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Yehua Dennis Wei is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Transportation, Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies, and Health.

Their recent published papers demonstrate a focus on urban and regional issues, land use, and transportation resilience. Notable works include:

  • Urban inequalities in the 21st century economy, 2020, Applied Geography
  • Effect of land-use change and optimization on the ecosystem service values of Jiangsu province, China, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • How does industrial agglomeration affect urban land use efficiency? A spatial analysis of Chinese cities, 2022, Land Use Policy
  • Neighborhood, built environment and resilience in transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • Regional inequality, spatial polarization and place mobility in provincial China: A case study of Jiangsu province, 2020, Applied Geography

Wei's frequent coauthors include Yangyi Wu, Weiye Xiao, Ning Xiong, Wen Chen, and Han Li.

Publications are often found in several key venues, reflecting a geographic and urban planning concentration. Common publication venues include:

  • Applied Geography
  • Geographical Review
  • Cities
  • The Professional Geographer
  • Journal of Urban Planning and Development

The main research topics that Wei addresses encompass:

  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Urbanization and City Planning

Wei's academic output involves 88 publications within Social Sciences and 66 in Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, indicating a multidisciplinary approach to urban and economic research.

Best Publications

  • Identifying Risks and Mitigating Disruptions in the Automotive Supply Chain

    David Simchi-Levi;William Schmidt;Yehua Wei;Peter Yun Zhang

  • Globalization, Institutional Change, and Industrial Location: Economic Transition and Industrial Concentration in China

    Canfei He;Yehua Dennis Wei;Xiuzhen Xie

  • Restructuring Industrial Districts, Scaling Up Regional Development: A Study of the Wenzhou Model, China

    Yehua Dennis Wei;Wangming Li;Chunbin Wang

  • Regional inequality in China

    Yehua Dennis Wei

  • Regional Development in China: States, Globalization and Inequality

    Yehua Dennis Wei

  • Analyzing housing prices in Shanghai with open data: Amenity, accessibility and urban structure

    Han Li;Yehua Dennis Wei;Yehua Dennis Wei;Yangyi Wu;Guang Tian

  • Urban land expansion and regional inequality in transitional China

    Yehua Dennis Wei;Yehua Dennis Wei;Han Li;Wenze Yue

  • Urbanization, urban land expansion and environmental change in China

    Yehua Dennis Wei;Xinyue Ye

  • DECENTRALIZATION, MARKETIZATION, AND GLOBALIZATION: THE TRIPLE PROCESSES UNDERLYING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA

    Yehua Dennis Wei

  • Spatiality of regional inequality

    Yehua Dennis Wei

  • The impact of environmental regulations on the location of pollution-intensive industries in China

    Jing Shen;Yehua Dennis Wei;Yehua Dennis Wei;Zi Yang

  • Economic transition, spatial development and urban land use efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta, China

    Changyan Wu;Yehua Dennis Wei;Yehua Dennis Wei;Xianjin Huang;Bowen Chen

  • Urban inequalities in the 21st century economy

    Jan Nijman;Jan Nijman;Yehua Dennis Wei

  • Administrative hierarchy and urban land expansion in transitional China

    Han Li;Yehua Dennis Wei;Yehua Dennis Wei;Felix Haifeng Liao;Zhiji Huang

  • Development Zones, Foreign Investment, and Global City Formation in Shanghai

    Yehua Dennis Wei;Chi Kin Leung

  • Urban expansion, sprawl and inequality

    Yehua Dennis Wei;Reid Ewing

  • Regional Inequality in China: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province

    Yehua Dennis Wei;C. Cindy Fan

  • Urban land expansion under economic transition in China: A multi- level modeling analysis *

    Zhiji Huang;Yehua Dennis Wei;Yehua Dennis Wei;Canfei He;Han Li

  • Does urban sprawl hold down upward mobility

    Reid Ewing;Shima Hamidi;James B. Grace;Yehua Dennis Wei

  • Understanding the Performance of the Long Chain and Sparse Designs in Process Flexibility

    David Simchi-Levi;Yehua Wei

  • Beyond the Sunan Model: Trajectory and Underlying Factors of Development in Kunshan, China:

    Yehua Dennis Wei

  • The Spatial-Temporal Hierarchy of Regional Inequality of China

    Yingru Li;Yehua Dennis Wei

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinyue Ye
Xinyue Ye Texas A&M University
George C. S. Lin
George C. S. Lin University of Hong Kong
Yi-Fei Sun
Yi-Fei Sun Xiamen University
Wenze Yue
Wenze Yue Zhejiang University
Reid Ewing
Reid Ewing University of Utah
Qihao Weng
Qihao Weng Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jiaguo Qi
Jiaguo Qi Michigan State University
Paul Robbins
Paul Robbins University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ming Wen
Ming Wen University of Hong Kong
Xianjin Huang
Xianjin Huang Nanjing University

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