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2025

  1. Wu, L., Zhou, Y., Nie, X., Kim, S. K., Shao, Y., & Guan, C.* (2025). Buffering effects of green space on residents’ mental wellbeing: A regression discontinuity analysis during COVID containment policy shift. Cities. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106413
  2. Ren, X., Guan, C., Chen, S., You, M., Li, Y., & Huang, K. (2025). Planning for Rhythmized Urban Parks: Temporal Park Classification and Modes of Action. Journal of the American Planning Association, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2025.2523604
  3. Altinkaya-Genel, Ö., Cheng, T., Guan, C., & Ünlü Yücesoy, E. (2025). The digitization of the built environment at the territorial scale: The role of Cellular Automata Models in simulating evidence-based decision-making. 57-59. Abstract from 4TU/14UAS 3 4rd Research Day on Digitalization of the Built Environment, Groningen, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15162470
  4. Wu, L., Zhang, J., Jia, C., & Guan, C. H. (2025). How COVID-19 policy shift affects mental wellbeing? Assessing the effect heterogeneity of urban water body exposures. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 18, 87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-025-09686-y
  5. Xiong, K., Guan, C. H., Ghaffarianhoseini, A., Cheshmehzangi, A., Zahed, L. M., & Prasad, D., He, B. J. (2025). Cool walkable and cyclable community planning for heat-resilient transportation system: An empirical analysis. Sustainable Cities and Society, 106658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106658
  6.    Feng, Y., Huang, S., Chen, S., Guan, C., Li, Y., Tan, Q., Jin, Y., Yang, X., & Xu, Y. (2025). Dataset for visitations of public green spaces in Shanghai, China. Scientific Data, 12, 1260. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05581
  7.    Chen, S., Feng, Y., Guan, C. H., Xu, Y., Tan, Q., Li, Y., & Yang, X. (2025). Machine learning approaches to predicting urban park attractiveness: Insights from Shanghai and Tokyo. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 127, 128921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128921
  8.  Wang, X., & Guan, C. (2025). Assessing green space exposure in high density urban areas: A deficiency-sufficiency framework for Shanghai. Ecological Indicators, 175, 113494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.113494
  9. 6.     Wang, Y., & Guan, C. H. (2025). Integrating green space measures into future town planning in Zhejiang, China. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 52(4), 913–930. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399808324123456
  10.   Huang, K., Stone, B., Guan, C. H., & Liang, J. (2025). Declining urban density attenuates rising population exposure to surface heat extremes. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 13860. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-13860-1
  11.   Xiong, Y., Liang, J., Guan, C. (2025). Decoding public sentiment topics in Google Map reviews on urban infrastructure development of Belt and Road Initiative. Scientific Report. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06451-6
  12.  Wu, Y., Zheng, Y., Liu, J., Yang, Q., Shi, B., Guan, C., & Deng, W. (2025). Spatial and temporal variability of near-surface CO₂ and influencing factors in urban communities. Land, 14(4), 888. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040888

2024

1.   You, M., & Guan, C. H. (2024). Does self-containment of spatial scale and land use function contribute to mitigating urban heat island effects? Lessons from new towns in Shanghai. Land Use Policy, 123, 107323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107323

2.   Wu, L., Zhou, Y., Nie, X., Kim, S. K., Shao, Y., & Guan, C. H. (2024). "Unfenced" parks and residents’ visit patterns: A regression discontinuity design in Shanghai. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 81, 128459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128459

3.   Wang, Y., & Guan, C. H. (2024). Integrating green space measures into future town planning in Zhejiang, China. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241274913

4.   Ma, R., Gao, J., Guan, C. H., & Zhang, B. (2024). Coal mine closure substantially increases terrestrial water storage in China. Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 1589. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01589-z

5.   Guan, C. H., & Zhou, Y. (2024). Exploring environmental equity and visitation disparities in peri-urban parks: A mobile phone data-driven analysis in Tokyo. Landscape and Urban Planning, 246, 105104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105104

6.   Ren, X., Chow, J. Y., & Guan, C. H. (2024). Mobility service design with equity-aware choice-based decision-support tool: New York case study. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 132, 104255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104255

7.   Wu, T. G., & Guan, C. H. (2024). Advancing intra- and inter-city urban digital twins: An updated review. Journal of Planning Education and Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X241260887

8.   Zhou, Y., Guan, C. H., Wu, L., Li, Y., Nie, X., Song, J., Kim, S. K., & Akiyama, Y. (2024). Visitation-based classification of urban parks through mobile phone big data in Tokyo. Applied Geography, 167, 103300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103300

9.   Chen, Z., Liu, Y., Yan, P., & Guan, C. H. (2024). Two-stage deployment and operation plan of PCR sample collection booths under demand uncertainty. Sustainable Cities and Society, 110, 105315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105315

10.  Deng, H., Hu, Q., Guan, C. H., Chen, Y. S., & Menendez, M. (2024). Building a government-owned open data platform for connected and autonomous vehicles. Cities, 142, 104918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104918

11.  Guan, C. H., You, M., Li, Y., Tan, J., & Jenq, C. (2024). Analyzing adverse effects of subway extension on housing prices in affluent urban neighborhoods. Applied Geography, 167, 103265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103265

12.  Cai, Z., Cheng, T., Li, Y., Guan, C. H., & Tang, J. (2024). Spatial analysis of hospital accessibility in Nanjing: The role of community health service centers. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-024-09577-8

13.  Guan, C. H., & You, M. (2024). Integrating landscape and urban development in a comprehensive landscape sensitivity index: A case study of the Appalachian Trail region. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 81, 128234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128234

14.  Guo, J., Gao, J., Gao, S., Yan, K., Zhang, B., & Guan, C. H. (2024). Increasing impacts of China's oil and gas demands on global CH4 emissions. Science of The Total Environment, 932, 169624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169624

15.  Gao, S., Zhang, G., Guan, C. H., Mao, H., Zhang, B., & Liu, H. (2024). The expansion of global LNG trade and its implications for CH4 emissions mitigation. Environmental Research Letters, 19, 104087. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0eff

2023

  1. Guan, C., Gómez, J. A., Tripathy, P., Duque, J. C., Passos, S., Cheng, T., Li, Y., & Keith, M. (2023). Evaluating the impact of water protection policy on urban growth: A case study of Jiaxing. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083231163182
  2. Guan, C., Yan, K., Zhang, B., Li, Y., & Zhang, X. (2023) The Efficacy of Mortgage Lending on Geographically Disparate and Differently Priced Residential Neighborhoods in Shanghai. The Professional Geographer (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2022.2148902
  3. Liu, J., Cheng, F., Commane, R., Zhu Y., Ji, W., Man, X.,  Guan, C., & J. Munger, W. Quantifying an Overlooked Deciduous-Needleleaf Carbon Sink at the Southern Margin of the Central-Siberian Permafrost Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, e2022JG006845 (SCI) https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006845
  4. Yang, Y., Cheng, D., Zhang, B., Guan, C., Cheng, X., & Cheng, T. (2023). Coal resource-based cities at the crossroads: Towards a sustainable urban future. Cities (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104424
  5. Guan, C., Tan, J., Li, Y., Cheng, T., Yang, J., Liu, C., & Keith, M. (2023). How do density, employment and transit affect the prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic? A study of 3,141 counties across the United States. Health & Place (SCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103117
  6. You, M., Huang, J., & Guan, C. (2023). Are New Towns Prone to Urban Heat Island Effect? Implications for Planning Form and Function. Sustainable Cities and Society (SCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104939
  7. Gao SiJia,Zhang GuoSheng,Guan ChengHe,Mao HaoRan,Zhang Bo & Liu He.(2024).The expansion of global LNG trade and its implications for CH emissions mitigation. Environmental Research Letters (SCI) https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0eff
  8. Liu Chao,Ye Xinyue,Yuan Xiaoru,Long Ying,Zhang Wenwen,Guan Chenghe & Zhang Fan.(2023).Roundtable discussion: progress of urban informatics in urban planning. Frontiers of Urban and Rural Planning https://doi.org/10.1007/s44243-023-00014
  9. Hong Andy,Baker Lucy,Prieto Curiel Rafael,Duminy James,Buswala Bhawani,Guan ChengHe & Ravindranath Divya.(2023).Reconciling big data and thick data to advance the new urban science and smart city governance. Journal of Urban Affairs (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2021.2021085
  10. Cheng Xuelei,Wu Xudong,Guan Chenghe,Sun Xudong & Zhang Bo.(2023).Impacts of production structure changes on global CH4 emissions: Evidences from income-based accounting and decomposition analysis. Ecological Economics (SCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107967
  11. Huazhen Liu, Miao Yang, ChengHe Guan, Yi Samuel Chen, Michael Keith, Meizi You & Monica Menendez. (2023) Urban infrastructure design principles for connected and autonomous vehicles: a case study of Oxford, UK. Comput.Urban (SCI) https://doi.org/10.1007/s43762-023-00110-0
  12. Chen Zhibin,Deng Yanling,Xie Chi,Guan ChengHe & Pan Tianlu.(2023).Network equilibrium of battery electric vehicles considering drivers’ resting behavior. Transportation Research Part C (SCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2023.104305

 

2022

  1. Guan, C., Wang, Y., Keith, M., Li, Y., Cao, G. (2022) Does local planning of fast-growing medium-sized towns lead to higher urban intensity or to sprawl? Cases from Zhejiang Province. Cities 130, 103869 (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103869
  2. Cai, Z., Guan, C.*, Trinh, A., Zhang, B., Chen, Z., Srinivasan, S., Nielsen, C. (2022) Satisfactions on Self-Perceived Health of Urban Residents in Chengdu, China: Gender, Age and the Built Environment. Sustainability 14(20), 13389. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013389
  3. Bogdanowicz, A., Guan, C.* (2022) Dynamic topic modeling of twitter data during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268669
  4. Guan, C.*, Tan, J., Hall, B., Liu, C., Li, Y., Cai, Z. (2022) The effect of the built environment on the COVID-19 pandemic at the initial stage: a county level study of the United States. Sustainability 14(6), 3417. (SCI & SSCI) https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063417
  5. Shi, Y., Yang, J. Keith, M., Song, K., Li, Y., Guan, C.*. (2022) Spatial accessibility patterns to public hospitals in Shanghai: An improved gravity model. The Professional Geographer 74(2), 265-289. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2021.2000445
  6. Wang, X., Tian. W., Guan, C., Wu, X., Sun, X., Zhang, B. (2022) Global temporal evolution of CH4 emissions via geo-economic integration. Journal of Environmental Management 305, 114377 (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114377
  7. Gao, J., Guan, C., Zhang, B. (2022) Why are methane emissions from China's oil & natural gas systems still unclear? A review of current bottom-up inventories. Science of the Total Environment 807(3), 151076. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151076
  8. Sun, X., Li, Z., Cheng, X., Guan, C., Han, M., Zhang, B. (2022) Global anthropogenic CH4 emissions from 1970 to 2018: Gravity movement and decoupling evolution. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 182, 106335. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106335
  9. Liu, Y., Ma, R., Guan, C., Chen, B., Zhang, B. (2022) Global trade network and CH4 emission outsourcing. Science of the Total Environment 803, 150008. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150008
  10. Ren, X., Guan, C.*. (2022) Evaluating geographic and social inequality of urban parks in Shanghai through mobile phone-derived human activities. In special issue - Inequalities of infrastructure in the context of healthy and resilient cities. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 76, 127709. (SCI & SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127709
  11. Ren, X., Guan, C.*, Wang, D, Yang, J., Keith, M. (2022) Exploring land use functional variance using mobile phone derived human activity data in Shanghai. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221103261
  12. You, M., Guan, C.*, Lai, R. (2022) Spatial structure of an urban park system based on fractal theory: A case study of Fuzhou, China. Remote Sensing 14, 2144 (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14092144
  13. Hong, A., Baker, L., Curiel, R., Duminy, J, Buswala, B., Guan, C., Ravindranath, D. (2022) Reconciling big data and thick data to advance the new urban science and smart city governance. Journal of Urban Affairs (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2021.2021085
  14. Sun, X., Cheng, X., Guan, C., Wu, X., & Zhang, B. (2022). Economic drivers of global and regional CH4 emission growth from the consumption perspective. Energy Policy, 170, 113242. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113242 

 

2021

  1. Yao, Z., Yang, J., Liu, J., Keith, M., Guan, C.* (2021) Comparing Tweet sentiment in megacities using machine learning techniques: In the midst of COVID-19. Cities 116, 103273. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103273
  2. Liu, C., Liu, Z., Guan, C. (2021) The impacts of the built environment on the incidence rate of COVID-19: A case study of King County, Washington. Sustainable Cities & Society 74, 103144 (SCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103144
  3. Guan, C.*, Rowe, P. (2021) Beyond big versus small: assessing spatial variation of urban neighborhood block structures in high‑density cities. Socio-Ecological Practice Research 3, 37-53. (CNKI) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-021-00074-7
  4. Guan, C.*, Tan, J., Peiser, R. (2021) Spatiotemporal effects of proximity to metro extension on housing price dynamics in Manhattan, New York City. Journal of Transport and Land Use 14(1) 1295-1315. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2021.1915
  5. Altinkaya-Genel O., Guan C.* (2021) Assessing urbanization dynamics in Turkey’s Marmara Region using CORINE data between 2006 and 2018. In a special issue - CORINE Land Cover System: Limits and Challenges for Territorial Studies and Planning. Remote Sensing. 13(4), 664 (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040664
  6. Gómez, J., Guan, C.*, Tripathy, P., Duque, J., Passos, S., Keith, M., Liu, J. (2021) Analyzing the spatiotemporal uncertainty in urbanization predictions. Remote Sensing, 13(3), 512 (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030512
  7. Ma, R., Li, K., Guo, Y., Zhang, B., Zhao, X., Linder, S, Guan, C., Chen, G., Gan, Y., Meng, J.  (2021) Mitigation potential of global ammonia emissions and related health impacts in the trade network. Nature Communications 12:6308. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25854-3
  8. Gao, J., Guan, C., Zhang, B., Li, K. (2021) Decreasing methane emissions from China’s coal mining with rebounded coal production. Environmental Research Letters 16, 124037. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac38d8
  9. Zhang, Y., Guan, C., Chen, B., Zeng, L., Zhang, B. (2021) Tracking embodied water uses and GHG emissions along Chinese supply chains. Journal of Cleaner Production. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125590
  10. Zhang, Y., Wu, X., Guan, C., Zhang, B. (2021) Methane emissions of major economies in 2014: A household-consumption-based perspective. Science of the Total Environment, 768, 144523. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144523
  11. Guan, C., Song, J., Keith, M., Zhang, B., Akiyama Y., Da, L., Shibasaki R., Sato, T. (2021) Seasonal variations of park visitor volume and park service area in Tokyo: A mixed-method approach combining big data and field observations. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 58, 126973 (SCIE & SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126973
  12. Tan, J., Guan, C.* (2021) Are people happier in locations of high property value? Spatial temporal analytics of activity frequency, public sentiment and housing price using Twitter data. Applied Geography 132, 102474 (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102474

 

2020 & Previously

    1. Guan, C.* and Forsyth, A. (2020) The influence of urban form and socio-demographics on active transport: A 40-neighborhoods study in Chengdu, China. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 13(1), 367-388. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2020.1697
    2. Guan, C.*, Srinivasan, S., Zhang, B., Da, L., Liu, J., Nielsen, C. (2020) The influence of neighborhood types and accessibility on active transport in China’s growing cities. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 80, 102273. (SCI&SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102273
    3. Srinivasan, S., Guan, C.*, Nielsen, C. (2020) Built environment, income and travel behavior: Change in the city of Chengdu, China 2005-2016. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 14:10, 749-760. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2019.1625088
    4. Gao, J., Guan, C., Zhang, B. (2020) China’s CH4 emissions from coal mining: A review of current bottom-up inventories. Science of the Total Environment, 725. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138295
    5. Zhao, X., Wu, X., Guan, C., Ma, R., Nielsen, C., Zhang, B. (2020) Linking Agricultural GHG emissions to Global Trade Network. Earth’s Future, 8(3) e2019EF001361. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001361
    6. Liu, Y., Wu, X., Sun, X., Guan, C., Zhang, B., Wu, X. (2020) Exports-driven primary energy requirements and the structural paths of Chinese regions. Frontiers of Earth Science. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-020-0822-4
    7. Zhang, B., Zhang, Y., Wu, X., Guan, C., Qiao, H. (2020) How the manufacturing economy impacts China's energy-related GHG emissions? Insights from structural path analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 743. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140769
    8. Guan, C.*, Song, J., Keith, M., Akiyama Y., Shibasaki R., Sato, T. (2020) Delineating urban park catchment areas using mobile phone data: A case study of Tokyo. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 81, 101474. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2020.101474
    9. Guan, C. (2019) Spatial distribution of high-rise buildings and its relationship to public transit development in Shanghai. Transport Policy 81, 371-380. (SSCI)  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.09.004
    10. Guan, C.*, Srinivasan, S., Nielsen, C. (2019) Does neighborhood form influence low-carbon transportation in China? Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 67, 406-420. (SCI&SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2018.12.015
    11. Guan, C.*, Keith, M., Hong, A., Wang, Y. (2019) Designing walkable cities and neighborhoods in the era of urban big data. Urban Planning International 34 (5) 9-15. DOI:10.22217/upi.2019.389
    12. Han, M., Zhang, B., Zhang, Y., Guan, C*. (2019) Agricultural CH4 and N2O emissions of major economies: Consumption vs. production-based perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production, 210, 276-286. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.018
    13. Wang, Y., Chen, B., Guan, C., Zhang, B. (2019) Evolution of methane emissions in global supply chains during 2000-2012. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 150, 1-11, 104414. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104414
    14. Guan S, Han M, Wu X, Guan, C., Zhang, B. (2019) Exploring energy-water-land nexus in national supply chains: China 2012. Energy, 185, 1225-1234. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.07.130
    15. Guan, C.*, Peiser, R. (2018) Accessibility, urban form, and property value: A study of Pudong, Shanghai. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 11(1) 1057-1080. (SSCI) http://dx.doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2018.1318
    16. Guan, C.*, Rowe, P. (2016). The concept of urban intensity and China’s townization policy: Cases from Zhejiang Province. Cities, 55, 22-41. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2016.03.012
    17. Guan, C.*, Rowe, P. (2018). In pursuit of a well-balanced network of cities and towns: A case study of the Changjiang Delta Region. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48 (3), 1-19. (SSCI) https://doi.org/10.1177/2399808317696073
    18. Zhang, B, Zhao, X, Wu, X, Han, M, Guan, C*., Song, S (2018) Consumption-based accounting of global anthropogenic CH4 emissions. Earth’s Future, 6 (9) 1349-1363. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000917
    19. Ma, R., Chen, B., Guan, C., Meng, J., Zhang, B. (2018) Socioeconomic determinants of China’s growing CH4 emissions. Journal of Environmental Management, 228, 103-116. (SCIE) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.08.110