Yongping Zhang

Yongping Zhang is a tenure-track assistant professor at the School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, China. He also serves as the deputy director of the ZJU-CMZJ Joint Lab on Data Intelligence and Urban Future, the director of the City+ Research Network, and the editorial board member of the Journal of Transport Geography. He has a research interest in urban big data analysis, smart cities, digital urban governance, sustainable transport and GIS, with a focus on understanding various urban issues by emerging quantitative methods and urban data sources. At present, he has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers in international journals such as Applied Energy, Cities, Environment and Planning B, Journal of Transport Geography, and Sustainable Cities and Society. He received his PhD degree in Advanced Spatial Analysis from University College London (the UK). Before this, he obtained three master degrees: one in European Spatial Planning and Environmental Policy from Cardiff University (the UK), one in Environment and Society Studies from Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands), and one in Urban and Regional Planning from Peking University (China). He obtained his bachelor degree in Geographic Information System (GIS) from Wuhan University (China).