Liou Xie

Liou Xie

  • Ph.D. Candidate, School of Sustainability

School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
PO Box 875502
Tempe, AZ 85287
Email: Liou.Xie@asu.edu



Biography

Liou has been working as a teaching assistant for SOS 323 Sustainable Urban Dynamics. She also worked for PUP 465 New Urbanism/Smart Growth, and SOS 110 Sustainable World. She worked for Chinese Academy of Sciences, and she is a student member of both the American Association of Geographers and the American Planning Association.

Honors and Awards

  • School of Sustainability and Graduate College Fellowship, Arizona State University, 2008
  • Postgraduate Studentship, University of Hong Kong, 2005-2007
  • Outstanding Graduate, Beijing Normal University, 2002
  • Oustanding Thesis, Beijing Normal University, 2002

Education

  • M.Phil., Urban and Economic Geography, The University of Hong Kong, 2007
  • B.S., Resource and Environmental Planning and Management, Beijing Normal University, 2002
  • Curriculum vita

Journal Articles

Cai, J., T. Hu, L. Xie and Y. Guo. 2004. Urban forestry development in Beijing: A historical perspective. Urban Agriculture Magazine 13:26-28.

Wang, Y., J. Cai, L. Xie and J. Liu. 2009. Resilient China cities: Examples from Beijing and Shanghai. Urban Agriculture Magazine 22:20-21.

Webster, D., J. Cai, L. Xie, Z. Yang and A. Andrew Gulbrandson. 2011. Urban transformation in Beijing metropolis: Implications for land use efficiency. Working paper for the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy - China Program.

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Posters/Presentations

Wang, J., F. Jiao, L. Xie, G. Yan, Y. Xiang, S. Liang and X. Li. 2003. Validation of MODIS albedo product by using field measurements and airborne multi-angular remote sensing observations. Proceedings of the IEEE 2003 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS03), 21-25 July 2003, Toulouse, France.

Xie, L. 2010. Suburban extension of Beijing's mass rapid transit system: Social equity and sustainability implications. Paper presented at the 2010 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Xie, L. and V. F. Sit. 2007. A transitional city: The case study of Shenzhen, 1980-2005. Paper presented at the International Conference on China's Urban Transition and City Planning, Cardiff University, Wales, UK.

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Research Interests

Liou is majored in Urban Sustainability. Her doctoral dissertation work focuses on the sustainability implications of the interactive evolvement of urban public transit and the built environment. She has been involved in urban development strategy projects funded by the World Bank and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.


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