habitat Professional Science and Technology Service Team

Council Member of the China Urban Economy Society

The deputy director of the Resource Flow and Management Research Professional Committee of the China Natural Resources Society.

Representative Publications:

   1. Zihua Chen, Qian Gao, Xiaowei LI, Xiaohui Yang, Zhenbo Wang (corresponding author). Beyond Inundation: A Comprehensive Assessment of Sea Level Rise Impact on Coastal Cultural Heritage in China[J]Heritage Science. 2024.

   2. Zihua Chen, Xiaowei Li, Jiaxin Li, Lifeng Zhao, Zhenbo Wang (corresponding author)Climate Change and Intangible Cultural Heritage in China A 2000-Year Study and Its Modern Implications[J]Humanities & Social Sciences Communications. 2024.

   3. Wang ZB (corresponding author). Liang LW. Sun Z. Wang XM. Spatiotemporal differentiation and the factors influencing urbanization and ecological environment synergistic effects within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration. Journal of environmental management.2019.

   4. Liang LW. Wang ZB (corresponding author).LI JX. The effect of urbanization on environmental pollution in rapidly developing urban agglomerations. Journal of Cleaner Production.2019.

   5. Zhenbo Wang, Chuanglin Fang. Spatial-temporal characteristics and determinants of PM2.5 in the Bohai Rim Urban Agglomeration, Chemosphere,2016,148(april):148-162.

  6. Wang henbo, FANG Chuanglin, ZHANG Xiaorui. Spatial expansion and potential of construction land use in the Yangtze River Delta,J. Geogr.Sci.,2015,25(7):851-864. 

  7. Wang Zhenbo, Zhang Xiaorui, Xu Bo. Spatio-Temporal Features of China's Urban Fires: An Investigation with Reference to Gross Domestic Product and Humidity, Sustainability, 2015, 7(7):9734-9752.

  8. Wang Zhenbo, Fang Chuanglin, Cheng Shaowen, Wang Jing. Evolution of coordination degree of eco-economic system and early-warning in the Yangtze River Delta,Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2013, 23(1):147-162.

  9. Wang Zhenbo, Xu Jiangang, Fang Chuanglin, Xu Lu, Qi Yi. The study on county accessibility in China: Characteristics and effects on population agglomeration, Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2011, 21(1):18-34.

  10. Zhang Xiaorui, Wang Zhenbo (corresponding author), Lin Jing. GIS Based Measurement and Regulatory Zoning of Urban Ecological Vulnerability, Sustainability, 2015,7(8):9924-9942.

  11. Fang Chuanglin, Wang Zhenbo (corresponding author). Quantitative Diagnoses and Comprehensive Evaluations of the Rationality of Chinese Urban Development Patterns, Sustainability, 2015,7(4):3859-3884.

  12. Zhang Xiaorui, Fang Chuanglin, Wang Zhenbo, Ma Haitao. Urban construction land suitability evaluation based on improved multi-criteria evaluation based on GIS (MCE-GIS): Case of New Hefei City, Chin. Geogra. Sci.,2013,32(12):740-753.

  13. Wang Jing, Fang Chuanglin, Wang Zhenbo, Advantages and dynamics of urban agglomeration development on Yangtze River Delta, Journal of Geographical Sciences,2012,22(3):521-534.

  14. FANG Chuanglin, MA Haitao, Wang Zhenbo, Li Guangdong. The sustainable development of innovative cities in China: Comprehensive assessment and future configuration, Journal of Geographical Sciences,2014,24(6):1095-1114.

Major Research Projects:

Hosted and participated in more than 50 major projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Social Science Foundation, the National Key R&D Program, the Youth Fund, as well as research planning projects commissioned by ministries and local governments.

Office Address:

Room D205, Building No. D, IGSNRR

11A Da Tun Road

An Wai, Beijing 100101

People’s Republic of China

Telephone: 86-10-64888147

Email: wangzb@igsnrr.ac.cn