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Environmental Sciences
China
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
80
Citations
21819
World Ranking
841
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Chi Yung Jim is affiliated with the Education University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses various subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Environmental Engineering; Global and Planetary Change; Nature and Landscape Conservation; and Building and Construction.

Their work is published frequently in several key journals, with notable publication venues including Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Building and Environment, Forests, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Remote Sensing.

Jim's research topics cover:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Jim include:

  • Heat mitigation benefits of urban green and blue infrastructures: A systematic review of modeling techniques, validation and scenario simulation in ENVI-met V4, 2021, Building and Environment
  • Water as an urban heat sink: Blue infrastructure alleviates urban heat island effect in mega-city agglomeration, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Vegetation cover changes in China induced by ecological restoration-protection projects and land-use changes from 2000 to 2020, 2022, CATENA
  • Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Local cultural beliefs and practices promote conservation of large old trees in an ethnic minority region in southwestern China, 2020, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Frequent collaborators in their research include Chunping Xie, Zhang Fei, Dawei Liu, Mou Leong Tan, and Changjiang Liu. These collaborations reflect a consistent engagement with peers working on related environmental and ecological topics.

Best Publications

  • Assessing the ecosystem service of air pollutant removal by urban trees in Guangzhou (China).

    Chi Yung Jim;Wendy Y. Chen

  • Recreation–amenity use and contingent valuation of urban greenspaces in Guangzhou, China

    Chi Yung Jim;Wendy Y. Chen

  • Impacts of urban environmental elements on residential housing prices in Guangzhou (China)

    Chi Yung Jim;Wendy Y. Chen

  • Green-space preservation and allocation for sustainable greening of compact cities

    C.Y Jim

  • Comprehensive greenspace planning based on landscape ecology principles in compact Nanjing city, China

    Chi Yung Jim;Sophia S Chen

  • Ecosystem services and valuation of urban forests in China

    Chi Yung Jim;Wendy Y. Chen

  • Urban forests, ecosystem services, green infrastructure and nature-based solutions: Nexus or evolving metaphors?

    Francisco J. Escobedo;Vincenzo Giannico;Chi Yung Jim;Giovanni Sanesi

  • Perception and Attitude of Residents Toward Urban Green Spaces in Guangzhou (China)

    Chi Yung Jim;Wendy Y. Chen

  • Urban soil characteristics and limitations for landscape planting in Hong Kong

    Chi Yung Jim

  • External effects of neighbourhood parks and landscape elements on high-rise residential value

    Chi Yung Jim;Wendy Y. Chen

  • Heat mitigation benefits of urban green and blue infrastructures: A systematic review of modeling techniques, validation and scenario simulation in ENVI-met V4

    Zhixin Liu;Wenwen Cheng;C.Y. Jim;Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo

  • Sustainable urban greening strategies for compact cities in developing and developed economies

    Chi Yung Jim

  • Socioeconomic effect on perception of urban green spaces in Guangzhou, China

    C.Y. Jim;Xizhang Shan

  • Willingness of residents to pay and motives for conservation of urban green spaces in the compact city of Hong Kong

    Alex Y. Lo;Chi Yung Jim

  • Green-Roof Effects on Neighborhood Microclimate and Human Thermal Sensation

    Lilliana L.H. Peng;Chi Yung Jim

  • Citizen attitude and expectation towards greenspace provision in compact urban milieu

    Alex Y.H. Lo;Chi Yung Jim

  • Climatic Change, Wars and Dynastic Cycles in China Over the Last Millennium

    David D. Zhang;C. Y. Jim;George C.-S. Lin;Yuan-Qing He

  • Assessing the landscape and ecological quality of urban green spaces in a compact city

    Yuhong Tian;Chi Yung Jim;Haiqing Wang

  • Physical and chemical properties of a Hong Kong roadside soil in relation to urban tree growth

    Chi Yung Jim

  • Consumption preferences and environmental externalities: A hedonic analysis of the housing market in Guangzhou

    Chi Yung Jim;Wendy Y. Chen

  • Assessment and valuation of the ecosystem services provided by urban forests.

    Wendy Y. Chen;C. Y. Jim

  • Soil Characteristics and Management in an Urban Park in Hong Kong

    Chi Yung Jim

  • Species diversity of three major urban forest types in Guangzhou city, China

    Chi Yung Jim;H. T Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Y. Lo
Alex Y. Lo Victoria University of Wellington
Yuanqing He
Yuanqing He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Salman Qureshi
Salman Qureshi Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Jason Antony Byrne
Jason Antony Byrne University of Tasmania
Raffaele Lafortezza
Raffaele Lafortezza University of Bari Aldo Moro
Jinbao Li
Jinbao Li University of Hong Kong
Edward Ng
Edward Ng Chinese University of Hong Kong
George C. S. Lin
George C. S. Lin University of Hong Kong
Junguo Liu
Junguo Liu North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power
Francisco J. Escobedo
Francisco J. Escobedo US Forest Service

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