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Research Seminar – Development History and Urbanization of China’s Inner Megacities in a Century: A Case Study of Wuhan, China
4 January, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Research Seminar
Topic:
Development History and Urbanization of China’s Inner Megacities in a Century: A Case Study of Wuhan, China
Speaker:
Prof. Qingming Zhan
Professor and Chairman of the Committee of Professors, School of Urban Design
Director, Research Centre for Digital City
Wuhan University
Schedule:
Date: 4 January 2017 (Wednesday)
Time: 13:00-14:00
Venue: Room 820, 8/F, Knowles Building, HKU
Abstract:
Dynamic urbanization process has led to fundamental changes in land use patterns. This study examines the development history and driving factors of urbanization in Wuhan, a typical China’s inner Megacity from 1850 until 2013. Based on 200 historical maps, digital map layers and other documents, we find out the urban built up areas and review changes at each period of urban development and growth. Spatial characteristics, tendencies and driving factors behind them have been summarized based on these findings. We try to foresee future patterns of Wuhan city from the understanding of the past history. Mapping techniques have been used on study materials of the periods before 1990. Fully digital maps and GIS layers have been applied for the study periods after 1990. The master plans of different periods have been compared and reviewed in this study.
About the Speaker:
Professor ZHAN Qingming is currently a professor at School of Urban Design, Wuhan University. He received his BSc and MSc in photogrammetry and remote sensing from Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping (WTUSM), Wuhan, China, in 1985 and 1995 respectively. He obtained PhD degree in Geo-information Science from Wageningen University – ITC, the Netherlands in 2003. Dr. Zhan has undertaken more than 60 scientific research projects with the Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China, UNDP, World Bank, EU Framework 7, Global Environment Foundation, Asian Development Bank and the Netherlands development aid fund. His research experience covers GIS, remote sensing and applications in urban planning and management. His research interests include planning support systems, 3D city modeling and applications, object-based analysis of remote sensing images, land-cover and land-use classification methods. He has supervised 19 PhD students and more than 110 MSc students. He is the author and co-author of over 170 scientific articles. He is the author and co-author of 6 books.
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