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414

Overview

Yan Song is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on social sciences, environmental science, and economics, econometrics, and finance. Within these broad fields, Yan Song has concentrated substantially on subfields such as economics and econometrics, global and planetary change, transportation, sociology and political science, and health, toxicology and mutagenesis.

Their scholarly output addresses various interconnected topics. Major themes include land use and ecosystem services, urban transport and accessibility, housing market and economics, urban green space and health, energy, environment, economic growth, rural development and sustainability, and transportation planning and optimization.

Yan Song has published notable papers that demonstrate a diverse interest in environmental regulation, urban green space, corporate environmental behavior, and spatial dynamics. Selected recent papers include:

  • Environmental regulation, green technological innovation, and eco-efficiency: The case of Yangtze river economic belt in China (2020, Technological Forecasting and Social Change)
  • How Does Urban Green Space Impact Residents' Mental Health: A Literature Review of Mediators (2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • Assessing equity in park accessibility using a travel behavior-based G2SFCA method in Nanjing, China (2021, Journal of Transport Geography)
  • A study of the dual-target corporate environmental behavior (DTCEB) of heavily polluting enterprises under different environment regulations: Green innovation vs. pollutant emissions (2021, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • Exploring the impacts of urban growth on carbon storage under integrated spatial regulation: A case study of Wuhan, China (2020, Ecological Indicators)

Yan Song frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, contributing to a cohesive research network. These collaborators include:

  • Yingjie Zhang
  • Tianzheng Zhang
  • Yafeng Zou
  • Chengfeng Yi
  • Feng Luo

Their work appears regularly in established publication venues, reflecting a focus on environmental and social topics. Key journals and platforms featuring their work include:

  • Land
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Habitat International
  • Sustainability

Best Publications

  • Measuring urban form: Is portland winning the war on sprawl?

    Yan Song;Gerrit Jan Knaap

  • New urbanism and housing values: a disaggregate assessment

    Yan Song;Gerrit Jan Knaap

  • Measuring the effects of mixed land uses on housing values

    Yan Song;Gerrit Jan Knaap

  • Comparing measures of urban land use mix

    Yan Song;Louis Merlin;Daniel A Rodriguez

  • Built and social environments associations with adolescent overweight and activity.

    Melissa C. Nelson;Melissa C. Nelson;Penny Gordon-Larsen;Yan Song;Barry M. Popkin

  • Quantitative analysis of urban form: a multidisciplinary review

    Kelly Clifton;Reid Ewing;Gerrit Jan Knaap;Yan Song

  • ASSESSING IMPACT OF URBAN FORM MEASURES ON NONWORK TRIP MODE CHOICE AFTER CONTROLLING FOR DEMOGRAPHIC AND LEVEL-OF-SERVICE EFFECTS

    Jayanthi Rajamani;Chandra R. Bhat;Susan Handy;Gerritt Knaap

  • Environmental regulation, green technological innovation, and eco-efficiency: The case of Yangtze river economic belt in China

    Yunqiang Liu;Jialing Zhu;Eldon Y. Li;Zhiyi Meng

  • Let’s not Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water: The Role of Urban Villages in Housing Rural Migrants in China

    Yan Song;Yves Zenou;Chengri Ding

  • What influences Metro station ridership in China? Insights from Nanjing

    Jinbao Zhao;Jinbao Zhao;Wei Deng;Yan Song;Yueran Zhu

  • The influence of environmental regulation on industrial structure upgrading: Based on the strategic interaction behavior of environmental regulation among local governments

    Yan Song;Yan Song;Xiao Zhang;Ming Zhang

  • Property tax and urban sprawl theory and implications for US cities

    Yan Song;Yves Zenou;Yves Zenou

  • The impact of urban growth patterns on urban vitality in newly built-up areas based on an association rules analysis using geographical ‘big data’

    Qingsong He;Weishan He;Yan Song;Yan Song;Jiayu Wu

  • Impacts of land finance on urban sprawl in China: The case of Chongqing

    Yong Liu;Peilei Fan;Wenze Yue;Yan Song

  • Neighborhood Environment and Cognition in Older Adults: A Systematic Review

    Lilah M. Besser;Lilah M. Besser;Noreen C. McDonald;Yan Song;Walter A. Kukull

  • Industrial land price and its impact on urban growth : a Chinese case study

    Yuzhe Wu;Xiaoling Zhang;Martin Skitmore;Yan Song

  • Urban form breeds neighborhood vibrancy: A case study using a GPS-based activity survey in suburban Beijing

    Jiayu Wu;Jiayu Wu;Na Ta;Yan Song;Jian Lin

  • Spatially explicit assessment on urban vitality: Case studies in Chicago and Wuhan

    Chen Zeng;Chen Zeng;Chen Zeng;Yan Song;Qingsong He;Qingsong He;Feixue Shen

  • Property Tax and Urban Sprawl. Theory and Implications for U.S. Cities

    Yan Song;Yves Zenou

  • Smart Growth and Urban Development Pattern: A Comparative Study

    Yan Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip R. Berke
Philip R. Berke University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel A. Rodriguez
Daniel A. Rodriguez University of California, Berkeley
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham
Xiaoling Zhang
Xiaoling Zhang University of Hong Kong
Wenze Yue
Wenze Yue Zhejiang University
Yaolin Liu
Yaolin Liu Wuhan University
David K. Guilkey
David K. Guilkey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lawrence D. Frank
Lawrence D. Frank University of California, San Diego
Reid Ewing
Reid Ewing University of Utah
Eddie C.M. Hui
Eddie C.M. Hui Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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