Associate Professor Zhi CAO, Ph.D.
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
E-mail: caoz@igsnrr.ac.cn
Research Areas
Rural geography / Rural transformation / Rural industry
Land use change / Land use transition
Loess Plateau / Loess hilly and gully region
Education
2014/09--2017/06, Ph.D. in Human Geography, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
2011/09--2014/06, M.S. in Natural Resources, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
2007/09--2011/06, B.S. in Resources & Environment and Urban and Rural Planning, Shandong Normal University
Experience
Work Experience
2020/12~ , Associate Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
2019/11~2020/12, Assistant Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
2017/07~2019/11, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
Publications
Papers
Li Yurui, Zhang Xuanchang, Cao Zhi*, Lu Zhi, Liu Yansui*. Towards the progress of ecological restoration and economic development in China's Loess Plateau and strategy for more sustainable development. Science of The Total Environment, 2021, 756: 143676.
Cao Zhi, Liu Yansui*, Li Yurui. Rural transition in the loess hilly and gully region: From the perspective of “flowing” cropland. Journal of Rural Studies, Accepted (Online). DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.04.003.
Cao Zhi, Li Yurui*, Liu Zhengjia, Yang Lingfan. Quantifying vertical distribution pattern of land-use conversion in the loess hilly region of northern Shaanxi during 1995-2015. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2019, 29(5): 730-748.
Cao Zhi, Zheng Xiaoyu, Liu Yansui*, Li Yurui, Chen Yufu. Exploring the changing patterns of China’s migration and its determinants using census data of 2000 and 2010. Habitat International, 2018, 82: 72-82.
Cao Zhi, Li Yurui, Liu Yansui*, Chen Yufu, Wang Yongsheng. When and where did the Loess Plateau turn “green”? Analysis of the tendency and breakpoints of the normalized difference vegetation index. Land Degradation & Development, 2018, 29: 162-175.
Li Yurui, Cao Zhi, Long Hualou*, Liu Yansui, Li Wangjun. Dynamic analysis of ecological environment combined with land cover and NDVI changes and implications for sustainable urban–rural development: The case of Mu Us Sandy Land, China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, 142, 697-715.