Mapping Urban Regeneration: City Life Experiences in Yunnan, China

Ali Cheshmehzangi is the World's top 2% field leader, recognised by Stanford University. He is an urbanist and urban designer by profession and by heart. He studies cities and city transitions, sustainable urbanism, and integrated urban design strategies. He has recently taken a senior leadership and management role at Qingdao City University (QCU). He is Professor of Urban Planning, Director of the Center for Innovation in Teaching, Learning, and Research, and Advisor to the Department's international communications at QCU. Over 11 years at his previous institute, Ali was Full Professor in Architecture and Urban Design, Head of the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Founding Director of the Urban Innovation Lab, Director of Center for Sustainable Energy Technologies, Interim Head of Research Group for Sustainable Built Environment, and Director of Digital Design Lab. He was Visiting Professor and now Research Associate of the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS), Hiroshima University, Japan. So far, Ali has published over 300 journal papers, articles, conference papers, book chapters, and reports. His other 13 books are titled 'Smart-Eco Cities in China: Trends and City Profiles 2016' (2016), 'Designing Cooler Cities' (2017), the award-winning 'Eco-development in China' (2018), 'Sustainable Urban Development in the Age of Climate Change' (2019), 'Identity of Cities and City of Identities' (2020), the double award-winning 'The City in Need' (2020), 'Urban Memory in City Transitions' (2021), 'Sustainable Urbanism in China' (2021), 'China's Sustainability Transitions' (2021), 'Urban Health, Sustainability, and Peace in the Day the World Stopped' (2021), 'Green Infrastructure in Chinese Cities' (2022), 'ICT, Cities, and Reaching Positive Peace' (2022), and 'China's City Cluster Development in the Race to CarbonNeutrality' (2022). Ali is globally known for his research on 'urban sustainability'.

Ali Cheshmehzangi 是全球前 2% 的領域領袖，獲得史丹佛大學的認可。他是一位城市學家和城市設計師，對此職業充滿熱情。他研究城市及城市轉型、可持續城市主義和綜合城市設計策略。最近，他在青島城市大學（QCU）擔任高級領導和管理職位。他是城市規劃教授、教學、學習與研究創新中心主任，以及該系國際交流顧問。在他之前的機構工作了超過 11 年，Ali 擔任建築與城市設計的全職教授、建築與建成環境系主任、城市創新實驗室創始主任、可持續能源技術中心主任、可持續建成環境研究小組臨時負責人，以及數位設計實驗室主任。他曾擔任日本廣島大學和平與可持續發展教育與研究網絡（NERPS）的訪問教授，現在是該網絡的研究助理。到目前為止，Ali 已發表超過 300 篇期刊論文、文章、會議論文、書籍章節和報告。他的其他 13 本書包括《中國智慧生態城市：趨勢與城市概況 2016》（2016）、《設計更涼爽的城市》（2017）、獲獎作品《中國生態發展》（2018）、《氣候變遷時代的可持續城市發展》（2019）、《城市的身份與身份的城市》（2020）、雙獎獲得作品《需要的城市》（2020）、《城市轉型中的城市記憶》（2021）、《中國的可持續城市主義》（2021）、《中國的可持續轉型》（2021）、《世界停擺那天的城市健康、可持續性與和平》（2021）、《中國城市的綠色基礎設施》（2022）、《資訊通信技術、城市與實現積極和平》（2022）、以及《中國城市群在碳中和競賽中的發展》（2022）。Ali 在「城市可持續性」的研究上享有全球聲譽。