China: A Geographical Perspective

About David W. S. WongHim ChungJames J. WangKenneth K. K. Wong

David W. S. Wong PhD is Professor in the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science at George Mason University. Formerly he was Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong. His primary thematic research interests are in population and health geographies. His primary technical interests include spatial analysis statistical methods and geovisualization. He has published extensively in measuring spatial segregation with recent research focusing on uncertainty in spatial data. Dr. Wong has served on the editorial boards of journals including Computers Environment and Urban Systems; Demography; and Geographical Analysis. Kenneth K. K. Wong PhD was Professor in the Department of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University until retiring in 2015. He served as Visiting Research Scientist in the Department of Geography at National Taiwan University and as Visiting Professor in the Asian and Asian American Studies Program at Binghamton University The State University of New York. His research focuses on peoples attitudes toward environmental problems on environmental policy implementation and (more recently) on the sustainable use of urban green spaces and green urbanism issues. Dr. Wong has published widely in journals including Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design; Sustainable Development; Area; Managing Leisure; the International Journal of Environmental Studies; and Public Administration Review. Him Chung PhD is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interests span the rural urban and regional geography of China with foci including rural transformation urban redevelopment rural-to-urban migration and town and regional planning. He has published in journals including Environment and Planning A; International Journal of Urban and Regional Research; Eurasian Geography and Economics; Planning Practice and Research; and China Perspective. Dr. Chung is also involved in the promotion and curriculum development of high school geography in Hong Kong. James J. Wang PhD is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on transportation geography with special interests in port development portcity relations and public transportation in China. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Transport and Geography Commission of International Geographical Union a council member of the Hong Kong Society for Transport Studies and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. Widely published Dr. Wang serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Transport Geography; Transportmetrica A; Transportmetrica B; Travel Behaviour and Society; and Asian Geographer. He has participated in portcity planning projects and strategic studies for more than 30 Chinese and other Asian port cities and regions.