Titles
Professor of Geography and planning
Deputy Dean of College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University
Current Academic Address
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
Northwest University
Xi’an 710127, P.R.China
Office: (86-29) 8830-8418
Fax: (86-29) 8830-8428
Email: yangxj @ nwu.edu.cn
xinjunyang @ gmail.com
Education
2008-2009 Post doctor Project in Geography and regional reserch,
University of Vienna, Austria
1996-1999 Ph.D. in Physical Geography, Peking University, China
1993-1996 M.Sc. In Human Geography, Lanzhou University, China
1989-1993 B.Sc. in Economic Geography, Lanzhou University, China
Courses Taught
Human geography
Quantitative Geography
Tourism Planning
Methods of Geographical Research
Research Grants
1. The project of national natural science foundation of China (NSFC, No.41171127,PI):
The research on Vulnerability and adaptative evolutional mechanism of tourism socio-ecological systems, 2012-2015. Chief Principal
2. The project of national natural science foundation of China (NSFC, No.40101008,PI): Research on evolution mechanism and optimization model of tourism space, 2002-2004. Chief Principal
3. The project of national natural science foundation of China (No.30500077,co-PI): Co-evolvement of social-ecological system to drought in the semiarid area, 2006-2008. Second Principal
4. The project of natural science foundation of Shaanxi province (2004D11,PI): The research on tourism spatial-temporal evolution characters and mechanism of regional cooperation. Chief Principal
5. The 9th 5-year-plan key project of national social science foundation (96AZS027,co-PI): The research on evolution and optimization model of urban structure in northwest China in modern and near-modern age. Accomplished in 2000. Second Principal
6. The distinguished teacher project of the Chinese ministry of education(PI): The spatial dynamic mechanism of urban development in northwest China. Second Principal
7. The national soft science planning project (2005DSC3D080): The research on regional independent innovation capacity and its construction under the background of the development of western China. Fourth participant
Research Interests
Urbanization and regional development in Western China
Global change and human adaptation based on human-environment coupling systems
Resilience, adaptive capacity and sustainability in social-ecological systems
Tourism planning and development
Selected Publications
PAPERS
Yang Xinjun, Xiaolong Ma. A spatial analysis and construction of domestic tourism of “big Xi’an tourism circle”, Geographical Research, 2004, 23(5): 695~704 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Yang Xinjun, Xiaolong Ma, Yunpei Huo. Tourist destination district and its spatial structure. Scientia Geographica Sinica, 2004, 24(5): 620~626 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Ma Qiu-fang, Xinjun Yang, SUN Gen-nian. The application of co-plot method in the analysis of expectation and perceived performance of inbound tourists——A case study of European and American tourists in Xi an. Systematic Engineering-Theory & Practice, 2008, (4): 167-171,176 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Wang Jun, Xinjun Yang; LIU Wenzhao. A Quantitative Research on the Resilience of Social-ecological System to Drought in the Semiarid Area. Progress in Geographial Science, 2010, 29(11): 1385-1390 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Cui Fengjun, Xinjun Yang. Sustainable development in seriously-polluted cities — Taking Benxi City as an example, Chinese Geographical Science, 1998(4): 105-112 (in English)
Yang Xinjun, Wenzhang Dou. Tourism functional system: an analysis on its structure and components. Human Geography, 1998 (2): 32~37 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Yang Xinjun, Dong Niu, Bihu Wu. Spatial models and their assessment on regional tourist behavior. Economic Geography, 2000, 20(4): 105~109,118 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Yang Xinjun. The urban development mode in northwest China and its countermeasures. China Soft Science, 2001(5): 95~99 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Yang Xinjun, Xiaolong Ma, Spatial structure and its progress on regional tourism. Human Geography, 2004, 19(1): 76~81 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Yang Xinjun, Xiaolong Ma, Yunpei Huo. A SSM analysis on rationality of sector structure of tourism industry. Human Geography, 2005, 20(1): 49~52 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Yang Xinjun, Yunpei Huo. A study on environmental impact of tourism transportation. Journal of Arid Land Resources and Environment, 2006, 19(1): 42~46 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Yang Xinjun, Junmin Liu. Its types and spatial structure: in the urban tourist development. Journal of Northwest University (Natural science Edition), 2001, 31(2): 179~184 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Wang Jun, Jing Sun, Xinjun Yang, et al. An analysis of disturbance on social-ecological system at multiple scales based on NDVI, case study in Yuzhong county of Gansu Province. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2009, (3): 1622-1628 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Zhang Xianglong, Jun,Wang Xinjun Yang, et al. Scenario analysis and its application in ecosystem research. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 2008,（10）：1763-1770 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
Sun Jing, Jun Wang, Xinjun Yang. An overview on the resilience of social-ecological systems. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2007, 27（12）：5371-5380 (in Chinese with English Abstract)
