Chen Yang

PhD, Planning

Chen Yang
Prior Degrees:

2017-2019, MA in Planning, University of Waterloo

2012-2015, Master of Engineering, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. 

2007-2012, Bachelor of Architecture, Architecture, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China.

Planning Interests:
  • Urban Resettlement and Urbanization in China
  • Urban form and urban morphology
  • Space syntax
  • Art-led gentrification and industrial heritage conservation
  • Critical urban studies
Research Topic:

Rural-to-urban resettlement in China (PhD dissertation).

Presentations/Publications/Professional Experience:
  • Yang, C., & Qian, Z. (2022). Street network or functional attractors? Capturing pedestrian movement patterns and urban form with the integration of space syntax and MCDA. URBAN DESIGN International, 1-16.
  • Yang, C., & Qian, Z. (2021). ‘Resettlement with Chinese characteristics’: the distinctive political-economic context,(in) voluntary urbanites, and three types of mismatch. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 1-20.
  • Yang, C., & Qian, Z. (2021). Adding an underground layer to urban morphology—Case study of Beijing subway’s implication on urban form. ISUF 2020 Virtual Conference Proceedings, 1.
  • Yang, C. and Qian, Z., (August 31, 2021). The production of concentrated resettlement communities for landless farmers in China's unbalanced urbanization: the case of Hangzhou Economic and Technical Development Zone. The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. Online. (Oral presentation).
  • Yang, C. and Qian, Z., (July 27, 2021). China’s integrated urban-rural development: a development mode outside the planetary urbanization paradigm? 4th International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU4). Montreal, Canada. (Oral presentation).
  • Yang, C. and Qian, Z., (November 06, 2020). Generational Difference and Spatial Mismatch of Concentrated Resettlement Communities in China.  ACSP 2020 Annual Conference. Toronto, Canada. (Poster presentation).
  • Yang, C. and Qian, Z., (September 03, 2020). Adding an underground layer to urban morphology – case study of Beijing subway’s implication on urban form. International Seminar on Urban Form. University of Utah, Salt Laker City, USA. (Oral presentation).
  • Yang, C. and Qian, Z., (July 09, 2019). New perspective on urban form with the integration of space syntax and new urban data: An exploratory analysis in Xi’an, China. International Space Syntax Symposium. Beijing, China. (Oral presentation).
  • Professional Experience: Architect, China Shanghai Architecture Design and Research Institute CO. LTD, 2015-2016
Of Note:
  • Student Member of Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)
At the University of Waterloo:
  • Executive committee member, Student Teaching Excellence Committee (STEC), 2019 - now  
  • Teaching Assistant, GEOG/PLAN 349 Urban Form and Internal Spatial Structure, 2018 Spring
  • Teaching Assistant, GEOG/PLAN 281 Introduction to GIS, 2018 Winter
  • Teaching Assistant, PLAN 105 Introduction to Planning Analysis, 2017 Fall