Zhao, Jianting

Publications

Working papers

Zhao J., Chang R., and Sun G. Experiential learning and transformative capacity: a case study of co-designed street experiment in Hong Kong. Under review at Journal of Urban Mobility.

Zhao J., and Sun G. Push, pull or network? Governments’ public engagement tactics in pandemic-induced street experiments. Under review at Journal of Urban Design. 

Zhao, J., & Sun, G. How does experiential learning contribute to the longer-term outcomes of pandemic-induced street experiments? A global multi-case study. Working paper.

Zhao, J., & Sun, G. Does neighbourhood environment matter for people-centric street transition? A study on global pandemic-induced street experiments. Working paper.

Peer-reviewed papers

Zhao J., Sun G., and Webster C., 2024. Global Street Experiment: A Geospatial Database of Pandemic-Induced Street Transitions. Landscape and Urban Planning. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104931

Zhao J., Sun G., and Webster C., 2022. Does China-Pakistan Economic Corridor improve connectivity in Pakistan? A protocol assessing the planned transport network infrastructure. Journal of Transport Geography 100(March). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103327

Lu, Y., Zhao, J., Wu, X. and Lo, S.M., 2021. Escaping to nature during a pandemic: a natural experiment in Asian cities during the COVID-19 pandemic with big social media data. Science of The Total Environment, 777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146092

Sun, G., Du, Y., Ni, M.Y., Zhao, J. and Webster, C., 2021. Metro and elderly health in Hong Kong: protocol for a natural experiment study in a high-density city. BMJ Open, 11(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136%2Fbmjopen-2020-043983 

Zhao, J., Sun, G. and Webster, C., 2020. Walkability scoring: Why and how does a 3-dimensional pedestrian network matter? Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399808320977871 

RTPI Early Career Award (2021) – Shortlisted and Commendation 

IACP Student Paper Award (2021)

Sun, G., Zhao, J., Webster, C. and Lin, H., 2020. New metro system and active travel: A natural experiment. Environment International, 138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105605 

Research Output Prize 2021 in the Faculty of Architecture, HKU

Long, Y. and Zhao, J.^, 2020. What Makes a City Bikeable? A Study of Intercity and Intracity Patterns of Bicycle Ridership using Mobike Big Data Records. Built Environment, 46(1), pp.55-75. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.46.1.55 [^shared first authorship]

Long, Y., Zhao, J., Li, S., Zhou, Y., & Xu, L., 2018. The Large-Scale Calculation of “Walk Score” of Main Cities in China. New Architecture, 3, 4–8. https://doi.org/10.12069/j.na.201803001 

Conference Presentations

Zhao, J. (2023, November 1). Experiential learning in pandemic-induced street experiments: How do key initiators’ experiential learning contribute to transformative capacity? UCL Urban Design Research Group. London, United Kingdom.

Zhao, J. (2023, September 18-22). Public Engagement Tactics in COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Street Experiments. PLATIAL’X 23. Dortmund, Germany.

Zhao, J. (2023, July 11-15). Does neighbourhood environment matter for people-centric street transition? A study on global pandemic-induced street experiments. 2023 AESOP Congress. Lodz, Poland. 

Zhao, J. (2023, March 23-27). Public-initiator interactions in the tactical approach of street experiments as a pandemic emergency response. 2023 AAG Annual Meeting. Denver, CO, United States.

Zhao, J. (2022, August 12). Transport policy adaptation through pandemic induced street experiments: the contribution of experiential learning. Talk-toranden Doctoral Colloquium, TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany. 

Zhao, J. (2021, November 28). Street Experiment: an urban transformation niche - a preliminary literature review. HKU/PKU-SZ Joint Doctoral Colloquium on Smart Cities Analytics. University of Hong Kong / Peking University-Shenzhen. Virtual.

Zhao, J., and Sun, G. (2021, October 7-23). Street experiment in an Asian high-density city: why positive feedback does not promise long-term changes? ACSP 61st Conference. Virtual. 

Zhao, J., Sun, G., and Webster, C. (2021, September 11-12). Walkability scoring: Why and how does a three-dimensional pedestrian network matter? IACP 15th Conference. Virtual.

Teaching

Teaching Assistant – Urban Analytics Studio

01/2021 – 05/2023 

Bachelor of Urban Studies, Department of Urban Planning and Design, HKU

• Cohort size: 25; 4 credit core course, 24 sessions in total: 2 hour/session, twice a week; year-one students

• Designed ten tutorials assignments to enhance spatial thinking

• Developed 20 tutorial exercises, graded weekly assignments

• Consulted and supervised students’ final projects

• Received consistently high approval rate of over 90% from students’ course evaluations

Instructor – Communication Studios I   

01/2019-05/2020

Bachelor of Urban Studies, Department of Urban Planning and Design, HKU

• Developed course syllabus 

• Taught communication skills, video shooting techniques, and website creation

• Created tutorials and assignments for spatial analysis methods

• Marked assignments and provided project comments

Guest Lecturer – Urban Analytics for postgraduate students

01/2019

• Provided demonstration on R language and live data analysis

Lecturer – Big Data and Urban Planning, a massive open online course

06/2018-10/2018

• Instructed the analysis and statistic methods for urban big data

• Recorded video demonstration on SPSS and ArcGIS usage

Section Co-Author – Urban Planning and Big Data Theory and Methods textbook

01/2018-10/2018

• Wrote chapters for urban big data analysis and case studies

• China’s first Urban Big Data textbook

Accreditation and Membership

CETL Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education