General
   

Research Areas

  • urban and rural development
  • land use and land cover change
  • urban-rural integration and rural transformation
  • urban and regional planning


Education

  • 2010, B.S. in Geography Science, Department of Geography, Shandong Normal University (SDNU), Jinan, China
  • 2013, M.S. in Human Geography, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, China
  • 2016, Ph.D. in Human Geography, Nanjing Institute of   Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS), Nanjing, China

Experience

  • Jan 2019-present, Associate Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS), Nanjing 210008, China
  • Feb 2020-Jan 2021, Visting Scholar, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
  • Sep 2016-Jul 2022, Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • Jul 2016-Dec 2018, Assistant Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS), Nanjing 210008, China

Publications


Books

Gao, J. 2018. Transition and Restructuring: Redevelopment of industrial land in urban NanjingSciences Press(科学出版社), Beijing, China.

Book Chapters

  • Gao, J. and Chen, J. 2020. Demystifying the Inequality in Urbanization in China Through the Lens of Land Use. In: Ye, X. and Lin, H. (eds.) Spatial Synthesis: Computational Social Science and Humanities. Springer.

  • Chen, W., Gao, J., Wang, J., and Yan, D. 2018. Regional Integration Regionalism, and Spatial Patterns. In: Chen, W., Sun, W. and Yuan, F. (eds.) Regional Integration in the Yangtze River Delta: Cooperation, Game, and Space. The Commercial Press(商务印书馆), Beijing, China.

  • Wu, W., Gao, J., Ji, F., Liu, K., and Wang, J. 2018. Political Implications of Regional Cooperation. In: Chen, W., Sun, W. and Yuan, F. (eds.) Regional Integration in the Yangtze River Delta: Cooperation, Game, and Space. The Commercial Press(商务印书馆), Beijing, China.

  • Sun, W., Zhao, H., Wang, L., and Gao, J. 2018. Spatial Patterns of Resource and Environment within the Integration of the Yangtze River Delta. In: Chen, W., Sun, W. and Yuan, F. (eds.) Regional Integration in  the Yangtze River Delta: Cooperation, Game, and Space. The Commercial Press(商务印书馆), Beijing, China.

  • Gao, J., Wei, Y.H.D., Chen, W., and Yenneti, K. 2017. Urban land expansion and restructuring in the Yangtze River Delta, China. InWei, Y.H.D. (ed.) Urban Land and Sustainable Development. MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles in English

(* denotes the corresponding author, # means equal contribution)

  • Gao, J., Cai, Y., Liu, Y.*, Wen, Q.*, Marcouiller, D., and Chen, J. 2022. Understanding the underutilization of rural housing land in China: A multi-level modeling approach. Journal of Rural Studies 89, 73-81. (SSCI, IF2020=4.849)

  • Cai, Y., and Gao, J.* 2022. Unearthing the value of wet markets from urban housing prices: Evidence from Beijing, China. Habitat International 122, 102532. (SSCI, IF2020=5.369)

  • Cai, Y., Zhu, Y., Yuan, F.*, Gao, J., Helbich, M. 2021. Urban housing prices and regional integration: A spatial analysis in the city of Kaifeng, China. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 14, 355–378. (SSCI, IF2019=1.778)

  • Gao, J., Jiang, W., Chen, J., and Liu, Y. 2020. Housing-industry symbiosis in rural China: A multi-scalar analysis through the lens of land use. Applied Geography 124, 102281. (SSCI, IF2019=3.508)

  • Gao, J., Wu, Z., Chen, J., and Chen, W. 2020. Beyond the bid-rent: Two tales of land use transition in contemporary China. Growth and Change 51(3), 1336-1356. (SSCI, IF2019=1.235)

  • Gao, J., Liu, Y., and Chen, J. 2020. China’s initiatives towards rural land system reform. Land Use Policy 94, 104567. (SSCI, IF2019=3.682)

  • Gao, J. and Chen, W. 2020. Spatial restructuring and the logic of industrial land redevelopment in urban China: III. A case study of the redevelopment of a central state-owned enterprise in Nanjing. Cities 96, 102460. (SSCI, IF2019=4.802)

  • Li, P., Gao, J.*, and Chen, J. 2020. Quantitative assessment of ecological stress of   construction lands by quantity and location: Case study in Southern Jiangsu, Eastern China. Environment, Development and Sustainability 22, 1559-1578. (SCI, IF2019=2.191)

  • Tang, P., Chen, J., Gao, J.*, Li, M., and Wang, J. 2020. What role(s) do village committees play in the withdrawal from rural homesteads? Evidence from Sichuan Province in western ChinaLand 9, 477. (SSCI, IF2019=2.429)

  • Cai, Y., Zhu, Y., Yuan, F., Gao, J., Helbich, M. 2020. Urban housing prices and regional integration:   A spatial analysis in the city of Kaifeng, China. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy doi:10.1007/s12061-020-09367-y. (SSCI, IF2019=1.778)

  • Gao, J., Liu, Y., Chen, J., and Cai, Y. 2019. Demystifying the geography of income   inequality in rural China: A transitional frameworkJournal of Rural Studies doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.01.010.   (SSCI, IF2018=3.301)

  • Tang, P., Shi, X., Gao, J.*, Feng, S., and Qu, F. 2019. Demystifying the key for   intoxicating land finance in China: An empirical study through the lens of   government expenditure. Land Use Policy 85, 302-309. (SSCI, IF2018=3.573)

  • Chen, C., Gao, J.*, and Chen, J. 2019. Analysis of the behavioral logics of local actors enrolled in the restructuring of rural China: A case study of Haoqiao Village in Northern Jiangsu. Journal of Rural Studies doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.01.021. (SSCI, IF2018=3.301)

  • Cao, H., Liu, J., Chen, J., Gao, J.*, Wang, G., and Zhang, W. 2019. Spatiotemporal patterns of   urban land use change in typical cities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Remote Sensing 11(7), 801. (SCI, IF2018=4.118)

  • Yuan, F. Wei, Y.D., Gao, J., and Chen, W. 2019. Water crisis, environmental   regulations and location dynamics of pollution-intensive industries in China: A study of the Taihu Lake Watershed. Journal of Cleaner Production 216, 311-322. (SCI, IF2018=6.395)

  • Liang, S., Cao, Y., Wu, W., Gao, J., Liu, W., and Zhang, W. 2019. International freight forwarding services network in the Yangtze River Delta, 2005-2015: Patterns and mechanisms. Chinese Geographical Science 29(1), 112-126. (SCI, IF2018=1.464)

  • Chen, C., Woods, M., Chen, J., Liu, Y., and Gao, J. 2019. Globalization, state intervention, local action and rural locality reconstitution: A case study from rural China. Habitat International 93, 102052. (SSCI, IF2018=3.846)

  • Chen, W., Yenneti, K., Wei, Y.H.D., Yuan, Y., Wu, J., Gao, J. 2019. Polycentricity in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration (YRDUA): More cohesion or more disparities? Sustainability 11(11), 3106. (SCI/SSCI, IF2018=2.592)

  • Gao, J., Chen, W., and Liu, Y. 2018. Spatial restructuring and the logic of industrial land redevelopment in urban China: II. A case study of the redevelopment of a local state-owned enterprise in Nanjing. Land Use Policy 72, 372-380. (SSCI, IF2017=3.194)

  • Gao, J., Chen, W. and Yuan, F. 2017. Spatial restructuring and the logic of industrial land redevelopment in urban China: I. Theoretical considerations. Land Use Policy 68, 604-613. (SSCI, IF2017=3.194)

  • GaoJ., and Yuan, F. 2017. Economic transition, firm dynamics, and restructuring of manufacturing spaces in urban China: Empirical evidence from Nanjing. The Professional Geographer 69(3), 505-519. (SSCI, IF2017=1.347)

  • Chen, C., Gao, J.*, and Chen J. 2017. Institutional changes, land use dynamics, and the transition of rural settlements in suburban China: A case study of Huishan District in Wuxi City. Habitat International 70, 24-33. (SSCI, IF2017=3.000)

  • Yuan, F., Gao, J., Wang, L., and Cai, Y. 2017. Co-location of manufacturing and producer services in Nanjing, China. Cities 63, 81-91. (SSCI, IF2017=2.704)

  • Chen, J., Gao, J.*#and Chen, W. 2016. Urban land expansion and the transitional mechanisms in Nanjing, China. Habitat International 53, 274-283. (SSCI, IF2016=2.285)

  • Chen, J., Gao, J.*#and Yuan, F. 2016. Growth type and functional trajectories: An empirical study of urban expansion in Nanjing, China. PloS One 11(2), e0148389. (SCI, IF2016=2.806)

  • Yuan, F., Gao, J.*# and Wu, J. 2016. Nanjing-an ancient city rising in transitional China. Cities 50, 82-92. (SSCI, IF2016=2.449)

  • Chen, J., Gao, J., Yuan, F., and Wei, Y.H.D. 2016. Spatial determinants of urban land expansion in globalizing Nanjing, China. Sustainability 8(9), 868. (SCI/SSCI, IF2016=1.789)

  • Gao, J., Wei, Y.H.D., Chen, W., and Yenneti, K. 2015. Urban land expansion and restructuring in the Yangtze River Delta, China. Sustainability 7(8), 10281-10307. (SCI/SSCI, IF2015=1.343)

  • Gao, J., Wei, Y.H.D., Chen, W., and Chen, J. 2014. Economic transition and urban land expansion in Provincial China. Habitat  International 44, 461-473. (SSCI, IF2014=1.746)

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles in Chinese

(* denotes the corresponding author)

  • Gao, J., Liu, Y., and Chen, J. 2021. Transition of rural housing land in southern Jiangsu, China: Evidences from the utilization status   perspective. Journal of Natural Resources 36(11), 2878-2891.

  • Fang, H., Chen, J.*, Yuan, F., and Gao, J. 2021. The econometric analysis of the effect of city housing prices on fertility rates: A study from cities of the Yangtze River Delta in China. Geographical Research 40(9), 2426-2441.

  • Gao, J. 2020. Transition and restructuring: A review of studies on urban industrial space in China. Journal of Land Economics (2), 106-122.

  • Jiang, W., Gao, J., Chen, J., and Zhang, Y. 2020. Multi-scalar analysis on rural housing-industry symbiotic through the lens of land use: a case study of Xuzhou. Journal of Natural Resources 35(8), 2002-2013.

  • Feng, T. Ge, D., Qiao, W., Gao,   J., and Jia, K. 2019. The evolution characteristics of rural industrial land in Southern Jiangsu since the new millennium: A case of Jiangyin City. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 28(12), 2838-2847.

  • Druzhinin, A., Dong, Y., Zhang, L., and Gao, J.* 2019. The development of socio-economic geography in Russia during the past three decades. Progress in Geography 38(6), 941-950.

  • Zhang, Y., Chen, J., Gao, J., and Jiang, W. 2019. The impact mechanism of urban land use efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta from the perspective of economic transition. Journal of Natural Resources 34(6), 1157-1170.

  • Qiao, W., Ge, D., Gao, J., Lu, C, and Huang, L. 2019. Detecting the pathways towards rural vitalization from the perspective of territorial functions: The case of Jiangsu Province. Geographical Research 38(3), 522-534.

  • Gao, J., Bao, J., Liu, Y., and Chen, J. 2018. Regional disparity and the influencing factors of land urbanization in county China, 2000-2015. Acta Geographica Sinica 73(12), 2329-2344.

  • Tian, X., Gao, J., Chen, W., and Chen, J. 2018. Research on the evolution of rural land in developed areas within the context of population shrinkage: Evidence from Changshu, Jiangsu. Journal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 35(5), 675-683.

  • Yan, D., Yang, J., and Gao, J.* 2018. The research of inequality patterns about population and economic and influencing factors in the Yangtze River Delta. Scientia Geographica Sinica 38(3), 376-84.

  • Chen, W., Wang, J., and Gao, J.* 2017. Tourism cooperation among   governments in the metropolitan region and the integration mechanisms:   Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta, China. Tropical Geography 37(6), 784-791.

  • Chen, W., Gao, J., and Wu, J. 2017. Focusing on enriching the   people: Let the long-term backward regions and groups get rich. Weishi (9), 52-55.

  • Gao, J., Yuan, F., and Chen, W. 2017. Economic transition and restructuring of manufacturing spaces in urban China: The evidence from Nanjing. Geographical Research 36(6), 1014-1028.

  • Gao, J. and Chen, W. 2017. Dynamic evolution and its driving mechanism of urban land use restructuring within the transition context: case study of 51 sample cities in the Yangtze River Delta. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 26(4), 540-551.

  • Tian, L. Chen, J., and Gao, J. 2017. Compact urban form and socio-economic coordination research in Nanjing. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 26(1), 26-34.

  • Chen, J., Li, P., and Gao, J. 2016. Spatial patterns of Carbon erosion in the Pan-Yangtze River Delta Region, 2000-2014. Progress in Geography 35(12), 1472-1482.

  • Li, P., Chen, W. and Gao, J. 2015. Index system design and evaluation of ecological civilization construction in Jiangsu Province. Chinese Journal of  Ecology 34(1), 295-302.

  • Gao, J., Chen, J., Yuan, F., and Wei, Y.H.D. 2014. Patterns, functions and underlying mechanisms of urban land expansion in the Nanjing City. Geographical Research 33(10), 1892-1907.

  • Chen, J., Xu, M., Su, X., and GaoJ.* 2014. Study on spatial transfer of regional ecosystem service in Nanjing. Acta Ecologica Sinica 34 (17), 5087-5095.

  • Chen, J., Gao, J., Xu, M., and Chen, W. 2014. Study on construction land expansion characteristics and driving forces on metropolitan area: a case study of Nanjing. Geographical Research 33(3), 427-438.

  • Gao, J., Chen, J., and Su, X. 2014. The influencing factors of urban land prices in Nanjing Proper. Progress in Geography 33(2), 211-221.

  • Chen, J., Gao, J., Wei, Y.H.D., and Liu, F. 2013. Spatial determinants of urban land expansion in large Chinese cities: a case study of Nanjing City. Scientia Geographica Sinica 33(6), 676-684.

  • Gao, J., Chen, J., and Su, X. 2013. Urban expansion and its driving mechanism in ChinaFrom three main schools’ perspectives. Progress in Geography 32(5), 743-754.

  • Chen, J., Gao, J., and Wei, Y. 2013. Connotation and mechanism of integration of industrialization, urbanization and agricultural modernization: Taking Jiangsu Province as an example. Research of Agricultural Modernization 34(3), 274-278.

  • Gao, J., Chen, J., and Yang, D. 2013. Spatial distribution of urban land prices in Nanjing. Progress in Geography 32(3), 361-371.

  • Liu, J., Wang, H., Zhang, L., Gao, J. Wang, C., and Xu, M. 2013. Research on evaluation of site condition and layout optimization of marine industry in Jiangsu. Marine Environmental Science 32(5), 693-697.

  • Xu, M., Chen, J., Gao, J., and Ye, Q. 2012. Study on ecological compensation model for major function oriented zones. Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture 20(10), 1404-1408.

  • Gao, J., Chen, J., Xu, M., and Ji, F. 2012. Research on the industrial development in the coastal region of Jiangsu based on grey correlation analysis. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 21(7), 803-808.

  • Zhang, W., Duan, X., Gao, J., and Liu, J. 2011. Geographical pattern and geographical concentration of Chinese new and high tech industries. Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 20(7), 830-836.

Research Interests

Urban Transition and Spatial Restructuring, Land Use, Regional Inequality, Urbanization and Urban Growth, Rural Revitalization, China

Conferences

2018

Gao, J. and Y. Liu. Urbanization, economic transition and the geography of   income inequality in rural China. Annual   Conference of the American Association of Geographers. New Orleans, LA,   USA, April 10-14.

2017

Gao, J. Urban industrial land redevelopment in the shrinkage era. The 3rd China Workshop in Institutional   Analysis of Social-Ecological Systems (CWINS). Zhejiang University,   Hangzhou, November 3-4.

2017

Gao, J. and W. Chen. Multiple games, spatial transition, and industrial   land redevelopment in urban China: Empirical evidences from Nanjing. The 2nd Research Seminar of Shrinking   City Research Network of China (SCRNC). Hunan University, Changsha,   September 16-17.

2016

Gao, J. and F. Yuan. Economic transition, firm dynamics, and restructuring of   manufacturing spaces in urban China: Empirical evidence from Nanjing. Annual Conference of the Association of   Geographers in Jiangsu Province. Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou,   November 25-26.

2013

Gao, J., J. Chen, F. Yuan, and Y.H.D. Wei. Patterns and mechanisms of built-up   land expansion in Nanjing City. Conference   on Urban Transformation and Restructuring. Sun Yat-sen University,   Guangzhou, December 13-15.

2013

Gao, J., and J. Chen. The influencing factors of urban land prices in Nanjing   Proper. Annual Meeting of   Professional Committee of Economic Geography, Geographical Society of China.   Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, July 24-25.

2013

Chen, J., J.   Gao, Y.H.D. Wei, and W. Sun. Spatial determinants of urban land expansion   in large Chinese cities: a case study of Nanjing City. The AAG Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California, 2013.04.

2012

Gao, J., and J. Chen. Spatial pattern and evolution of construction land   expansion in Nanjing City. The   Annual Meeting of Geographical Society of China. Henan University,   Kaifeng, October 10-12.

2011

Gao, J., and J. Chen. Research on the industrial development in the coastal   region of Jiangsu based on grey correlation analysis. The Second Graduate Forum of the Society of Oceanology and   Limnology and Geography Society of Jiangsu Province. Nanjing Normal   University, Nanjing, November 18-20.


Affiliations

  • Master Supervisor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), since 2022

  •  Master Supervisor, Hohai University (HohaiU), since 2021

  • Frontiers in Environmental Science (SCIE), Topic Editor of Research Topic Sustainable Cultivated Land Use and Management , 2022 (with Dr. Yongsheng Wang, Prof. Dr. David Lopez-Carr, and Prof. Dr. Jianzhou Gong)

  • Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy (SSCI), Guest Editor, 02/2021

  • Sustainability (SSCI & SCIE), Topic Editor, 01/2021-present
  •  Journal of the Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASA (ESCI & Scoup), Associate Editor for Human Geography, 02/2020-present
  • Regional Sustainability, Young Editorial Board Member, 01/2020-present
  • The Geographical Society of Jiangsu Province, Director of Working Committee on Youth and Early Careers, 11/2018-present
  • Jiangsu Land Science Society, Vice Director of Committee of Youth and Early Careers, 09/2019-present
  • Geographical Society of China (GSC), Member (S110011469M), 10/2017-present
  • American Association of Geographers (AAG), Member, 01/2018-12/2019