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Dr. Hu Zhiyong, Fox is Associate Professor at Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies, the Education University of Hong Kong. Prior to his current appointment, he was Post-doctoral Fellow at Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong (2009-2012) and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2002-2006). His research and teaching interests focus on the spatial restructuring of China’s SOEs, the political economy of China’s ownership reform and industrial transformation, urban and regional development, urban land redevelopment and the social consequences of urban economic growth and housing development.
He has published widely in the areas of economic geography and urban and regional development. His articles appear in leading international journals such as Regional Studies; Urban Studies, Environment and Planning A; Environment and Planning C, Geoforum; Applied Geography; Landscape and Urban Planning, Cities, Habitat International, Public Administration and Development as well as Chinese journals and book chapters.
Dr. Hu has received Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award from the University of Hong Kong (2007), Student paper competition award from China Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (2004) and Small Grant Research Award from Urban China Research Network (2004). He is the recipient of various grants from Hong Kong Research Grant Council, National Science Foundation of China, Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy.
Research interests
- Urban and Regional Development
- China’s Market Transition
- Regional Political Economy
- Urban Land Redevelopment
- Urban inequality in knowledge-based economy
- Housing and entrepreneurship
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Access to Housing and Entrepreneurship in Urban China: A Study of Beijing, Hangzhou and Chongqing Metropolises
HU, Z. (PI), He,, C. (CoPI), Huang,, Y. (CoPI), Qin,, B. (CoPI) & Wang,, C. (CoPI)
01/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research project
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Advancing China’s Urbanization Inside Out: Urban Redevelopments in Chinese Cities Amidst Accelerated Urban Transition
HU, Z. (PI), LIN,, G. C. (PI), HE,, S. (PI), LIU, X. (PI) & YEH,, A. G. O. (PI)
30/06/17 → 29/12/20
Project: Research project
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The Uneven Growth of a Knowledge-based Economy and Income Equality in Chinese Cities
HU, Z. (PI)
01/01/16 → 31/03/18
Project: Research project
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Housing market booms in Chinese cities: Boon or bane for urban entrepreneurship?
WANG, Y. & HU, Z., 2023, In: Journal of Asian Public Policy. 16, 2, p. 199-220Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus) -
The impact of housing price on entrepreneurship in Chinese cities: Does the start-up motivation matter?
HU, Z. & QIAN, J., Dec 2022, In: Cities. 131, 104045.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus) -
Global city development and urban wage inequality in China
HU, Z., 2021, In: Asian Geographer. 38, 1, p. 73-91Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Homebuyers’ heterogeneous preferences for urban green–blue spaces: A spatial multilevel autoregressive analysis
LI, X., CHEN, W. Y., HU, Z. & CHO, F. H. T., Dec 2021, In: Landscape and Urban Planning. 216, 104250.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
18 Citations (Scopus) -
Capitalization of land development rights in rural China: A choice experiment on individuals' preferences in peri-urban Shanghai
WEN, L., CHATALOVA, L., BUTSIC, V., HU, Z. & ZHANG, A., Sept 2020, In: Land Use Policy. 97, 104803.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
20 Citations (Scopus)