Current Appointment: Professor
Education:‘
1998/9-2002/7: Bachelor of Science in Management Science in Inner Mongolia Normal University
2002/9-2007/7: Doctorate in Science in Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Areas of Specialization:
Global change, land use / cover change and urban ecology and environment
Academic Awards：
1. Key technology and application demonstration of urban high-precision spatio-temporal information acquisition (The second prize of national surveying and mapping technology progress in 2016, 2016-01-02-16)
2. Research and demonstration of key technologies for urban ecological environment monitoring and governance (The second prize of national environmental protection science and technology award in 2015, KJ2015-2-08).
3. Excellent science and Technology Award for China Society Natural Resources in 2017.
4. Excellent author for the Journal of Geographical Sciences in 2016 and 2017.
5. “Spatiotemporal characteristics, patterns and causes of land use changes in China since the late 1980s” FRONTRUNNER 5000 TOP ARTICLES IN OUTSTANDING S&T JOURNAL OF CHINA.2017.
6. Research and development of key technologies for urban ecological environment monitoring and control (The second prize of science and technology award for environmental protection in 2015, KJ2015-2-08).
Society Appointments:
2020/12- : Professor in Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2012/10-2020-12: Associate Professor in Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2009/12-2012/10: Assistant Professor in Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2007/7-2009/12: Postdoctoral Fellow in Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Representative Publications:
1. Kuang W H, Liu J Y, Tian H Q, et al. Cropland redistribution to marginal lands undermines environmental sustainability. National Science Review, 2021, nwab091.
2. Kuang W H, Du G M, Lu D S, et al. Global observation of urban expansion and land-cover dynamics using satellite big-data. Science Bulletin, 2021,66(4):297-300.
3. Kuang W H, Zhang S, Li X Y, et al. A 30 m resolution dataset of China’s urban impervious surface area and green space, 2000–2018. Earth System Science Data, 2021,13(1):63-82.
4. Kuang W H. 70 years of urban expansion across China: Trajectory, pattern, and national policies. Science Bulletin, 2020,65(23):1970-1974.
5. Kuang W H, Dou Y Y, Investigating the patterns and dynamics of urban green space in China’s 70 major cities using satellite remote sensing. Remote Sensing. 2020,12(12):1929.
6. Kuang W H. National urban land-use cover change since the beginning of the 21st century and its policy implications in China. Land Use Policy. 2020,97,104747.
7. Kuang W H. Seasonal variation in air temperature and relative humidity on building areas and in green spaces in Beijing, China. Chinese Geographical Science, 2020,30(1):75-88.
8. Kuang W H, Li Z L, Rafiq H. Comparison of surface radiation and turbulent heat fluxes in Olympic Forest Park and on a building roof in Beijing, China. Urban Climate, 2020,31.
9. Kuang W H. New evidences on anomalous phenomenon of buildings in regulating urban climate from observations in Beijing, China. Earth and Space Science, 2019,6(5):861-872.
10. Kuang W H. Mapping global impervious surface area and green space within urban environments. Science China Earth Sciences, 2019,62:1591-1606.
11. Kuang W H, Liu A L, Dou Y Y, et al. Examining the impacts of urbanization on surface radiation using Landsat imagery. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2019,56(3):462-484.
12. Kuang W H, Yan F Q. Urban structural evolution over a century in Changchun city, Northeast China. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2019,28(12):1877-1895.
13. Kuang W H, Yang T Y, Yan F Q. Examining urban land-cover characteristics and ecological regulation during the construction of Xiong’an New District, Hebei Province, China. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2018, 28(1): 109-123.
14. Kuang W H, Yang T Y, Liu A L, et al. An EcoCity model for regulating urban land cover structure and thermal environment: Taking Beijing as an example. Science China Earth Sciences, 2017, 60(6): 1098–1109.
15. Kuang W H, Chen L J, Liu J Y, et al. Remote sensing-based artificial surface cover classification in Asia and spatial pattern analysis. Science China Earth Sciences, 2016, 59(9): 1720-1737.
16. Kuang W H, Liu J Y, Dong J W, et al. The rapid and massive urban and industrial land expansions in China between 1990 and 2010: A CLUD-based analysis of their trajectories, patterns and drivers. Landscape and Urban Planning, 2016, 145: 21-33.
17. Kuang W H, Dou Y Y, Chi W F, et al. Quantifying the heat flux regulation of metropolitan land-use/land-cover components by coupling remote sensing-modelling with in situ measurement. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2015, 120(1): 113-130.
18. Kuang W H, Liu Y, Dou Y Y, et al. What are hot and what are not in an urban landscape: quantifying and explaining the land surface temperature pattern in Beijing, China. Landscape Ecology, 2015, 30(2): 357–373.
19. Kuang W H, Chi W F, Lu D S, et al. A comparative analysis of megacity expansions in China and the U.S.: patterns, rates and driving forces. Landscape and Urban Planning, 2014, 132: 121–135.
20. Kuang W H, Liu J Y, Zhang Z X, et al. Spatiotemporal dynamics of impervious surface areas across China during the early 21st century. Science Bulletin, 2013, 58(14): 1691-1701.
21. Kuang W H. Evaluating impervious surface growth and its impacts on water environment in Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Metropolitan Area. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2012, 22(3): 535-547.
22. Kuang W H. Spatio-temporal patterns of intra-urban land use change in Beijing, China between 1984 and 2008. Chinese Geographical Science, 2012, 22(2): 210-220.
23. Kuang W H. Simulating dynamic urban expansion at regional scale in Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Metropolitan Area. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2011, 21(2): 317-330.
Major Research Projects:
1. Diagnosis of ecological civilization construction status and evaluation of geographical picture effect of territorial spatial pattern and key development (XDA23100201). 2019/1-2023/12. ￥ 5,240,200.
2. Characteristics and mechanism of influence of new underlying surface pattern on extreme heat and comfort in summer in Beijing, Tianjin and Xiong’an City (41871343). 2019/1-2022/12. ￥ 580,000.
3. Compiling a special report on China’s urban expansion in the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China (2019-NRSCC-018). 2019/7-2019/12. ￥ 350,000.
4. Global ecological environment remote sensing monitoring 2020 annual report (2019-NRSCC-72).2019/12-2020/12. ￥1,200,000.
5. Temporal and spatial differences in the structure and intensity of human activities (2019QZKK0608). 2019/1-2023/12. ￥2,609,600.
6. Spatial distribution characteristics, driving factors and formation mechanism of contaminated sites (2018YFC1800103).2018/12-2022/11. ￥1,894,000.
7. Spatial distribution characteristic of land cover types and its adaptation degree to Sponge City Construction in Beijing city. Supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation (8171004). 2017/1-2019/12. ￥ 800,000.
8. Interaction mechanism and regular of urbanization and ecological environment in megacities. Supported by the Major Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41590842). 2016/1-2020/12. ￥ 400,000.
9. Impact on urban impervious surface / green land pattern of urban ecosystem service heat regulation in Beijing. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (41371408). 2014/1-2017/12. ￥ 750,000.
10. Study on the ecological hydrological effect of urban impervious surface growth in Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan in recent 30 years. Supported by Young Scientist Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China (40901224). 2010/1-2012/12. ￥ 200,000.
11. The impact of human beings activities on regional ecosystem services in climate change circumstances. Supported by State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (2014CB95430201). 2014/1-2018/12. ￥ 1,340,000.
12. Key technologies for precise classification of global surface coverage. Supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2013AA122802). 2013/12-2016-12. ￥ 1,180,000
Office Address:
Room 838, Building No. B, IGSNRR
11A
An Wai,
People’s Republic of
Email: kuangwh@igsnrr.ac.cn
Updated on December 9, 2021
