Personal Information

·         Name: Ying Wang

·         Date of Birth: June 1989

·         Degree: Doctorate

·         Position: Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor

·         E-mail：yingwang0610@cug.edu.cn

·         Academic Homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ying-Wang-122

·         ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-5868-5661

Teaching

·         Since 2021: Major elective course for undergraduate students, Principles of Urban Planning

·         Since 2024: Compulsory course for master students, Frontiers in Land Science

·         Since 2024: Compulsory course for doctoral students, Frontiers in Land Science

Research Interests

·         Sustainable Livelihoods of Rural Households

·         Ecosystem Services

·         Rural Development Policies

·         Coupled Human-Natural Systems

·         Multi-Agent Simulation

Research Experience

In recent five years, Dr. Wang has led 2 National Natural Science Foundation of China's (NSFC) Projects, and 3 Provincial Science Foundation Projects. She has also participated in over 10 other major research projects as a key member and won a third prize in Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. Dr. Wang has published over 40 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals. She serves as a reviewer for over 50 international academic journals, including Global Environmental Change, Journal of Rural Studies, Cities, Land Use Policy, Applied Geography, and others.

Grants

·         2024/01-2027/12, National Natural Science Foundation of China General Project: "Coupling Mechanism and Risk Management of Ecosystem Services and Farmers’ Livelihood Well-being under Multi-dimensional Risk Interaction" (Principal Investigator, ongoing)

·         2020/01-2022/12, National Natural Science Foundation of China Young Scientist Fund Project: “Farmers' Livelihood Response, Ecological and Environmental Effects, and Policy Optimization Path under the Interaction of Social Network and Agricultural Environmental Policies” (Principal Investigator, completed)

·         2023/08-2024/12, Hubei Provincial Social Science Foundation, “Study on Sustainable Livelihoods of Farm Households under the Influence of Payment for Ecosystem Services Programs, Geospatial Factors and Social Networks” (Principal Investigator, ongoing)

·         2020/03-2022/03, Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation, “Livelihood Transformation of Farm Households in Contiguous Special Hardship Areas Guided by Ecological Compensation Policies: Characteristics, Mechanisms and Regulation” (Principal Investigator, completed)

·         2020/12-2022/12, Hubei Provincial Education Department, “The Path of Enhancing the Resilience of Coupled Social-Ecological Systems under the Embeddedness of Social Networks--The Case of Hubei Dabie Mountain” (Principal Investigator, completed)

Publications (* Corresponding author)

[48] Wang, Y., Tang, L.Y., Zheng, L*., Yang, B., Wang, W.W., 2024. Coupled Coordination Relationship between Households’ Perceived Ecosystem Services and Livelihood Resilience and Its Influencing Factors—Taking the Dabie Mountains in Hubei as an example, Journal of Agricultural Resources and Environment. Accepted. In Chinese.

[47] Wang, W.W., Shen, Y., Qiao, J.J*., Wang, Y*., Lochan Kumar Batal. 2024. How does urban-rural residents’ life quality gap drive the cultivated land transfer decision-making? Land Use Policy, Accepted.

[46] Cui, H., Wang, Y*., Wang, W.W., Liu, C.C., 2024.  Rural households' livelihood transitions in rural China: processes, drivers, and outcomes. China Agricultural Economic Review. Accepted.

[45] Liao, X*., Zhao, X., Zhou, S., Wang, Y*., 2024. Towards Equitable Compensation: Unraveling China’s Regional Comprehensive Land Price System from Legal Connotation to Practical Implementation. Sustainability 16.

[44] Zheng, L., Wang, Y.J, Yang, H., Bi, Y., Xu, L., Wang, Y*., 2024. Identifying Trade-Offs and Synergies of Production–Living–Ecological Functions and Their Drivers: The Case of Yangtze River Urban Agglomerations in China. Land 13.

[43] Wang, F., Wang, Y*., 2024. How geographic accessibility and rural governance mitigate the impact of multiple risks on rural households’ well-being: Evidence from the Dabie Mountains in China. Journal of Geographical Sciences 34, 1195-1227.

[42] Zhang, Q., Gong, J., Wang, Y*., 2024. How resilience capacity and multiple shocks affect rural households’ subjective well-being: A comparative study of the Yangtze and Yellow River Basins in China. Land Use Policy 142.

[41] Cui, H., Wang, Y*., Zheng, L., 2024. Livelihood sustainability of rural households in response to external shocks, internal stressors and geographical disadvantages: empirical evidence from rural China. Environment, Development and Sustainability.

[40] Wang, Y*., Sun, J., Liu, C., Liu, L., 2024. Exploring the nexus between perceived ecosystem services and well-being of rural residents in a mountainous area, China. Applied Geography 164.

[39] Wu, D., Zheng, L., Wang, Y*., Gong, J*., Li, J.F, Chen, Q., 2024. Characteristics of urban expansion in megacities and its impact on water-related ecosystem services: A comparative study of Chengdu and Wuhan, China. Ecological Indicators 158.

[38] Yang, B., Wang, Y*., Yang, H., Chen, F., 2024. How does regional economic integration affect carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

[37] Zheng, L., Wang, Y*., Li, J.F*., 2023. Quantifying the spatial impact of landscape fragmentation on habitat quality: A multi-temporal dimensional comparison between the Yangtze River Economic Belt and Yellow River Basin of China. Land Use Policy, 125.

[36] Wang, W.W., Wang, Y*., Shen, Y., Cheng, L.S., Qiao, J.J., 2023. The role of multi-category subsidies in cultivated land transfer decision-making of rural households in China: Synergy or trade-off? Applied Geography 160.

[35] Bi, Y.Z, Zheng, L., Wang, Y*., Li, J.F., Yang, H., Zhang, B., 2023. Coupling relationship between urbanization and water-related ecosystem services in China's Yangtze River economic Belt and its socio-ecological driving forces: A county-level perspective. Ecological Indicators, 146.

[34] Chen, Q., Zheng, L., Wang, Y*., Wu, D., Li, J.F., 2023. A comparative study on urban land use eco-efficiency of Yangtze and Yellow rivers in China: From the perspective of spatiotemporal heterogeneity, spatial transition and driving factors. Ecological Indicators, 151.

[33] Chen, Q., Zheng, L., Wang, Y*., Wu, D., Li, J.F., 2023. Spillover effects of urban form on urban land use efficiency: evidence from a comparison between the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers of China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30, 125816-125831.

[32] Liu, C.C, Wang, Y*., Yang, B., Zheng, L., 2023. How do socioeconomic differentiation and rural governance affect households' land transfer decisions? Evidence from China. Land Degradation & development 35, 884-897.

[31] Wu, D., Zheng, L., Wang, Y*., Gong, J., Li, J.F., Chen, Q., 2023. Urban expansion patterns and their driving forces analysis: a comparison between Chengdu-Chongqing and Middle Reaches of Yangtze River urban agglomerations. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.195, 1121.

[30] Yang, B., Wang, Y*., Li, Yan., Mo, L., 2023. Empirical Investigation of Cultivated Land Green Use Efficiency and Influencing Factors in China, 2000–2020, Land,12,1589.

[29] Zhang, B.W, Zheng, L., Wang, Y*., Li, N., Li, J.F., Yang, H., Bi, Y., 2023. Multiscale ecosystem service synergies/trade-offs and their driving mechanisms in the Han River Basin, China: implications for watershed management. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30, 43440-43454.

[28] Liu, L.H, Zheng, L., Wang, Y*., Liu, C., Zhang, B., Bi, Y., 2023. Land Use and Ecosystem Services Evolution in Danjiangkou Reservoir Area, China: Implications for Sustainable Management of National Projects. Land 12.

[27] Tang, L.Y., Xu, Y.N., Wang, W.W., Wang, Y*., 2023. Impact of livelihood capital and rural site conditions on livelihood resilience of farm households: evidence from contiguous poverty-stricken areas in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 123808-123826.

[26] Wang, Y*., Tang, L.Y., Wang, W.W., Wang, J.Y., Zheng, L. 2023. Driving Mechanism of Rural Households' Livelihood Resilience and Its Environmental Effects. Yangtze River Basin Resources and Environment, 32, 665-677. In Chinese.

[25] Gu, Z., Gong, J., Wang, Y.,2023. Construction and evaluation of ecological networks among natural protected areas based on “quality-structure–function”: A case study of the Qinghai-Tibet area, Ecological Indicators,151(7664):110228

[24] Zhang, B., Wang, Y*., Li, J.F., Zheng, L., 2022. Degradation or Restoration? The Temporal-Spatial Evolution of Ecosystem Services and Its Determinants in the Yellow River Basin, China. Land, 863.

[23] Yang, H., Zheng, L., Wang, Y*., Li, J.F*., Zhang, B.W., Bi, Y.Z., 2022. Quantifying the Relationship between Land Use Intensity and Ecosystem Services' Value in the Hanjiang River Basin: A Case Study of the Hubei Section. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19.

[22] Zhang, D., Wang, J., Wang, Y*., Xu, L., Zheng, L*., Zhang, B., Bi, Y., Yang, H., 2022. Is There a Spatial Relationship between Urban Landscape Pattern and Habitat Quality? Implication for Landscape Planning of the Yellow River Basin. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health19.

[21] Li, X., Wang, Y., Song, Y., 2022. Unraveling land system vulnerability to rapid urbanization: An indicator-based vulnerability assessment for Wuhan, China. Environmental Research, 112981.

[20] Wang, W.W, Gong, J., Wang, Y., Shen, Y., 2022. The Causal Pathway of Rural Human Settlement, Livelihood Capital, and Agricultural Land Transfer Decision-Making: Is It Regional Consistency? Land 11.

[19] Wang, Y*., Zhang, Q., Li, Q., Wang, J., Sannigrahi, S., Bilsborrow, R., Bellingrath-Kimura, S.D., Li, J.F., Song, C*., 2021. Role of social networks in building household livelihood resilience under payments for ecosystem services programs in a poor rural community in China. Journal of Rural Studies, 86, 208–225.

[18] Wang, Y., Zhang, Q., Sannigrahi, S., Li, Q., Tao, S., Bilsborrow, R., Li, J.F., Song, C*., 2021. Understanding the Effects of China's Agro-Environmental Policies on Rural Households' Labor and Land Allocation with a Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Model. JASSS-The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 24(3).

[17] Zheng, L., Wang, Y*., Li, J*., 2021. How to achieve the ecological sustainability goal of UNESCO Global Geoparks? A multi-scenario simulation and ecological assessment approach using Dabieshan UGGp, China as a case study. Journal of Cleaner Production, 329, 129779.

[16] Wang, J., Xu, Y., Zou, L., Wang, Y., 2021. Does Culture Affect Farmer Willingness to Transfer Rural Land? Evidence from Southern Fujian, China. Land 10.

[15] Wang, W.W, Gong, J., Wang, Y., Shen, Y., 2021. Exploring the effects of rural site conditions and household livelihood capitals on agricultural land transfers in China. Land Use Policy 108.

[14] Xiang, J., Li, X., Xiao, R., Wang, Y., 2021. Effects of land use transition on ecological vulnerability in poverty-stricken mountainous areas of China: A complex network approach. Journal of Environmental Management 297, 113206.

[13] Sannigrahi, S., Pilla, F., Zhang, Q., Chakraborti, S., Wang, Y., Basu, B., Basu, A.S., Joshi, P.K., Keesstra, S., Roy, P.S., Sutton, P.C., Bhatt, S., Rahmat, S., Jha, S., Singh, L.K., 2021. Examining the effects of green revolution led agricultural expansion on net ecosystem service values in India using multiple valuation approaches. Journal of Environmental Management 277, 111381.

[12] Wang, Y., Zhang, Q*., Bilsborrow, R.E., Tao, S., Chen, X, Kira, S.-W., Huang, Q., Li, J.F., Song, C*., 2020. Effects of payments for ecosystem services programs in China on rural household labor allocation and land use: Identifying complex pathways. Land Use Policy, 99, 105024.

[11] Zhang, Q., Wang, Y., Tao, S., Bilsborrow, R.E., Qiu, T., Liu, C., Sannigrahi, S., Li, Q., Song, C., 2020. Divergent socioeconomic-ecological outcomes of China’s conversion of cropland to forest program in the subtropical mountainous area and the semi-arid Loess Plateau. Ecosystem Services 45.

[10] Sannigrahi, S., Pilla, F., Basu, B., Basu, A.S., Sarkar, K., Chakraborti, S., Joshi, P.K., Zhang, Q., Wang, Y., Bhatt, S., Bhatt, A., Jha, S., Keesstra, S., Roy, P.S., 2020. Examining the effects of forest fire on terrestrial carbon emission and ecosystem production in India using remote sensing approaches. Science of the Total Environment 725, 138331.

[9] Sannigrahi, S., Pilla, F., Basu, B., Basu, A.S., Zhang, Q., Wang, Y., Joshi, P.K., Chakraborti, S., Coscieme, L., Keesstra, S., Roy, P.S., Sutton, P.C., 2020. Identification of Conservation Priority Zones Using Spatially Explicit Valued Ecosystem Services: A Case from the Indian Sundarbans. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 16(5), 773–787

[8] Sannigrahi, S., Zhang, Q., Joshi, P.K., Sutton, P.C., Keesstra, S., Roy, P.S., Pilla, F., Basu, B., Wang, Y., Jha, S., Paul, S.K., Sen, S., 2020. Examining effects of climate change and land use dynamic on biophysical and economic values of ecosystem services of a natural reserve region. Journal of Cleaner Production 257.

[7] Sannigrahi, S., Zhang, Q., Pilla, F., Joshi, P.K., Basu, B., Keesstra, S., Roy, P.S., Wang, Y., Sutton, P.C., Chakraborti, S., Paul, S.K., Sen, S., 2020. Responses of ecosystem services to natural and anthropogenic forcings: A spatial regression based assessment in the world's largest mangrove ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment 715, 137004.

[6] Zhu, X.N., Liu, Y.Z., Wang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, Z. 2020. Response Mechanism of Ecosystem Service Function to Urban Land Expansion Process in Wuhan, Yangtze River Basin Resources and Environment, 29(07): 1515-1524. In Chinese.

[5] Wang, Y*., Bilsborrow, R.E., Zhang, Q., Li, J.F*., Song, C*., 2019. Effects of payment for ecosystem services and agricultural subsidy programs on rural household land use decisions in China: Synergy or trade-off? Land Use Policy, 81, 785-801.

[4] Wang, Y., Li, X.M*., Zhang, F*., Wang, W.W, Xiao, R*., 2019. Effects of rapid urbanization on ecological functional vulnerability of the land system in Wuhan, China: A flow and stock perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 248, 119284

[3] Wang, Y., Li, X.M*., Zhang, Q., Li, J.F*., Zhou, X.W, 2018. Projections of future land use changes: Multiple scenarios-based impacts analysis on ecosystem services for Wuhan city, China. Ecological Indicators, 94, 430-445.

[2] Lei, B., Li, J.F., Zhou, X.W., Zhao, D., Wang, Y. 2015. Geological Heritage Resources Characteristics and Geographic Significance of the Dabie Mountain (Huanggang) National Geopark in Hubei Province. Acta Geoscientica Sinica, 3: 376-383. In Chinese.

[1] Wang, Y，Li, J.F *. 2013. Function Division of Township Land Use Based on Ecosystem Service Value: A Case Study of Muyu Town in Shennongjia Forest Region. Scientific and Technological Management of Land and Resources, 06: 20-27. In Chinese.

Other academic experience

[1] Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) Special Issue “Regional Land Use Dynamics: The Natural Environment and Socioeconomic Perspectives”, Guest Editor, 2024/05-2025/02

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/9N8CROE3PZ

[2] IJERPH (ISSN 1660-4601) Special Issue “The Impact of Social and Ecological Factors on Coupled Human-Environment Systems”, Guest Editor, 2022/04-2023/03.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/human_environment_system

Presentations

[16] Wang, F.F., Wang, Y. 2024 'Modern Land Resource Science and Engineering Symposium', “How geographic accessibility and rural governance mitigate the impact of multiple risks on rural households’ well-being: Evidence from the Dabie Mountains in China", May 2024

[15] Cui, H.P., Wang, Y. The 2024 Annual Academic Conference of the Professional Committee on Regional Sustainable Development of the Chinese Association of Regional Science. “Livelihood sustainability of rural households in response to external shocks, internal stressors and geographical disadvantages: empirical evidence from rural China”, April 2024

[14] Wang, Y. The 2024 Annual Academic Conference of the Professional Committee on Regional Sustainable Development of the Chinese Association of Regional Science. “A study on the relationship between natural resource dependence, perceived ecosystem services and livelihood well-being of farm households”, April 2024

[13] Wang, Y. Annual Academic Conference of the Committee on Agricultural Geography and Rural Development of the Chinese Geographical Society, “How do socioeconomic differentiation and rural governance affect households’ land transfer decisions? Evidence from China”, November 2023

[12] Wang, Y. China High-Level Forum on Rural Development and Annual Conference of the China Society for Rural Development, “The relationship between farmers' perceived ecosystem services and livelihood well-being and its planning implications”, August 2023

[11] Liu, L.H., Wang, Y.，First Ecosystem Services Symposium, “Modeling the impact of land use change on ecosystem services in Danjiangkou reservoir area in the context of national water network project construction”, August 2023

[10] Wang, Y. First Youth Forum on Environmental Science in China, “Exploring the nexus between perceived ecosystem services and livelihood well-being for rural households in Dabie mountainous area, China”, July 2023

[9] Wang, Y., Tang L.Y. Annual Conference of the Chinese Society of Land Economics, “Driving Mechanism of Rural Households' Livelihood Resilience and Its Environmental Effects” , July 2023

[8] Liu C.C., Wang, Y. Annual Conference on Geography and Agricultural Geography and Rural Development in China, “Role of Social Networks in Building Livelihood Resilience under Payments for Ecosystem Services in a Poor Rural Community in China”, December 2022.

[7] Wang, Y. The Seventh International Young Scholars' Forum of the Chinese University of Geosciences (Wuhan), “Role of Social Networks in Building Livelihood Resilience under Payments for Ecosystem Services in a Poor Rural Community in China”, December 2021.

[6] Wang, Y. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) “Understanding the Effects of China's Agro-Environmental Policies on Rural Households' Labor and Land Allocation with a Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Model”, April 2021.

[5] Wang, Y. Annual Meeting of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE–North America), “Agent-Based Modeling to Assess Impacts of China's Agro-Environmental Policies on Rural Households' Labor and Land Allocation Decisions”, April 2021.

[4] Wang, Y. Joint International Conference of SSCI Journals on Land Policy, “A study of socio-ecological system evolution under the influence of agri-environmental policies - a policy experiment based on a multi-intelligence body model”, May 2019.

[3] Wang, Y. Annual Conference of the Chinese Society of Natural Resources, “Effects of payment for ecosystem services and agricultural subsidy programs on rural household land use decisions in China: Synergy or trade-off?” November 2018.

[2] Wang, Y. The 17th Joint Conference of Deans (Heads of Departments) of Land Resource Management in National Universities and China Land Science Forum 2018, “A multi-agent-based study on the decision-making mechanism of labor and land resource allocation of farmers under the influence of agri-environmental policies”, October 2018.

[1] Wang, Y. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), “The Direct and Indirect Determinants of Rural Household Labor Allocation: A Case Study in Tiantangzhai Township, Anhui, China”, April 2017.