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Anthony Gar-On Yeh

Anthony Gar-On Yeh

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
59
Citations
15813
World Ranking
1547
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Anthony Gar-On Yeh is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences and engineering, with an emphasis on transportation and urban studies. Their work spans a wide range of topics related to human mobility, transportation planning, and urban environments.

Their research primarily focuses on several key topics including:

  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Sharing Economy and Platforms
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Housing Market and Economics

Within the broader fields of study, Anthony Gar-On Yeh has made significant contributions to:

  • Social Sciences
  • Engineering

More specifically, their work engages with subfields such as:

  • Transportation
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Sociology and Political Science

Anthony Gar-On Yeh is an active author in several publication venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • Cities
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Applied Geography
  • Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science

Notable recent papers authored by or co-authored with Anthony Gar-On Yeh include:

  • "The interplay of spatial spread of COVID-19 and human mobility in the urban system of China during the Chinese New Year," 2020, Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science
  • "Is ride-hailing competing or complementing public transport? A perspective from affordability," 2022, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • "Understanding the effects of environmental perceptions on walking behavior by integrating big data with small data," 2023, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • "Moving down the urban hierarchy: Turning point of China's internal migration caused by age structure and hukou system," 2021, Urban Studies
  • "Delineating functional urban areas in Chinese mega city regions using fine-grained population data and cellphone location data: A case of Pearl River Delta," 2022, Computers Environment and Urban Systems

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anthony Gar-On Yeh include:

  • Si Qiao
  • Mengzhu Zhang
  • Xiaoyan Mu
  • Xiaohu Zhang
  • Zifeng Chen

Throughout their career, Anthony Gar-On Yeh has been recognized by professional bodies, including being a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences since 2010 and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Neural-network-based cellular automata for simulating multiple land use changes using GIS

    Xia Li;Anthony Gar-On Yeh

  • Modelling sustainable urban development by the integration of constrained cellular automata and GIS

    Xia Li;Anthony Gar-On Yeh

  • Urban Development in Post-Reform China: State, Market, and Space

    Fulong Wu;Jiang Xu;Anthony Gar-On Yeh

  • Analyzing spatial restructuring of land use patterns in a fast growing region using remote sensing and GIS

    Xia Li;Anthony Gar-On Yeh

  • Measurement and monitoring of urban sprawl in a rapidly growing region using entropy

    Anthony Gar-On Yeh;Xia Li

  • Measurements of POI-based mixed use and their relationships with neighbourhood vibrancy

    Yang Yue;Yan Zhuang;Anthony G. O. Yeh;Jin-Yun Xie

  • The New Land Development Process and Urban Development in Chinese Cities

    Anthony Gar-On Yeh;Fulong Wu

  • Principal component analysis of stacked multi-temporal images for the monitoring of rapid urban expansion in the Pearl River Delta

    X. Li;A. G. O. Yeh

  • City Repositioning and Competitiveness Building in Regional Development: New Development Strategies in Guangzhou, China

    Jiang Xu;Anthony G.O. Yeh

  • Economic Development and Agricultural Land Loss in the Pearl River Delta, China

    Anthony Gar-On Yeh;Xia Li

  • Analyzing spatial relationships between urban land use intensity and urban vitality at street block level: A case study of five Chinese megacities

    Chang Xia;Anthony Gar-On Yeh;Anqi Zhang

  • The Transformation of the Urban Planning System in China from a Centrally-Planned to Transitional Economy

    Anthony Gar-on Yeh;Fulong Wu

  • A Constrained CA Model for the Simulation and Planning of Sustainable Urban Forms by Using GIS

    Anthony Gar-On Yeh;Xia Li

  • Land Commodification: New Land Development and Politics in China since the Late 1990s

    Jiang Xu;Anthony G. O. Yeh;Fulong Wu

  • Sustainable land development model for rapid growth areas using GIS

    Anthony Gar-On Yeh;Xia Li

  • The impacts of dwelling conditions on older persons’ psychological well-being in Hong Kong: the mediating role of residential satisfaction ☆

    David Rosser Phillips;Oi Ling Siu;Anthony G. O. Yeh;Kevin H. C. Cheng

  • Data mining of cellular automata's transition rules

    Xia Li;Anthony Gar-On Yeh

  • Changing Spatial Distribution and Determinants of Land Development in Chinese Cities in the Transition from a Centrally Planned Economy to a Socialist Market Economy: A Case Study of Guangzhou:

    Fulong Wu;Anthony Gar-On Yeh

  • An integrated remote sensing and GIS approach in the monitoring and evaluation of rapid urban growth for sustainable development in the Pearl River Delta, China

    Anthony Gar‐on Yeh;Xia Li

  • Urban Spatial Structure in a Transitional Economy: The Case of Guangzhou, China

    Fulong Wu;Anthony Gar-On Yeh

  • Detecting the nature of change in an urban environment : A comparison of machine learning algorithms

    Jonathan Cheung-Wai Chan;Kwok-Ping Chan;Anthony Gar-On Yeh

Frequent Co-Authors

David Phillips
David Phillips University of Melbourne
Fulong Wu
Fulong Wu University College London
Oi Ling Siu
Oi Ling Siu Lingnan University
George C. S. Lin
George C. S. Lin University of Hong Kong
Xiaoping Liu
Xiaoping Liu Sun Yat-sen University
Shenjing He
Shenjing He University of Hong Kong
Michael Batty
Michael Batty University College London
Peter Newman
Peter Newman Curtin University
Chris Webster
Chris Webster University of Hong Kong
Jianfa Shen
Jianfa Shen Chinese University of Hong Kong

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