Faculty
               Department of Land Resources and Regional Planning
               Department of Remote Sensing and Geo-information Science
               Department of Urban Planning
               Department of Environmental Sciences
               Department of Environmental Engineering
  Department of Land Resources and Regional Planning

Gang Li

 

A. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Contact Information
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
Northwest University
No.1 Xuefu Road, Chang’an District, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710127, P.R. China
E-mail: lig@nwu.edu.cn
Phone: +86 29 88308415
Fax : +86 29 88308428

Research Interests
Climate Change and Disaster Response;
Regional Development and Enironmental Change;
Environmental Effects of Tourism;
Environmental Policy.
B. EDUCATION
• Ph.D. in Physical Geography, 2008, Lanzhou University, P.R. China
Specializing in Environmental Change and Disaster Management
Advisors: Prof. Nai-ang Wang & Prof. Baotian Pan
• B. S. in Geographical Science(National Base), 2002, Lanzhou University, P.R. China
C. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
• Mar 2012 - Present: Postdoc
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R.China
• Jul 2011 - Present: Teaching Secretary
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, P.R.China
• Sept 2010 - Jun 2011: Postdoc
Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Austria
• Dec 2009 - Jun 2010: Visiting Scholar
Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Jul 2008- Present: Faculty Fellow
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, P.R.China
• Jan 2008- Present: Committee Member
Youth Working Committee of the Geographical Society of China
D. BIBLIOGRAPHY
[1]Li Gang. Historical Locust Outbreaks and Regional Environmental Change[M].Beijing: China Environmental Science Press, 2012(in press)
[2]Li Gang, Wei Li, Mengwei Wang.Cultural Interpretation and Economic Effect of Abrupt Cross-cultural Event[C].ICPESM 2011, 2011(3):171-174
[3]Li Gang, Zewei Xu, Bowei Xue.Chinese College Students’ Perception on Olympic Culture in Western China[C]. ICPESM 2011, 2011(3):175-179
[4]Li Gang, Nai-ang Wang, Zhuolun Li. Study on Social Influence, Environmental Significance and Ecological Explanation of the Dynamics of Locust Plagues in China During the Historical Period[J].Progress in Geography, 2010,29(11):1357-1366
[5]Li Gang, Zhuolun Li, Cuiyun Wang, Xuemin Li. Study on Urban Development and Climate Change of Lanzhou City from 1978 to 2000[C]. EPPH 2010,DOI: 10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5515335
[6]Li Gang, Chunhui Zhang, Fan Zhang, Zhuolun Li. A comparison study on the social impact and environmental significance of various coupled disasters in Eastern China[C]. EPPH 2010,DOI: 10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5515330
[7]Han Haitao, Wenchao Hu, Xuejun Chen, Nai-ang Wang, Gang Li. A comparative study of the application of the three meteorological dry index[J].Agricultural Research in Arid Regions, 2009, 27(1):237-247
[8]Li Gang. An Integrated Study on Record Characteristics and Environmental Significance of Locust Plagues in China during the Historical Period[D].Lanzhou: Doctoral Dissertation of Lanzhou University, 2008
[9]Li Gang, Nai-ang Wang, Chunhui Zhang, Wenyong Feng, Cuiyun Wang. Climate Change and Disaster Response: Case Study of Historical Locust Plagues in Central China[C]. IGARSS 2007, 2008, p4945-4948
[10]Zhang Chunhui, Gang Li, Nai-ang Wang, et al. Study on Urban Spatial Morphology with RS & Fractal: the Case of Wuwei in Arid Region of Northwest China. IGARSS 2007, 2008, p651-654
[11]Wu Wenheng, Shuwen Niu, Xiaodong Guo, Gang Li. The Empirical Analysis of the Village Pattern Evolution in the Central Part of Huang-Huai-Hai Plain[J].Geographical Research, 2008,27(5):1017-1026
[12] Hou Ying, Nai-ang Wang, Xuemin Zhang, Gang Li, Cheng Hongyi. Summer precipitation reconstruction in Kongtong Mountain from High-frequency optical densitometry[A]. Geography and the Construction of Ecological Civilization—Annual Conference Proceedings of China Geographic Society[C], 2008
[13]Li Gang, Fang Zheng, Fengmei Yang. On Construction of Harmonious Culture: Lessons from Fuwa Incident. In: the 8th China Sport Science Conference Proceeding [C].Beijing, 2007: 362-363
[14]Hou Ying, Nai-ang Wang, Gang Li, et al. Reconstruction of Summer Average Temperature from Tree-ring Proxy Data During 1751-2005 in Mt.Kongtong[J]. Advances in Climate Change Research, 2007, 3(3): 172-176
[15]Zheng Fang, Nai-ang Wang, Gang Li, et al. A Study on the Characteristics of Traveling Population of Jiayuguan City[J].Northwest Population Journal, 2007,(6):63-66(In Chinese)
[16]Liu Qingyu, Juan Li, Liming Zhang, Nai-ang Wang, Gang Li. The socio-cultural perspective of the valuation of heritage resources[J].Human Geography,2007,22(2):98-101
[17]Wu Wenheng, Shuwen Niu, Xiaodong Guo, Huili Chang, Gang Li. Evolutional Analysis of Coupling between Population and Resource-environment in China [J]. Journal of Natural Resources, 2006,21(6): 853-861
[18]Wang Nai-ang, Chun-hui Zhang, Gang Li, Hong-yi Cheng. Historical desertification process in Hexi Corridior, China[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2005, 15(3): 245-253
[19] Li Gang, Nai-ang Wang, Hai Wang, et al. Occurring Frequencies of Locust Plagues and Droughts: A New proxy to Reconstruct Historical Climate Change. In: Northwest Environment Development Center of Shaanxi Normal University. Historical Environment and Cultural Evolution[C].Beijing: The Commercial Press,2005: 89-99
[20]Liu Qingyu, Nai-ang Wang, Liming Zhang, Gang Li. Study on the Conservation and Development of Heritage Resources in China--Sustainable Development of Heritage Tourism[J].China Soft Science, 2005,(6):31-36
[21]Liu Qingyu, Nai-ang Wang, Liming Zhang, Gang Li. On the development of heritage resources[J]. Development Research,2005(4): 81-83
[22]Zhao Qiang, Nai-ang Wang, Xiumei Li, Hongyi Cheng, Yu Li, Gang Li. Environmental Change around the Qingtu Lake since 9 500 a BP[J]. JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY AND GEOCRYOLOGY, 2005,27(3):352-359
[23]Li Gang, Nai-ang Wang, Hongy Cheng i, et al. Reconstruction of the Dry/Wet Climate Change in Shaanxi during the last 450 years from the index of Decade-Scale Occurring Frequencies of Insect Plagues and Droughts[J].Arid Land Geography, 2004,27(2):154-160
E. TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Courses Taught
• Physical Geography (B.S. Course)
Fall 2008 (33 Students), Fall 2009 (30 Students), Fall 2011 (30 Students)
• Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics (B.S. Course)
Spring 2009 (30 Students)
• Tourism Planning and Management (M.S. Course)
Fall 2008(12 Students), Fall 2009(10 Students), Fall 2011(11 Students)
Graduate Students Supervised
• For Master Projects:
o Rui Ding(2011-, Joint-supervising with Prof. Tongsheng Li)
• For Bachelor Projects:
o Rui Liu(2009, Outstanding Thesis Award of Northwest University)
o Rong Zheng(2009)
o Zhiwei Zhu(2009)
o Zewei Xu(2012)
o Xiangning Fan(2012, Joint-supervising with Prof. Xinjun Yang)
o Mengwei Wang(2012)
o Tong Zhu(2012)
o Wenzhao Yang(2012)
F. GRANTS
1. 2011.03~2012.08: “Adapting the Urban Poor to Abrupt Climate Change in China: A Case Study of Xi’an”(EPU 32/2011), Funded by EURASIA-PACIFIC UNINET as a Multilateral Project(Co-PI from China).
2. 2011.01~2013.12: “Locust Outbreak and Socail Development under the Backgroud of Climate Change in Eastern China during the Historical Period”(10YJCZH069). Funded by Chinese Ministry of Education as a Humanities and Social Science Projects for Young Scholars(PI).
3. 2010.01~2011.12: “Response and Adaptation of Locust Outbreak to Climate Change in Eastern China during the past 1000 Years”(2009JQ5004). Funded by Shaanxi Provincial Science Foundation for Young Scholars(PI).
4. 2008.07~2010.12: “Climatic and Environmental Significance of Locust Outbreak in China during the Historical Period ”(PR09009). Funded by Northwest University as a Scientific Research Start-up Grant(PI).

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