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Gengyuan Liu is affiliated with Beijing Normal University in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on environmental engineering, global and planetary change, economics and econometrics, water science and technology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The scientist has an extensive record of publications in various high-impact journals. Frequent publication venues include Journal of Cleaner Production, Sustainability, Ecological Modelling, Resources Conservation and Recycling, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Their recent papers cover a range of topics related to environmental science and sustainable development. Notable works include:

  • Urban ecological transition: The practice of ecological civilization construction in China, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Impacts of local public expenditure on CO2 emissions in Chinese cities: A spatial cluster decomposition analysis, 2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Toward low-carbon development: Assessing emissions-reduction pressure among Chinese cities, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Emergy-based ecosystem services valuation and classification management applied to China's grasslands, 2020, Ecosystem Services
  • Current Status and Potential Assessment of China's Ocean Carbon Sinks, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology

The main research topics covered by Gengyuan Liu include:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics

Throughout their career, Gengyuan Liu has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, indicating active research partnerships. These co-authors include Fanxin Meng, Biagio F. Giannetti, Feni Agostinho, Zhifeng Yang, and Marco Casazza.

Best Publications

  • Food-energy-water (FEW) nexus for urban sustainability: A comprehensive review

    Pengpeng Zhang;Lixiao Zhang;Yuan Chang;Ming Xu

  • Evaluating the transition towards cleaner production in the construction and demolition sector of China: A review

    Patrizia Ghisellini;Xi Ji;Gengyuan Liu;Gengyuan Liu;Sergio Ulgiati;Sergio Ulgiati;Sergio Ulgiati

  • Life cycle assessment indicators of urban wastewater and sewage sludge treatment

    Elvira Buonocore;Salvatore Mellino;Giuseppe De Angelis;Gengyuan Liu;Gengyuan Liu

  • Urban ecological transition: The practice of ecological civilization construction in China.

    Fanxin Meng;Jinling Guo;Zhanqiang Guo;Jason C.K. Lee

  • The impact of fiscal decentralization on CO2 emissions in China

    Shulei Cheng;Wei Fan;Jiandong Chen;Fanxin Meng;Fanxin Meng

  • Ecological network analysis of an urban metabolic system based on input–output tables: Model development and case study for Beijing

    Yan Zhang;Hongmei Zheng;Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath;Hong Liu

  • Critical review of the energy-water-carbon nexus in cities

    Fanxin Meng;Fanxin Meng;Gengyuan Liu;Gengyuan Liu;Sai Liang;Meirong Su

  • Analysis of CO2 Emission for the Cement Manufacturing with Alternative Raw Materials: A LCA-based Framework

    Jieru Zhang;Gengyuan Liu;Bin Chen;Dan Song

  • Prevention and control policy analysis for energy-related regional pollution management in China

    Gengyuan Liu;Gengyuan Liu;Zhifeng Yang;Zhifeng Yang;Bin Chen;Bin Chen;Yan Zhang;Yan Zhang

  • Urban energy flow processes in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji) urban agglomeration: combining multi-regional input–output tables with ecological network analysis

    Yan Zhang;Hongmei Zheng;Zhifeng Yang;Yanxian Li

  • An emergy-LCA analysis of municipal solid waste management

    Gengyuan Liu;Gengyuan Liu;Yan Hao;Yan Hao;Liang Dong;Liang Dong;Zhifeng Yang;Zhifeng Yang

  • Monitoring trends of urban development and environmental impact of Beijing, 1999-2006☆

    Gengyuan Liu;Zhifeng Yang;Bin Chen;Sergio Ulgiati

  • A study on the contribution of industrial restructuring to reduction of carbon emissions in China during the five Five-Year Plan periods

    Jing Zhang;Hongqiang Jiang;Gengyuan Liu;Weihua Zeng

  • Emergy analysis of the urban metabolism of Beijing

    Yan Zhang;Zhifeng Yang;Gengyuan Liu;Xiangyi Yu

  • Current Status and Potential Assessment of China's Ocean Carbon Sinks.

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  • International perspectives on the pedagogy of climate change

    Krystal M. Perkins;Nora Munguia;Rafael Moure-Eraso;Bernd Delakowitz

  • Ecological network determination of sectoral linkages, utility relations and structural characteristics on urban ecological economic system

    G.Y. Liu;Z.F. Yang;B. Chen;Y. Zhang

  • Multi-regional input–output model and ecological network analysis for regional embodied energy accounting in China

    Yan Zhang;Hongmei Zheng;Zhifeng Yang;Meirong Su

  • Impacts of local public expenditure on CO2 emissions in Chinese cities: A spatial cluster decomposition analysis

    Shulei Cheng;Yongtao Chen;Fanxin Meng;Jiandong Chen

  • Urban food-energy-water nexus indicators: A review

    Mercy Arthur;Gengyuan Liu;Gengyuan Liu;Yan Hao;Yan Hao;Lixiao Zhang;Lixiao Zhang

  • Emergy-based urban ecosystem health assessment: A case study of Baotou, China

    G.Y. Liu;Z.F. Yang;B. Chen;Y. Zhang

  • Comparison of typical mega cities in China using emergy synthesis

    L.X. Zhang;B. Chen;Z.F. Yang;G.Q. Chen

  • Emergy-based dynamic mechanisms of urban development, resource consumption and environmental impacts

    Gengyuan Liu;Zhifeng Yang;Bin Chen;Sergio Ulgiati

  • Energy consumption and carbon footprint accounting of urban and rural residents in Beijing through Consumer Lifestyle Approach

    Caocao Chen;Gengyuan Liu;Gengyuan Liu;Fanxin Meng;Fanxin Meng;Yan Hao;Yan Hao

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhifeng Yang
Zhifeng Yang Guangdong University of Technology
Sergio Ulgiati
Sergio Ulgiati Parthenope University of Naples
Yan Zhang
Yan Zhang Beijing Normal University
Bin Chen
Bin Chen Beijing Normal University
Lixiao Zhang
Lixiao Zhang Beijing Normal University
Brian D. Fath
Brian D. Fath Towson University
Sai Liang
Sai Liang Guangdong University of Technology
Mark T. Brown
Mark T. Brown University of Florida
Yanpeng Cai
Yanpeng Cai Guangdong University of Technology
Donald Huisingh
Donald Huisingh University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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