Hong Kong SAR, China

University of Hong Kong

Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China

The Department of Urban Planning and Design (DUPAD) was established in the Faculty of Architecture following the reorganization of the Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management (CUPEM) on 1 July 2008 to continue the teaching of urban planning and related areas in housing management and transport which can be dated back to 1980. DUPAD offers taught post-graduate and MPhil and PhD programs in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Housing Management and Transport Policy and Planning.

The Department of Geography of the University of Hong Kong has three research directions: China-related research, environmental research, and urban and transportation research. The department offers undergraduates, taught masters, research masters, and research doctoral programs.

The Department of Real Estate and Construction (REC), formerly known as Department of Surveying, was established in June 1984. The Department has now expanded into an even wider spectrum of expertise, covering virtually every aspect of land, construction, real estate, and conservation, with a growing interest in digital technologies and data analytics.

Advisors

URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN：

YEH, Anthony Gar On: land use planning, big data and smart cities, GIS, urban studies, intelligent transport system;
HE, Shenjing:housing differentiation and socio-spatial inequality, urban poverty, urban redevelopment;
LI, Weifeng: remote sensing, GIS and big data in urban environmental analysis, urban modeling;
LIU, Xingjian: Urban Geography, Urban Networks, City-regions, Urban Analytics;
ZHOU, Jiangping: big-data applications and analytics for transport/urban studies, transport policy and planning;
HUANG, Jianxiang: thermal, acoustic and building energy performances in high density cities, environmental modeling;
HO, Derrick (Hung Chak): urban health and environmental epidemiology, geospatial modeling;
SUN, Guibo: built environment and health, applied GIS;
Ma, Jun: Urban Computing, environmental computing, AI and robotics in smart cities;
YANG, Tianren: urban analytics and modelling, urban spatial structure and travel, planning support systems for decision-making;
CHEN, Bin:Remote Sensing and Data-Model Fusion, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geospatial Big Data Analysis, Urban Environmental and Public Health, Human-Environment Spatiotemporal Interaction, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Zhang, Xiaohu: Shared Mobility, Urban Simulation, Urban Data Science
Zhao, Zhan: Urban Computing and Spatiotemporal Data Mining; Human Mobility and Travel Behavior; Public Transit and Shared Mobility on Demand Systems
Zhou Yulun: Urban Complex Systems and Spatial Data Mining; Spatial Cognition and Human Inspired Computing; Operations Research and Decision Science for Smart Cities
Zhu, Jin: Span housing and land policy, urbanisation and migration, sustainable built environment and urban governance

Department of GEOGRAPHY：

LOO, Becky P.Y.: information and communication technologies, spatial analysis, transport and society, economic geography;
LAI, Poh Chin: transportation studies and network analysis, GIS, cartographic modeling and spatial analyses;
CHEN, Wendy Yan: ecological economics, environmental economics;
LIN, George Chu Sheng: urban and regional development in China, economic geography;
LI, Jinbao: climate change, paleo climate, drought;
KOH, Keumseok: health/medical geography, GIS, urban planning;
LAM, Yun Fat: climate change and air quality, air quality modeling;
ZHANG, Hongsheng: smart cities and sustainable development, remote sensing of urban environment.

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION：

XUE, Fan: urban computing, urban sensing, urban semantics in 3D point clouds, machine learning, optimization algorithm, BIM, GIS, IoT.

City University of Hong Kong

Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

GIS related departments：Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

The Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering of the City University of Hong Kong has a multi-disciplinary background. At present, teachers who study GIS are mainly concentrated in the Department of Architecture. The application of GIS in urban planning and design, construction engineering and other fields is currently receiving attention. The department offers taught postgraduate master’s programs in civil and architectural engineering, construction management, urban design, and regional planning. Research masters and doctorates are also enrolled. Recent research directions mainly include civil and environmental engineering, transportation, hydrology, surveying, architecture, urban design and planning, etc.

Adivicers：

LU, Yi: built environment, healthy city, travel behavior, street view imagery;
CHOW, Andy: data analytics and artificial intelligence, cooperative intelligent transport systems, public transport operations, smart cities and mobility, urban transport analytics;
LO, S. M.: spatial planning for pedestrian movement and evacuation modeling, urban and land use planning, building development, construction management and fire safety engineering;

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong SAR, China

GIS related departments：Division of Environment and Sustainability

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology does not have a department of geography and GIS-related majors, but in the Division of Environment and Sustainability, some teachers use GIS and remote sensing to simulate environmental processes, focusing on environmental science and sustainable development issues.

ADVIsors

Jimmy W M CHAN: GIS, Spatial analysis and modeling, Remote sensing, Computer graphics, Simulation and numerical optimization;
Alexis K H LAU: Geophysical data analysis, weather and climate, satellite remote sensing applications;
Dasa GU: satellite remote sensing;
Changqing LIN: lidar remote sensing, satellite remote sensing;
Hugo Wai Leung MAK: Remote Sensing; Environmental Image and Data Analytics; Satellite Informatics; Applied and Computational Mathematics; Data Assimilation and Machine Learning;

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China

Department of Geography and Resource Management (GRM) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is one of the top geography departments at the forefront of geography education and research in Asia. We offer a wide range of programmes from bachelor to doctorate levels and have trained high calibre graduates contributing to society. Our departmental staff members also serve as directors of three research institutes in the University, namely the Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, Institute of Future Cities, and Institute of Space and Earth Information Science. The Department of Geography has fostered an active postgraduate research programme at both the MPhil and PhD levels. There are currently over 20 MPhil and PhD candidates undertaking research in a variety of fields that reflects the broad range of interests and skills of staff members and the facilities of the Department. In addition, over 50 students are studying in the Taught Master’s Programmes.

M.Phil.-Ph.D. in GRM (Master of Philosophy Stream) M.Phil.-Ph.D. in GRM (Doctor of Philosophy Stream) Master of Science in Geoinformation Science and Smart Cities Master of Social Science in Sustainable Tourism

Institute of Space and Earth Information Science (ISEIS) was established in 2005. It was developed on the base of the Joint Laboratory for GeoInformation Science (JLGIS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences & The Chinese University of Hong Kong. ISEIS consists of three major units: research, education and training, and technology development.

Master of Science in Environmental Information, Health and Public Management(Full Time & Part Time) MPhil-PhD Programme in Earth System and GeoInformation Science (Full Time & Part Time)

Advisors：

Mei-Po Kwan: environmental health, human mobility, healthy cities, social justice, and GIScience;
Bo Huang: spatio-temporal data analytics, GIS for sustainable urban/transportation/land use planning, unified image fusion for sustainable urban environment, spatial statistics for land use change modeling, multi-objective optimization for spatial planning with consideration of vulnerability and resilience;
Peifeng Ma: deep learning for Geo-analysis, SAR, remote sensing
Jianfa Shen: urbanization and migration analysis, spatial population modeling, inter-city competition and cooperation, urban and regional development, pearl river delta and China;
Tung Fung: digital image analysis, spatial modeling, land cover change detection;
Ying He: transportation, planning and policy, travel behavior, activity-based modeling, GIS/spatial analysis, urban and regional economics.
XU Jiang: State spaces and politics of scale; Intercity railway planning in China’s mega-city regions; Environmental elements in China’s urban planning system; Urban and regional development/governance in China; Urban planning, urban land use and spatial transformation; Pearl River Delta Studies.
WONG Kwan Kit, Frankie: Digital image analysis; Vegetation classification and mapping; Spatial modeling.
NG Mee Kam: Urban planning and governance,Strategic spatial planning, Production of space and the politics of planning, Urban regeneration, Sustainable development, Community planning;
XU Yuan: Environmental Policy, Governance and Strategy, Energy Transition and Climate Mitigation, Political Economy;
KAN Zihan: Geographic Information Science (GIS), Environmental Health, Spatiotemporal Analysis, Transportation Geography, Travel Behavior;
CHAN Chung-shing: Place branding, Sustainable tourism, Accessible and multi-sensory tourism;
CHEN Yongqin: Hydrologic Analysis and Modeling, Hydroclimatology and Climate Change, Water Resources Management, Environmental Assessment and Sustainability;
CHUNG King Lam: Geographies of state restructuring, Politics and practice of spatial planning, Political ecology and environmental policy;
LAI Yuk Fo, Derrick: Carbon Cycling in Terrestrial and Wetland Ecosystems, Urban Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Ecosystem Restoration and Management, Soils and the Environment, Sustainable Agriculture;
LEE Fung: Air pollution and related issues, Environmental perceptions and sustainability, Socio-economic and demographic impacts of climate change in ancient and recent human history, Historical epidemiology, Underlying mechanisms of climatic extremes;
LI Jing: Housing Economics, Real Estate Economics, Urban Sustainability;
LU Xingcheng: Air pollution modeling, Atmospheric chemistry, Machine learning;
MARAFA, Lawal M.: Agriculture and Food Security, Soils and Environment, SDGs and Resources Management, Tourism Ecotourism and Environment, Landscapes, Soundscapes and Tranquility;
Hugo Wai Leung MAK: Remote Sensing; Environmental Image and Data Analytics; Satellite Informatics; Applied and Computational Mathematics; Data Assimilation and Machine Learning;

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)

Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, China

GIS related departments：Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics (LSGI)

The Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is one of the world-renowned geospatial information science departments. For many years, it has devoted itself to research in surveying and mapping, remote sensing, photogrammetry, GIS, digital mapping, and urban information science. LSGI offers two MSc Programs，Master of Science in geomatics which operates for years, and Master of Science in urban informatics and smart cities which just operates since 20fall. These two are 1-2 years program. PhD and Mphil are also applicable. It usually takes four years for applicants with a bachelor’s degree, and three years for applicant with a master’s degree. There are few MPhil places in the department, and research students are generally doctoral students.

Advisors：

SHI, Wen-zhong, John: urban informatics for smart cities, GIScience and remote sensing, mobile mapping technology, and 3D and dynamic GIS modeling;
LI, Zhi-lin: cartography, GIS-Based spatial data modeling, feature extraction from remote sensing images;
WU, Bo: photogrammetry and robotic vision, planetary mapping and planetary science, 3D GIS and applications;
PUN, Cheng Shuk-ching, Lilian: intelligent transport system, cartographic visualization, spatial analysis, spatial networking;
LIU, Xin-tao: GIScience, complex network, transportation geography, urban computing;
XU, Yang: GIScience, urban informatics, mobility, transportation;
ZHUGE, Cheng-xiang, Tony: spatial analysis and modeling, activity-based travel demand modeling, smart cities, land use and transport interaction, agent-based modeling, complex urban system;
ZHU, Xiao-lin: remote sensing and geospatial analysis, with focusing on missing data reconstruction, spatiotemporal data fusion, classification, change detection, land surface information retrieval, and applications of Geoscience in urban and ecological studies;
JIA, Peng: Spatial lifecourse epidemiology, health geography, obesity, health cares, spatial technology.

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)

Kowloon Tsai, Hong Kong SAR, China

GIS related departments：Department of Geography

The Department of Geography of Hong Kong Baptist University has a long history. It was formerly the Department of History and Geography established in 1960, and then became an independent department in 1978, under the Faculty of Social Sciences. There are three research centers in the department: China Urban and Regional Research Center (CURS); Asian Energy Research Center (AESC, formerly known as Hong Kong Energy Research Center), and Geographical Computing Research Center (CGS). The four main research directions of the Department of Geography are: -Geographical analysis, GIS and remote sensing -Energy, sustainability and resource management -Natural landscape and environmental changes -Urban and regional studies

Research degree offers MPhil and PhD degrees, covering a wide range of topics, including: GIS and remote sensing, human biometeorology, environmental planning and management, urban greening issues, paleoenvironment and marine natural environment, sedimentology, urban housing market, urban planning, Transportation research, China’s migration from rural to urban areas, energy research, political geography; in addition, it also cooperates with other departments to train 2 course-based graduate programs: Contemporary China Studies (MS, focusing on urban development and environmental management) and global Society (MA).

Advisors:

Qiming Zhou: change detection and land cover modelling with remote sensing, digital terrain analysis and hydrological modelling, climate change and its impacts on water resources and ecosystems, aridzone studies;
Donggen Wang: activity-travel behavior, transport and time geography, activity-based socio-spatial segregation, geography of wellbeing, housing choice and residential satisfaction;
Jianfeng Li: hydroclimatology, hydrology and water resources, climate extremes and water hazards, climate change, regional water cycle;
Sajjad Muhammad: Risk-resilience-sustainability Nexus, Natural hazards, Machine Learning, Geo-AI, Spatial Data Science, RS & GIS applications, Climate change impacts, Interdesciplinary Climate Studies.