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Prof. Wang Donggen Prof. Wang Donggen
Prof. WANG Donggen (王冬根教授)

Chair Professor
Director of the Centre for China Urban and Regional Studies

Transport and Time Geography

Office:AAB 1229
Tel:(852) 3411 7128
Fax:(852) 3411 5990
Email:dgwang@hkbu.edu.hk
EDUCATION
  • Ph.D., Faculty of Architecture, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • M.A., Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University, The Netherlands
  • M.Sc., School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, China
  • B.Sc., School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, China
TEACHING
  • Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Geography
  • Advanced Quantitative Methods in Geography
  • Geography of Transportation
ACADEMIC SERVICES
  • Co-Editor-in-Chief: Travel Behavior and Society (2013 –)
  • Editorial Board Member: The Professional Geography (2024 –); Journal of Transport Geography (2013 –); Transport Reviews (2021   –); Transportmetrica A (2005 –); Annals of Association of American Geographers (2014 –2017)
  • Member, Executive Committee, the Geographical Society of China (2014 –)
  • Fellow, Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (2013 - )
  • Chairman, Hong Kong Geographical Association (2009 — 2013)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Activity-travel behavior
  • Transport and time geography
  • Activity-based socio-spatial segregation
  • Geography of wellbeing
  • Housing choice and residential satisfaction

From Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC):

  • GRF (HKBU12613324) “How are people satisfied with their daily travel? the role of reference points in different contexts”. 2025-2027
  • GRF (HKBU 12610423), “Demand responsive bus, home and work locations, and daily travel behaviour”. 2024-2026.
  • HSSPFS (32000223), “How does rail transit development induce people's daily travel behaviour changes in Shenzhen?”. 2024-2025
  • RIF (R-5011-23. Co-PI), “An AI-enabled Geospatial Platform for Smart Facility Management and Smart Mobility of People with Disabilities (PwDs)”. 2024-2029.
  • GRF (HKBU 12609621), “Urban expansion and travel behaviour evolution in Shenzhen: the role of travel time budget”. 2022-2025

From National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC):

  • 面上项目 (General Research fund) (No. 42471253): “城市扩张视角下的极端通勤现象研究” (Urban expansion and extreme commuting). 2025-2028
  1. Zhou, M., Huang, S., Tu, W., Wang, D. (2024) “Machine learning-based causal inference for evaluating intervention in travel behaviour research: A difference-in-differences framework”. Travel Behaviour and Society. 37: 100852.
  2. Lin, T., Guan, X., and Wang, D. (2024) “How does social network mediate/moderate the effects of the built environment on travel behavior?”. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 187: 104175
  3. Zhou, M., Wang, D.*, Huang, S., Zhou, J., and Guo L., (2024) “The travel behavior impacts of rail transit network expansion in Shenzhen”. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. In press
  4. Guan, X. and Wang, D.* (2024) “Examining the roles of transport captivity and travel dissonance in travel satisfaction”. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 182: 104023.
  5. Wang, Y., Wang, D.*, Wang, F., He, S., and Wang, L. (2024) “Does have-want discrepancy or have-had discrepancy explain residential satisfaction? A study of migrant workers in Wuhan, China”. Cities. 154: 104708.
  6. Chen, B.Y., Fu, C., Wang, D., Jia, T., and Gong, J. (2024) “How Retailer Hierarchy Shapes Food Accessibility: A Case Study Using Machine Learning Method to Delineate Service Areas and Hierarchical Levels of Food Retailers”. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 114(4): 1-22.
  7. Guan, X., M., Zhou and Wang, D. (2023) “Reference points in travel satisfaction: Travel preference, travel experience, or peer’s travel?”. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 124: 103929.
  8. Yang, M. and Wang, D.* (2023) “How do spatiotemporally patterned everyday activities explain variations in people’s mental health?”. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 113(8): 1781-1799.
  9. Gao, J., Wang, D., Ettema, D., and Helbich, M. (2023) “Weather conditions as cross-sectional moderators of the associations between the physical environment and walking behavior in the Netherlands”. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. 17(10): 1129-1138.
  10. Liang, Y., Wang, D.*, Yang, H., Yuan, Q., and Yang, L. (2023) “Examining the causal effects of air pollution on dockless bike-sharing usage using instrumental variables”. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 121: 103808.
  11. Wang, D. and Yang, M. (2023) “Gendered mobility and activity pattern: implications for gendered mental health”. Journal of Transport Geography. 110: 103639.
  12. Wang, F., Zheng, Y., Wu, W., and Wang, D. (2022) “The travel, equity and wellbeing impacts of transit-oriented development in Global South”. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 113: 103512.
  13. Mao, Z., Wang, F. and Wang, D. (2022) “Attitude and accessibility on transit users’ travel satisfaction: A person-environment fit perspective”. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 112: 103467.
  14. Wang, D. and Li, L. (2022) “Disparities in spatio-temporal accessibility to fresh foods in Shanghai, China”. Applied Geography. 145: 102752.
  15. Zhou, M., Wang, D.*, and Guan, X. (2022) “Co-evolution of the built environment and travel behavior in Shenzhen, China”. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 107: 103291.
  16. Li, S.A., Guan, X., and Wang, D. (2022) “How do constrained car ownership and car use influence travel and life satisfaction?” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 155: 202-218.
  17. Li, L. and Wang, D.* (2022) “Do neighborhood food environments matter for eating through online-to-offline food delivery services?” Applied Geography 138: 102620.
  18. Yao, M. and Wang, D.* (2021) “Modeling residential relocation choices: an egalitarian bargaining approach and a comparative study”. Journal of Transport and Land Use. 14(1): 625-645.
  19. Wang, Y., Mao, Z., and Wang, D. (2021) “Housing affordability and mental health in urban China: a cross-sectional study”. Housing Studies. pp: 1-21. DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2021.1888891
  20. Guan, X. and Wang, D.* (2020) “The impacts of the built environment on travel behavior: Considering the multiplicity of travel-based self-selection”. Journal of Transport Geography. 87: 102809
  21. Wang, F., Mao, Z., and Wang, D. (2020) “Residential relocation and travel satisfaction change: An empirical study in Beijing, China”. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 135: 341-353.
  22. Yao, M., Wang, D.* and Yang, H. (2020) “Modeling household housing and car ownership decisions: a group decision-based time allocation approach”. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science. 16(3): 409-438
  23. Mao, Z. & Wang, D.* (2020) “Residential relocation and life satisfaction change: Is there a difference between household couples?” Cities. 97: 102565.
  24. Guan, X., Wang, D. * & X. J. Cao (2019) “The role of residential self-selection in land use-travel research: a review of recent findings”. Transport Reviews. 40(3): 267-287.
  25. Guan, X. & Wang, D.* (2019) “Influences of the built environment on travel: A household-based perspective”. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 130: 710-724.
  26. Wang, F. & Wang, D.* (2019) “Changes in residential satisfaction after home relocation: a longitudinal study in Beijing, China”. Urban Studies. 57(3): 583-601.
  27. Wang, D.*, Schwanen, T., & Mao, Z. (2019) “Does exposure to richer and poorer neighborhoods influence wellbeing?” Cities. 95: 102408.
  28. Zhou, M., & Wang, D.* (2019) “Generational differences in attitudes towards car, car ownership and car use in Beijing”. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 72: 261-278.
  29. Guan, X. & Wang, D.* (2019) “Residential self-selection in the built environment-travel behavior connection: Whose self-selection?” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 67: 16-32.
  30. Wang, Y., Chen, B.Y., Yuan, H., Wang, D., Lam, W.H.K., & Li, Q. (2018) “Measuring temporal variation of location-based accessibility using space-time utility perspective”. Journal of Transport Geography. 73:13-24.
  31. Zhou, M., & Wang, D*. (2019) “Investigating inter-generational changes in activity-travel behavior: a disaggregate approach”. Transportation. 46(5): 1643-1687.
  32. Wang, D*. and Lin, T. (2019) “Built environment, travel behavior, and residential self-selection: a study based on panel data from Beijing, China”. Transportation. 46: 51-74.
  33. Yao, M. & Wang, D.* (2018) “Mobility and travel behavior in urban China: The role of institutional factors”. Transport Policy. 69: 122-131.
  34. Lin, T., Wang, D.*, & Zhou, M. (2018). “Residential relocation and changes in travel behavior: what is the role of social context change?” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 111: 360-373.
  35. Chen, B. Y., Wang, Y., Wang, D., Li, Q., Lam, W. H., & Shaw, S. L. (2018) “Understanding the impacts of human mobility on accessibility using massive mobile phone tracking data”. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 108(4):1115-1133.
  36. Yao, M., Wang, D*. and Yang, H. (2017) “A game-theoretic model of car ownership and household time allocation”. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. 104: 667-685.
  37. Lin, T., Wang, D*., and Guan, X. (2017) ‘The built environment, travel attitude, and travel behavior: Residential self-selection or residential determination?”. Journal of Transport Geography. 65: 111-122.
  38. Wang, D*. and Cao, J. (2017) “Impacts of the built environment on activity-travel behavior: are there differences between public and private housing residents in Hong Kong?”. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 103: 25-35.
  39. Leung, K.M., Chung, P. K., Yuen, T.L., Liu, J. D., Wang, D. (2017) “Psychometric Properties of the Modified Social Environment Questionnaire (SEQ-C) in Chinese Older Adults”. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 28:1-25.
  40. Wang, D*. and Zhou, M. (2017), “The built environment and travel behavior in urban China: a literature review”. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 52: 574-585.
  41. Zhou, M., Wang, D*., Li, Q., Yue, Y., Tu, W., and Cao, R. (2017) “Impacts of weather on public transport ridership: Results from mining data from different sources”. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 75: 17-29.
  42. Ding, C., Wang, D., Liu, C., Zhang, Y., and Yang, J. (2017) “Exploring the influence of built environment on travel mode choice considering the mediating effects of car ownership and travel distance”. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 100: 65-80.
  43. Chen, B., Yuan, H., Li, Q., Wang, D., Shaw, S.L., Chen, H.P., and Lam, W.H.K. (2017) “Measuring place-based accessibility under travel time uncertainty”. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 31(4): 783-804.
  44. Li, F. and Wang, D*. (2017) “Measuring urban segregation based on individuals’ daily activity patterns: A multidimensional approach”. Environment and Planning A. 49(2): 467–486.
  45. Wang, D*. and Li, F. (2016) “Daily activity space and exposure: A comparative study of Hong Kong's public and private housing residents' segregation in daily life”. Cities. 59: 148-155.
  46. Cao, X. and Wang, D. * (2016) “Environmental correlates of residential satisfaction: An exploration of mismatched neighborhood characteristics in the Twin Cities”. Landscape and Urban Planning. 150: 26-35.
  47. Wang, F. and Wang, D*. (2016) “Geography of urban life satisfaction: An empirical study of Beijing”. Travel Behaviour and Society, 5, 14-22.
  48. Wang, D*. (2015) “Place, context, and activity-travel behavior”, Journal of Transport Geography, 47: 84-89.
  49. Lin, T. and Wang, D*. (2015) “Tradeoffs between in- and out-of-residential neighborhood locations for discretionary activities and time use: do social contexts matter?” Journal of Transport Geography, 47: 119-127.
  50. Wang, D*. and Wang, F. (2015) “Contributions of the Usage and Affective Experience of the Residential Environment to Residential Satisfaction”. Housing Studies. 31(1): 42-60.
  51. Tao Lin and Wang, D*. (2014) “Social Networks and Joint/Solo Activity-Travel Behavior’. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 68, pages: 18-31.
  52. Schwanen, T. and Wang, D*. (2014) “Well-being, context, and everyday activities in space and time”. Annals of American Association of Geographers. 104(4): 833-851.
  53. Wang, D*. and Lin, T. (2014) “Residential Self-Selection, Built Environment and Travel Behavior in the Chinese context”. Journal of Transport and Land Use. 7(3): 5-14.
  54. Li, F. and Wang, D*. (2014) “Cyberspace: Connected or Segregated? From Digital Divide to Virtual Segregation”. Environment and Planning B. 41(2): 323 – 340.

*: corresponding author