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University of Lethbridge. |
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Department of Geography |
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Current Research Projects
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2013-2017 Co-applicant, Natural Science Foundation, China “Spatial and temporal analysis of intra-provincial regional inequality: economic transformation, industrial restructuring, and spatial agglomeration” (with Dr. Yehua Wei). RMB 2,000,000
2012-1014 Principal Investigator, TECTERRA, Alberta Innovation and Technology “Food Security Assessment System” $ 885,000
2012-2018 Co-applicant, SSHRC Network Grant, SSGRC “Water Economics, Policy and Governance Network” (P.I. Dr. Steven Renzetti). $ 2,311,283 2014-2015 Principal Investigator, Ministry of Education, China “Industrial upgrading and development of China’s urban network” RMB 100,000
2011-2013 Principal Investigator, Ministry of Education, China “Industrial upgrading and development of China’s urban network” RMB 200,000
2010-2012 Principal Investigator, CREDO Awards, University of Lethbridge Research Office “The Differentiation of Women Migrants in the Migration Process and their Rights Issues: Case Studies from Fuijan Province, China” $ 23,000
2009-13 Co-investigator, Alberta Water Research Institute, Canada “Economic Assessment of Ecosystem services’ (Led by Vic Adamowicz and Henning Bjornlund) $473,000
2009-13 Co-investigator, Alberta Water Research Institute, Canada “Water: Making do with what we have” (Led by Henning Bjornlund) $1,713,000 |
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2010-2012 Co-PI, Hong Kong Research Council “China's new dynamics of urbanization: Land development and municipal finance in the Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou city-regions” (P.I. Dr. GCS Lin) HK$ 932,434 2009-2011 Co-applicant, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) “The differentiation of women migrants in the migration process and their right issues: case studies from Fujian province of China” (P.I. Yu Zhu). $190,000 2007-2012 Co-applicant, L'Agence nationale de la recherché and Institut de recherche pour le développement, France “Dynamiques territoriales à la périphérie des métropoles des Suds” (P.I. Dr. Jean-Louis Chaléard). Euro 1,388,999.93 2007-2010 Principal Investigator, Ministry of Education, China “Labor Market Segmentation in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions, China.” RMB 200,000 2008-2009 Principal Investigator, University of Lethbridge Research Fund “Segmentation Processes of Local Labour Market in China.” $ 4,500 2007-2008 Co-P.I., Research Contract, Xuhui Land Management Bureau, Shanghai, China “Land development and land banking mechanism for Huangpu River C section” (with Guixin Wang). RMB 200,000 2007-2008 Principal Investigator, Research Contract, Environment Canada “Agricultural Vulnerability to Drought in Oldman River Basin: A Comparative Analysis.” $ 8,000 2006-2008 Principal Investigator, SSHRC Institutional Grant, University of Lethbridge “Labour Market Segmentation in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions, China.” $3,000 2005-2006 Principal Investigator, SSHRC Institutional Grant, University of Lethbridge “Agricultural and Rural Systems Vulnerability to Drought: A Comparison of Semi-arid regions in Western Canada and China.” $5,000 2002-2006 Project participant/invited expert, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) “Combating global warming: enhancing China's capacity for carbon sequestration" (Led by Jing Ming Chen) $2,250,000 2004-2005 Principal Investigator, Research contract, Environment Canada “Agricultural and Rural Systems Vulnerability to Drought: A Comparison of Semi-arid regions in Western Canada and China.” $ 7,000 2004-2007 Co-applicant, CCIAD, Natural Resource Canada “Canadian Agricultural Adaptations to 21st Century Droughts: Preparing for Climate Change” (with E. Wheaton et al. ) $ 460,428 2002-2003 Principal Investigator, SSHRC Institutional Grant, University of Lethbridge “Labour Market Segmentation in China.” $10,000 2000-2002 Principal Investigator, Research contract, through CIDA’s China Project at the University of Guelph “Sustainable regional development in Zhejiang, China.” $ 28,000 1997-2000 Project Manager/Participant, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) “Facilitate and Channel the Reform Trends of Rural Industrialisation and Urban Development in the Chinese Countryside” (Led by K.C. Tan). $ 2,199,583 1995-1996 Principal Investigator, Doctoral Research Grant, the Canadian Tri-Council Eco-Research Programme “Agroecosystem Health: A Land Use Perspective.” $ 6,000 1988-1990 Co-applicant, Chinese Social Sciences Research Foundation “Chinese urban Systems Development” (with Yan Zhongmin). RMB 12,000 1987-1988 Co-applicant, Centre for Urban Economic Research, Government of Shanghai “Development opportunities of Shanghai’s Minghang and Hangzhou Bay regions” (with Yan Zhongmin and Ning Yuemin). RMB 6,000 1986-1987 Co-applicant, Centre for Urban Economic Research, Government of Shanghai “Feasibility of developing Shanghai’s Pudong area” (with He Dong). RMB 5,000 1985-1986 Co-applicant, Shanghai Social Science Research Foundation “Urban housing and demographic changes in Shanghai” (with Yan Zhongmin and Ning Yuemin). RMB 5,000 |
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