Kanazawa University - Urban Planning Lab.

MAO Qizhi

Professor Emeritus, 

School of Architecture, 

Tsinghua University

Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS)

Research fields: urban and regional planning, urban design, heritage preservation, infrastructure planning and technology

Urban Ageing and Planning Issues

Reveal the development trend of ageing in China through relevant statistical data; Starting from the United Nations Principles for Older Persons (1991), to explore the feasible roadmap of "active ageing"; Propose the concept of "all-age planning" in urban and rural development plan to promote the construction of better human settlements.

ZUO Jiane

Professor,

Division of Water Environment, School of Environment

Tsinghua University

Anaerobic technology for organic waste/wastewater treatment and energy recovery;

Novel nitrogen/phosphorous removal technology from wastewater;

Inspection,evaluation and maintenance system;

Stormwater collection and treatment in urban and rural area;

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in effluent of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment plants.

LONG Ying

Professor,

School of Architecture, 

Tsinghua University

Ying Long, Ph.D. is now working in the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University,

China as a tenured associate professor. His research focuses urban science, including applied urban modeling, urban big data analytics & visualization, quantitative urban studies, planning support systems, data augmented design and future cities. He has an education background in both environmental engineering and city planning. Before joining Tsinghua University, he has worked for Beijing Institute of City Planning as a senior planner for eleven years. Familiar with planning practices in China and versed in international literature, Dr. Long’s academic studies creatively integrate international methods and experiences with local planning practices. He has published almost two hundred papers and led over twenty research/planning projects. His funded projects range from international organizations like World Bank, World Health Organization, World Resource Institute and NRDC, and Wellcome Trust, internet companies like Alibaba, Baidu, Jingdong, Tencent, Didi, Mobike and Gudong, local governments like Beijing, Chengdu, Qingdao, Hefei, Zunyi, Rongcheng and Laizhou, to central governments like NDRC and MOHURD, and the NSFC. Dr. Long is also the founder of Beijing City Lab (BCL www.beijingcitylab.com), an open research network for quantitative urban studies. More information is available at http://www.beijingcitylab.com/longy.