Name: BAO Chao

Current and Previous Appointments:

12/2019–present: Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

12/2011–12/2019: Associate Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

7/2009–12/2011: Assistant Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

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

Education:

9/2004–7/2007: Ph.D. in Human Geography, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, China

9/2001–7/2004：M.S. in Human Geography, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, China

9/1997–7/2001：B.S. in Geography, Peking University, China

Areas of Specialization:

Urban and regional sustainable development

Water/land/energy resources use and urban environmental management

Urbanization and urban sustainability

Academic Awards：

National 100 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Nomination Award, 2009 (Individual)

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008 (Individual)

President Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007 (Individual)

The First Prize of China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Award, 2017 (Rank fifth)

National Outstanding Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2015 (Rank fifth)

The Second Prize of Science and technology Progress Award of Ministry of Environmental Protection, 2016 (Rank third)

Society Appointments:

Member of Chinese Geographical Society

Member of Youth Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Representative Publications (*Correspondent author):

1. Bao Chao*, Xu Mutian. Cause and effect of renewable energy consumption on urbanization and economic growth in China’s provinces and regions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 231: 483-493.

2. Bao Chao*, Fang Chuanglin. Geographical and environmental perspectives for the sustainable development of renewable energy in urbanizing China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013,27:464-474.

3. Sun Siao, Bao Chao*, Tang, Zhipeng*. Tele-connecting water consumption in Tibet: Patterns and socio-economic driving factors for virtual water trades. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 233: 1250-1258.

4. Sun Siao, Fu Guangtao, Bao Chao*, Fang Chuanglin*. Identifying hydro-climatic and socioeconomic forces of water scarcity through structural decomposition analysis: A case study of Beijing city. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 687: 590–600.

5. Bao Chao*, He Dongmei. Scenario modeling of urbanization development and water scarcity based on system dynamics: A case study of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16(20): 3834-3852.

6. Bao Chao*, Zou Jianjun. Analysis of spatiotemporal changes of the human-water relationship using water resources constraint intensity index in Northwest China. Ecological Indicators, 2018, 84: 119-129.

7. Bao Chao*, Fang Chuanglin. Water resources flows related to urbanization in China: challenges and perspectives for water management and urban development. Water Resources Management, 2012, 26(2): 531-552.

8. Bao Chao*, Fang Chuanglin. Water resources constraint force on urbanization in water deficient regions: A case study of the Hexi Corridor, arid area of NW China. Ecological Economics, 2007, 62(3-4): 508-517.

9. Fang Chuanglin, Bao Chao*, Huang Jinchuan. Management implications to water resources constraint force on socio-economic system in rapid urbanization: A case study of the Hexi Corridor, NW China. Water Resources Management, 2007, 21(9): 1613-1633.

10. Bao Chao*, Chen Xiaojie. Spatial econometric analysis on influencing factors of water consumption efficiency in urbanizing China. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2017, 27(12):1450-1462.

11. Bao Chao*, Zou Jianjun. Exploring the coupling and decoupling relationships between urbanization quality and water resources constraint intensity: Spatiotemporal analysis for Northwest China. Sustainability, 2017, 9(11): 1960-1976.

12. Bao Chao*, Chen Xiaojie. The driving effects of urbanization on economic growth and water use change in China: A provincial-level analysis in 1997-2011. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2015,25(5):530-544.

13. Bao Chao*, He Dongmei. The causal relationship between urbanization, economic growth and water use change in provincial China. Sustainability, 2015, 7(12): 16076-16085.

14. Bao Chao*, Fang Chuanglin. Integrated assessment model of water resources constraint intensity on urbanization in arid area. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2009, 19(3): 273-286.

15. Bao Chao, Xu Mutian, Sun Siao*. China’s land uses in the multi-region input–output framework. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16(16), 2940-2956.

16. Bao Chao*, Wang Hongjie. Trans-provincial convergence of per capita energy consumption in urban China, 1990-2015. Sustainability, 2019, 11(5): 1431-1445.

17. Bao Chao*, Liu Ruowen. Electricity consumption changes across China’s provinces using a spatial shift-share decomposition model. Sustainability, 2019, 11(9): 2494-2508.

18. Wang Zhenbo, Xu Guang*, Bao Chao*, et al. Spatial and economic effects of the Bohai Strait Cross-Sea Channel on the transportation accessibility in China. Applied Geography, 2017, 83: 86-99.

Major Research Projects:

1. Linkage mechanism and system simulation on resources and environmental carrying capacities in urban agglomeration, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI, 2020.01-2023.12.

2. Spatio-temporal coupling mechanism and coordination mode between urbanization quality and water resources constraint intensity, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI, 2016.01-2019.12.

3. Urbanization process, water guarantee mechanism and their dynamic control in arid area, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI, 2010.01-2012.12.

Office Address:

Room 1202 Building No. A , IGSNRR

11A Datun Road

Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101

People’s Republic of China

Telephone: 86-10-6488-9101

Email: baoc@igsnrr.ac.cn 

Updated on May 28, 2020