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Zhigang Li

Zhigang Li

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
46
Citations
6822
World Ranking
3692
National Ranking
56

Overview

Zhigang Li is affiliated with Wuhan University in China. Their research predominantly spans the fields of social sciences, with particular focus on sociology and political science, urban studies, transportation, political science and international relations, and health, toxicology and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers various interconnected topics including:

  • China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Urban Planning and Governance

Zhigang Li has published extensively in several key venues, with a notable frequency in:

  • Cities
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Population Space and Place
  • Transactions in Planning and Urban Research

The most recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhigang Li include:

  • Spatial differences of ecosystem services and their driving factors: A comparation analysis among three urban agglomerations in China's Yangtze River Economic Belt, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Natural outdoor environment, neighbourhood social cohesion and mental health: Using multilevel structural equation modelling, streetscape and remote-sensing metrics, 2020, Urban forestry & urban greening
  • The varying driving forces of urban land expansion in China: Insights from a spatial-temporal analysis, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Multi-scenario simulation of urban growth boundaries with an ESP-FLUS model: A case study of the Min Delta region, China, 2022, Ecological Indicators
  • The sense of community revisited in Hankow, China: Combining the impacts of perceptual factors and built environment attributes, 2021, Cities

Frequent collaborators with Zhigang Li include:

  • Sainan Lin
  • Hanbei Cheng
  • Fulong Wu
  • Feifei Zhai
  • Yuqi Liu

Best Publications

  • An assessment of urban park access in Shanghai – Implications for the social equity in urban China

    Yang Xiao;Zheng Wang;Zhigang Li;Zilai Tang

  • Tenure-based residential segregation in post-reform Chinese cities: a case study of Shanghai

    Zhigang Li;Fulong Wu

  • Residential Satisfaction in China's Informal Settlements: A Case Study of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou

    Zhigang Li;Fulong Wu

  • Neighbourhood greenness and mental wellbeing in Guangzhou, China: What are the pathways?

    Ye Liu;Ruoyu Wang;George Grekousis;Yuqi Liu

  • The social networks of new-generation migrants in China’s urbanized villages: A case study of Guangzhou

    Ye Liu;Zhigang Li;Werner Breitung

  • An African Enclave in China: The Making of a New Transnational Urban Space

    Zhigang Li;Laurence J. C. Ma;Desheng Xue

  • The subjective wellbeing of migrants in Guangzhou, China: The impacts of the social and physical environment

    Yuqi Liu;Fangzhu Zhang;Fulong Wu;Ye Liu;Ye Liu

  • Exploring the linkage between greenness exposure and depression among Chinese people: Mediating roles of physical activity, stress and social cohesion and moderating role of urbanicity

    Ye Liu;Ruoyu Wang;Yang Xiao;Baishi Huang

  • Spatial differences of ecosystem services and their driving factors: A comparation analysis among three urban agglomerations in China's Yangtze River Economic Belt.

    Qiaoling Luo;Junfang Zhou;Zhigang Li;Bolin Yu

  • Natural outdoor environment, neighbourhood social cohesion and mental health: Using multilevel structural equation modelling, streetscape and remote-sensing metrics

    Yuqi Liu;Ruoyu Wang;Yi Lu;Zhigang Li

  • Evaluating and characterizing urban vibrancy using spatial big data: Shanghai as a case study:

    Bo Huang;Yulun Zhou;Zhigang Li;Yimeng Song

  • Healthy aging with parks: Association between park accessibility and the health status of older adults in urban China

    Bo Xie;Zihao An;Yiling Zheng;Zhigang Li

  • Growth of rural migrant enclaves in Guangzhou, China: Agency, everyday practice and social mobility:

    Ye Liu;Zhigang Li;Yuqi Liu;Hongsheng Chen

  • The effects of social ties on rural-urban migrants' intention to settle in cities in China

    Xu Huang;Ye Liu;Desheng Xue;Zhigang Li

  • From Revanchism to Ambivalence: The Changing Politics of Street Vending in Guangzhou

    Gengzhi Huang;Desheng Xue;Zhigang Li

  • Speculative urbanism and the making of university towns in China: A case of Guangzhou University Town

    Zhigang Li;Xun Li;Lei Wang

  • Estimating the mediating effect of privately-supplied green space on the relationship between urban public green space and property value: Evidence from Shanghai, China

    Yang Xiao;Zhigang Li;Chris Webster

  • China's 'Chocolate City': An Ethnic Enclave in a Changing Landscape*

    Zhigang Li;Michal Lyons;Alison Brown

  • Changing neighbourhood cohesion under the impact of urban redevelopment: a case study of Guangzhou, China

    Yuqi Liu;Fulong Wu;Ye Liu;Zhigang Li

  • The varying driving forces of urban land expansion in China: Insights from a spatial-temporal analysis.

    Rong Wu;Zhigang Li;Shaojian Wang

  • State Rescaling and the Making of City-Regions in the Pearl River Delta, China

    Zhigang Li;Jiang Xu;Anthony G O Yeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Fulong Wu
Fulong Wu University College London
Yang Xiao
Yang Xiao Chongqing University
Xu Huang
Xu Huang University of Glasgow
Shenjing He
Shenjing He University of Hong Kong
Dawei Wang
Dawei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chris Webster
Chris Webster University of Hong Kong
Anthony Gar-On Yeh
Anthony Gar-On Yeh University of Hong Kong
Xiaoping Liu
Xiaoping Liu Sun Yat-sen University
Shaojian Wang
Shaojian Wang Sun Yat-sen University
Xiaoling Zhang
Xiaoling Zhang University of Hong Kong

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