Tenured Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
Address: Qinghuayuan, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Tel: +86-1366-1386-623
Email: ylong@tsinghua.edu.cn
BIOGRAPHY
Ying Long is a full professor in urban data, science and technology at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University.
He has led one major project and three general projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and has authored more than 300scholarly publications. His research has been recognized through the National Young Talent Program and the China Urban Planning Youth Science and Technology Award. He has also been named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for multiple years.
Professor Long serves as Director of the National Virtual Teaching and Research Office for Urban and Rural Planning, established by the Ministry of Education of China. His educational achievements include a National First-Class Undergraduate Course, multiple MOOCs, and a nationally recognized textbook for urban and rural planning.
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
Urban Big Data
Urban Artificial Intelligence
Urban Spatial Analysis
Urban Modeling and Simulation
Data Augmentation Design
Smart Cities and Future Cities
EDUCATION
Ph. D. of Urban Planning, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China, 2008.09 - 2011.07
Master of Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China, 2002.09 - 2004.07
Bachelor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China, 1998.09 - 2002.07
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tenured Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 2024.12-present
Tenured Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 2022.02-2024.12
Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 2017.02-2022.01
Associate Researcher, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, 2015.12-2017.01
Visiting Scholar (Sponsored by CSC), Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, 2013.05-2014.04
Senior Engineer, Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning & Design, 2009.08-2015.12
Engineer, Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning & Design, 2004.08-2009.07
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate
1. Planning Research Enhancement (2), Summer
2. The New Science of Cities, Fall
3. Smart Cities Professional Innovation Practices, Fall
4. Planning Research Enhancement (1), Summer
5. Urban & Rural Comprehensive Survey, Summer
Graduate
1. Big Data and Urban Planning, Fall
2. Urban Design, for EPMA (English Program Master of Architecture) students, Spring
MOOC
1. Urban Artificial Intelligence (available on the “XuetangX” platform at Tsinghua University)
2. Big Data and Urban Planning (available on the “XuetangX” platform at Tsinghua University)
3. The New Science of Cities (available on the “XuetangX” platform at Tsinghua University and edX)
4. Big Data for Understanding Urbanizing China (available on edX)
RESEARCH PROJECTS (2020-)
1. Intelligent Assessment, Mechanistic Cognition and Planning Responses to Spatial Reconfiguration in Shrinking Cities of the Digital Economy Era, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2026-2029
2. Spatial carbon efficiency of office buildings in China: a vacancy-based assessment, Energy Foundation, 2025-2027
3. Research on Spatial Accessibility Models for Emergency Resource Allocation Driven by Multi-source Data, Peking University Third Hospital, 2025-2026
4. Research on Residential Area Planning, Architecture and Technical Strategies for Low-Altitude Economy and Smart Logistics, Tsinghua University (School of Architecture) – Beijing Zhongjian Land Property Co.,Ltd. (Research Center for Community Space and Architectural Technology in Megacities), 2025-2026
5. Multi-layer Network Modeling and Resilience Planning Theory for Urban Clusters, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2024-2028
6. Research Program on the Relevance of the Ecological Environment and Human Health in Mount Wuyi, Tsinghua University Vanke School of Public Health, 2024-2026
7. Analysis of Future Lifestyles and Development Trends of Life Circle and Evaluation System, Tsinghua University (School of Architecture) – Beijing Zhongjian Land Property Co.,Ltd. (Research Center for Community Space and Architectural Technology in Megacities), 2024-2025
8. Research on State Diagnosis Techniques for Population Shrinkage Areas, Outsourcing Project of China Land Surveying and Planning Institute, 2023-2024
9. Housing vacancies in Chinese cities, Energy Foundation, 2023-2024
10. Research on Key Elements of Environmental Quality and Big Data for Healthy Cities, 2022-2023
11. Urban Regeneration Policies and Regulations and Planning Project, China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd., 2022-2022
12. Smart Identification, Mechanism Analysis and Planning and Design Response on Urban Vacancy in the Context of Urban Shrinkage, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2022-2025.
13. Research on the Integration and Optimization Methods of Urban Spatial Evaluation and Renewal Development — Taking Tancheng County as an Example, Tsinghua University (School of Architecture)-Linyi Urban Construction Investment Group Co., 2022-2023
14. Humanistic City Spectrum Program, Sanlian Lifeweek, 2022-2022
15. C4H Salt Reduction Intervention Program Data Mining, World Health Organization, 2022
16. WeCityX Future City Interview, Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., 2022
17. Specialized Planning for Urban Regeneration in Pingdingshan City, China Academy of Building Research, 2022-present
18. Ridesharing and Urban Vibrancy: The Value of Flexible Ride Service in Consumer Cities, Funded by MISTI Global Seed Funds, 2021-2023.
19. Research on the Commercial Radiating Power of Large Complex Shopping Malls in Beijing, Meituan, 2021
20. WeCityX Technology Planning Research Program, Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., 2021
21. Territorial Spatial Master Plan Future City Theme in Heihe, Heilongjiang Urban Planning Surveying Design and Research Institute, 2021
22. Key Technologies, Decision-Making, and Practical Application of Place-Making and Post-Occupancy Evaluation on Public Place-Making and Built Environment in the Future, Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co. Ltd., 2021
23. Research on Evaluation and Optimization of Urban Space Use, Tsinghua University (School of Architecture)-Linyi Urban Construction Investment Group Co., 2021-2022
24. A Cohort Study of the Built Environment in Relation to the Incidence and Prognosis of Coronary Heart Disease, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2021-2024
25. Scenario Analysis for China’s Future Population Structure, Energy Foundation, 2021-2022
26. Study on the Identification, Evaluation and Development Patterns of Business Districts in Major Cities in China, Beijing Sankuai Online Technology Co., Ltd., 2021
27. A Research to Assess if Current Sodium Reduction Communications Strategies Will Lead to Healthier Behavior Change, World Health Organization, 2020-2021
28. National Youth Talent Support Program (Ten thousand talents plan), the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC, 2020-2023
29. A Study of Spatial and Temporal Variations in Population Shrinkage and Its Impact on Urbanization, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, 2020-2021
30. Urban Spatial Simulation Based on Refined Identification of Current and Future Urban Settlement Spaces, Program for Excellent Young Scientists in Beijing Colleges/Universities, 2020-2021
31. Project to Analyze the Direction of Pan-Smart City Technology in the Future Development of China's Urban Space, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., 2020-2021
32. Tsinghua x Tencent WeSpace Future Urban Space (2020) Academic Support Program, Tencent Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd., 2020-2020
33. Research on Spatial Analysis Techniques, Methods and Applications for Resource Exhausted Cities, Heilongjiang Urban Planning Surveying Design and Research Institute, 2020-2021
34. Suzhou Gusu District Zoning Planning and Urban Renewal - A Thematic Study on the Design Quality and Disorder Level of Public Space Based on Streetscape Images, China Academy of Urban Planning & Design, 2020-2020
35. Walkability for Main Chinese Cities 2021, Natural Resources Defense Council, 2020-2020
36. Study on the Spatial and Temporal Distribution Characteristics of Morbidity and Mortality of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Beijing Population and Its Relationship with the Accessibility of Medical Facilities, Capital Health Development Research Program, 2020-2021
37. Research on Business Ecology Index System for Shopping Districts, Meituan, 2020-2020
ACADEMIC SERVICES
1. Smart Spatial Planning Working Committee, China Association for Geospatial Industry and Sciences, Associate Director, 2024-2028
2. Discover Cities, Editorial Board, 2024
3. Professional Committee on Natural Resources Survey, Monitoring and Physical Assessment of the Urban Planning Society of Beijing, Expert, 2022-present
4. Chinese Society for Urban Studies, Council Member, 2022-present
5. Scientific Data, Editorial Board, 2022-2025
6. International Journal on Smart and Sustainable Cities, Editorial Board, 2022-present
7. Urban Informatics, Editorial Board, 2022-present
8. Future City Design and Operations, Editorial Board, 2021-present
9. Transactions in Urban Data, Science and Technology, Editor-in-Chief, 2021-present
10. Tsinghua University Library, Faculty Advisor, 2020-present
11. Tsinghua University iCenter Smart City Teaching, Co-Director, 2019-present
12. Smart City Specialized Committee, Science and Technology Commission, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Committee Member, 2019-present
13. Academic (Professional) Committee on the Application of New Technologies in Urban Planning, Urban Planning Society of China, Associate Director, 2019-present
14. Academic Committee on Computational Design, Architectural Society of China, (Permanent) Council Member, 2019-present
15. Specialized Committee on Healthy Cities, Chinese Society for Urban Studies, Committee Member, 2018-present
16. Urban Development Studies, Editorial Board, 2018-present
17. Environment and Planning B, Editorial Board, 2017-present
18. Shanghai Urban Planning Review, Editorial Board, 2017-present
19. Urban Big Data Specialized Committee, Chinese Society for Urban Studies, Associate Director & Secretary General, 2016-present
20. Urban Planning International, Editorial Board, 2014-present
21. Beijing City Lab, Founder & Executive Director, 2013-present
22. International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, Executive Chief Editor, 2013-present
23. Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, Scientific Committee, 2013-present
WORKSHOPS
1. Human Settlements Research Workshop (Sichuan), 2025
2. Urban Big Data Workshop (Tibet), 2023
3. DigitalFUTURES 2023 Summer Workcamp, 2023
4. Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School Master of Architecture (Future Habitat Design) Program Summer Camp for Outstanding Undergraduates, 2020/2021/2022
5. Tsinghua University Big Data Competency Enhancement Project Practical Course, 2020
6. China Shrinking City Planning and Design Workshop, 2019
7. CAADRIA (Extruded City: Geospatial Coding with Möbius Modeller) Workshop, 2018
8. Spatial Planning and Design Competition and Workshop Supported by Big Data, 2017/2018
9. Student Studio of Urban Space Analysis Forum and the Third Symposium on Space Syntax in China, 2017
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HONORS & AWARDS (2020-)
1. 2024 Natural Resources Science and Technology Award (Second Prize), 2025
2. Selected Outstanding Papers from the Jin Jingchang Urban Planning Excellence Awards, 2025
3. CNKI Highly Cited Researcher Top 1%, 2023/2024/2025
4. Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, 2023/2024/2025
5. World’s Top 2% Scientists, 2020/2021/2022/2023/2024/2025
6. Outstanding Society Worker Award of Urban Planning Society of China, 2023/2024
7. Smart City Technology Innovation Award (Gold Medal), 2023
8. China Award for Science and Technology in Construction (First Prize), 2022
9. China Landscape Architecture Society Science and Technology Award, 2022
10. Innovative Team for Shrinking Cities Research under Territorial Spatial Planning, 2022
11. Excellent Urban and Rural Planning and Design (First Prize), 2022/2023
12. Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Society of Urban Planning, 2021
13. Excellent Engineering Consulting Results in Heilongjiang Province, 2021
14. Best Research Presentation Award (Bronze Prize), 2021
15. GIS Science and Technology Progress Award, 2021
16. Urban and Rural Construction Science and Technology Award, 2020
17. Excellent Urban and Rural Planning Design Award in Qingdao, 2020
18. National Youth Talent Support Program (Ten thousand talents plan), 2020
19. CPGIS Young Scientist at the Global Frontier of Science and Technology, 2020
TEACHING AWARDS (2020-)
1. Nationally Planned Textbook for General Higher Education Undergraduate 14th Five-Year, 2026
2. Tsinghua University Teaching Achievement Award (First Prize), 2025
3. Outstanding Teaching and Research Paper Award, 2024/2025
4. Global MOOC and Online Education Alliance Outstanding Course Award, 2024
5. Online Model Program for Graduate Engineering Degree Students, 2024
6. Typical Virtual Research Studio, 2023
7. The Second Batch of Tsinghua University Quality Liberal Studies Program (Lead Faculty), 2022
8. First National First-Class Undergraduate Programs, 2020
9. Outstanding Teaching Achievement Award of the 8th College GIS Forum, 2020
10. Excellence MOOC Award of the 1st Tsinghua University Open Online Course, 2020
STUDENT AWARDS (2020-)
1. Chinese Association for Science and Technology Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program - Doctoral Student Program, 2025 (advisor).
2. Graduate Student National Scholarship, 2025 (advisor).
3. National Undergraduate Territorial Spatial Planning Design Competition, Second Prize, 2025 (advisor).
4. Graduate Student National Scholarship, 2024 (advisor).
5. Tsinghua University Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, 2023 (advisor).
6. International Competition on Urban Sustainability Research Reports, Third Prize, 2023 (first advisor).
7. International Competition on Urban Sustainability Research Reports, Third Prize, 2023 (third advisor).
8. Tsinghua University SRT Program Outstanding Project Award (First Prize), 2022 (advisor).
9. Graduate Student National Scholarship, 2022 (advisor).
10. Tsinghua University Second-Class Scholarship, 2022 (advisor).
11. Tsinghua Friends - City & Housing Second-Class Scholarship, 2022 (advisor).
12. Tsinghua University Future Scholar Scholarship, 2022 (advisor).
13. International Competition on Urban Sustainability Research Reports, Gold Prize, 2021 (third advisor).
14. International Competition on Urban Sustainability Research Reports, Nomination Prize, 2021 (second advisor).
15. International Competition on Urban Sustainability Research Reports, Nomination Prize, 2021 (first advisor).
16. Beijing Outstanding Graduate of General Higher Education Institutions, 2021 (advisor).
17. International Competition on Urban Sustainability Research Reports, Nomination Prize, 2020 (third advisor).
18. International Competition on Urban Sustainability Research Reports, Nomination Prize, 2020 (first advisor).
19. International Competition on Urban Sustainability Research Reports, Nomination Prize, 2020 (second advisor).
20. Graduate Student National Scholarship, 2020 (advisor).
21. China Architecture Education Qingrun Award Undergraduate Paper Competition, Second Prize, 2020 (advisor).
22. Tsinghua University Student Innovation Talent Program, 2020 (advisor).
23. Fourth Chengyuan Cup Planning Decision Support Model Design Competition, Third Prize, 2020 (advisor).
PATENTS
1. Zhang Y, Long Y, Ma Y, Xu X, Ma X. 2025. A method for integrating air-ground big data for urban measurement. Invention patent, ZL 2025 1 1268253.1.
2. Long Y, Zhao H, Hong Q, Zhang Y, Liu J. 2024. A method for assessing spatial issues in gated communities. Invention patent, CN119940691A.
3. Long Y, Zhang E. 2023. Method and device for identifying floor information of points of interest. Invention patent, CN117454226A.
4. Hou J, Long Y, Chen L. 2021. A method for obtaining crowd spatial positions in videos. Invention patent, ZL 2019 1 1118462.2.
SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTS
1. Jia H, Long Y, Liu Z, Hou J, Chen L, Chen Z. 2021. Expert System for Selecting Best Management Practices for Urban Stormwater Runoff (BMPSELEC), Registration No. 2020SR0877105.
STANDARDS
1. Emergency Planning Guide for Epidemic Prevention in Community Life Circle, China Society of Urban Planning Standard T/UPSC 0010-2023, effective January 4, 2023 (Long Y ranked 20/30).
2. Technical Guidelines for Selection Method of Sponge City Low Impact Development Facilities, China Association for Engineering Construction Standardization Standard T/CECS 866-2021, effective October 1, 2021 (Long Y ranked 10/36).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (2020-)
1. Long Y, Hao Q. 2026. "On participation - Sensing as Participation: The Silent Vote in the Intelligent Era." Domus, (1110): 16-18.
2. Xia J, Li W, Li C, Long Y*. 2026. "Unmasking the spatial-temporal characteristics of knowledge workers’ third-place remote work." Transactions in Urban Data, Science, and Technology, 5(2), 200-205.
3. Zhang Y, Li Y, Zou C, Ma W, Wang Y, Hua Y, Long Y. 2026. "Counter-intuitive Heat Adaptation: How 360° Behavioral Tracking Reveals Unexpected Park Design Solutions for Urban Climate Resilience." Sustainable Cities and Society, 144, 107401.
4. Zhang E, Wan L, Long Y*. 2026. "Beyond street-level shops: Characteristics of three-dimensional commercial distribution dynamics in Beijing combining Gaode and Dianping data." Cities, 171, 106765.
5. Wang X, Long Y*. 2026. "Urban vacant land identification and its distribution rules of China's urban system based on fast segment anything model." Habitat International, 167, 103663.
6. Ji W, Han K, Hao Q, Ge Q, Long Y*. 2026. "Uncovering the sensing power of shared bikes for urban feature monitoring." Journal of Transport Geography, 130, 104470.
7. Zhou W, Sim D, Zeng Y, Li H, Dai X, Chen Y, Gao J, Ma Y, Long Y, Zhang Z*, Ji J*. 2026. "Commercial Food Environment and Cognitive Health: findings from 114 urban communities." Environmental Research, 292, 123640.
8. Hong Q, Zhao H, Long, Y*. 2025. "A multi-source and multi-perspective imagery method for assessing the physical appearance of gated communities." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 23998083251401677.
9. Zhao H, Li Y, Hong Q, Su N, Rong L, Long Y*. 2025. "Vacancy or occupancy? A comparative analysis of methods for identifying short-term residential unit vacancy in multi-family housing." Building and Environment, 285, 113608.
10. Liu Z, Zhang E, Pan S, Liu S, Long Y, Witlox F. 2025. "Assessing urban emergency medical services accessibility for older adults considering ambulance trafficability using a deep learning approach." Sustainable Cities and Society, 132, 106804.
11. Zhao H, Kan C, Long Y*. 2025. "Housing vacancy rate estimation in high-rise residential communities: An experiment utilizing multi-sourced data in Beijing." Cities, 166, 106187.
12. Zhang E, Hou J, Long Y*. 2025. "The form of China’s urban commercial expansion in the digital era." Nature Cities, 2(7), 639-649.
13. Tu T, Zhang E, Long Y*. 2025. "Profile and theoretical advances in urban big data studies: A systematic review of 57 representative journals (2013–2023)." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 53(3), 673-688.
14. Zhang Y, Tu T, Long Y*. 2025. "Inferring ghost cities on the globe in newly developed urban areas based on urban vitality with multi-source data." Habitat International, 158, 103350.
15. Zhang E, Li W, Long Y*. 2025. "Uncovering how online attractiveness mediates and moderates the impact of multi-scale transportation accessibility on non-work mobility." Travel Behaviour and Society, 39, 100991.
16. Ma Y, Tu T, Long Y*. 2025. "Different perspectives are indispensable for public space quality: Exploring the relationship between urban design quality and physical disorder." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 52(9), 2153-2170.
17. Zhang Y, Zhao H, Long Y*. 2025. "CMAB: A Multi-Attribute Building Dataset of China." Scientific Data, 12(1), 430.
18. Zhao H, Ma Y, Liu N, Long Y*. 2025. "A systematic review of the association between neighborhood physical disorder and individual health." Discover Cities, 2(1), 11.
19. Gao S, Zhao H, Chen J, Gan C, Huang G, Long Y*. 2025. "Deciphering physical disorder of urban street space in China’s rust belt: Identification, perception, and interpretation through street-view images." Urban Design International, 1-15.
20. Ma Y, Li Y, Long Y*. 2025. "Measuring Temporal Evolution of Nationwide Urban Physical Disorder: An Approach Combining Time-Series Street View Imagery with Deep Learning." Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 115(4), 923-948.
21. Li Y, Zhang Y, Long Y*, Bhalla K, Ezzati M. 2025. "Assessing bicycle safety risks using emerging mobile sensing data." Travel Behaviour and Society, 38, 100906.
22. Tu T, Wang X, Long Y*. 2024. "Spatiotemporal changes of urban vacant land and its distribution patterns in shrinking cities on the globe." Science of the Total Environment, 947, 174424.
23. Zhang Y, Zhao H, Long Y*. 2024. "CMAB: A First National-Scale Multi-Attribute Building Dataset in China Derived from Open Source Data and GeoAI." arXiv, 2408.05891.
24. Yu L, Du Z, Li X, Zhao Q, Wu H, weise D, Yuan X, Yang Y, Cai W, Song W, Wang P, Zhao Z, Long Y et al. 2024. "Near surface camera informed agricultural land monitoring for climate smart agriculture." Climate Smart Agriculture, 1, 100008.
25. Su N, Zhang Z, Chen J, Li W, Long Y*. 2024. "Assessing personal screen exposure with ever-changing contexts using wearable cameras and computer vision." Building and Environment, 261, 111720.
26. Li W, Zhang Y, Li M, Long Y*.2024."Rethinking the country-level percentage of population residing in urban area with a global harmonized urban definition." iScience, 27(6),110125.
27. Long Y*, Zhang E. 2024. "City laboratory: Embracing new data, new elements, and new pathways to invent new cities." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 51(5), 1068-1072.
28. Li W, Zhang E, Long Y*. 2024. "Unveiling Fine-scale Urban Third Places for Remote Work Using Mobile Phone Big Data." Sustainable Cities and Society, 103, 105258.
29. Long Y*, Zhang E. 2024. "Promoting Urban Studies and Practice with Emerging Technologies: City Laboratory, New City, and Future City Exploration." International Journal on Smart and Sustainable Cities, 1(2), 2371004.
30. Li Y, Ma Y, Long Y*. 2024. "Protocol for Assessing Neighborhood Physical Disorder Using the YOLOv8 Deep Learning Model." STAR Protocols, 5(1), 102778.
31. Li Y, Long Y*. 2024. "Inferring Storefront Vacancy Using Mobile Sensing Images and Computer Vision Approaches." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 108, 102071.
32. Liu C*, Ye X, Yuan X, Long Y, Zhang W, Guan C, Zhang F. 2023. "Roundtable Discussion: Progress of Urban Informatics in Urban Planning." Frontiers of Urban and Rural Planning, 1(1), 1-8.
33. Ji JS, Xia Y, Liu L, Zhou W, Chen R, Dong G, Hu Q, Jiang J, Kan H, Li T, Li Y, Liu Q, Liu Y, Long Y et al. 2023. "China’s Public Health Initiatives for Climate Change Adaptation." The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific, 40.
34. Hu P, Chang J, Huang Y, Guo M, Lu F, Long Y, Liu H, Yang X, Qi Y, Sun J*, Yang Z*. 2023. "Nonoptimum Temperatures Are More Closely Associated with Fatal Myocardial Infarction Than With Nonfatal Events." Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 39(12), 1974-1983.
35. Song C, Li W, Cui Y, Li B, Chen Z, Snider P, Long Y, Liu A*, Galea G*. 2023. "Do Restaurants Comply with Reduced Salt Requests from Consumers Ordering on Meal Delivery Apps?" BMC Public Health, 23(1), 2000.
36. Liu N, Deng Q, Hu P, Chang J, Li Y, Zhang Y, Su Y, Liu J, Long Y. 2023. "Associations Between Urban Exposome and Recurrence Risk Among Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Beijing, China." Environmental Research, 238, 117267.
37. Huang Y, Zhao H, Deng Q, Qi Y, Sun J, Wang M, Chang J, Hu P, Su Y, Long Y*, Liu J*. 2023. "Association of Neighborhood Physical Activity Facilities with Incident Cardiovascular Disease." International Journal of Health Geographics, 22(1), 16.
38. Zhou T, Chen L, Zhang Z, Liu Z, Long Y*. 2023. "Assessing Smoking-related Behaviours Using Massive Online Search Query Data." Transactions in Urban Data, Science, and Technology, 2(2-3), 140-151.
39. Li W, Tu T, Chen J, Long Y*. "Assessing the Relationship of Transit-oriented Development with Urban Vitality in China."
40. Li Y, Meng X, Zhao H, Li W, Long Y*. 2023. "Identifying Abandoned Buildings in Shrinking Cities with Mobile Sensing Images." Urban Informatics, 2(1), 3.
41. Wang X, Long Y*. 2023. "Future Shrinking Cities on the Globe: A Projection Map for 2020–2100 Based on Global Gridded Population Dataset." Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 50(7), 1994-1997.
42. Chang J, Deng Q, Hu P, Guo M, Lu F, Su Y, Sun J, Qi Y, Long Y*, Liu J*. 2023. "Geographic Variation in Mortality of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Association with Health Care Accessibility in Beijing, 2007 to 2018." Journal of the American Heart Association, e029769.
43. Li W, Liu N, Long Y. 2023. "Assessing Carbon Reduction Benefits of Teleworking: A Case Study of Beijing." Science of The Total Environment, 889, 164262.
44. Zhang Y, Deng Q, Guo M, Li Y, Lu F, Chen J, Sun J, Chang J, Hu P, Liu N, Liu J, Long Y*. 2023. "Using Street View Imagery to Examine the Association Between Urban Neighborhood Disorder and the Long-term Recurrence Risk of Patients Discharged with Acute Myocardial Infarction in Central Beijing, China." Cities, 138, 104366.
45. Zhang Y, Zhao H, Li Y*, Long Y, Liang W. 2023. "Predicting Highly Dynamic Traffic Noise Using Rotating Mobile Monitoring and Machine Learning Method." Environmental Research, 229, 115896.
46. Chang J, Deng Q, Hu P, Yang Z, Guo M, Lu F, Su Y, Sun J, Qi Y, Long Y*, Liu J*. 2023. "Driving time to the nearest percutaneous coronary intervention-capable hospital and the risk of case fatality in patients with acute myocardial infarction in Beijing. " International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4): 3166.
47. Zhang Y, Liu N, Li Y, Long Y*, Baumgartner J, Adamkiewicz G, Bhalla K, Rodriguez J, Gemmell E. 2023. "Neighborhood infrastructure-related risk factors and non-communicable diseases: A systematic meta-review. " Environmental Health, 22(1): 2-2.
48. Hou J, Zhang E, Long Y*. 2023. "Measuring pedestrian flows in public spaces: Inferring walking for transport and recreation using Wi-Fi probes. " Building and Environment, 230: 109999.
49. Zhang E, Xie H, Long Y*. 2023. "Decoding the association between urban streetscape skeletons and urban activities: Experiments in Beijing using Dazhong Dianping data. " Transactions in Urban Data, Science, and Technology, 2(1): 3-18.
50. Zhang Y, Li Y, Zhang E, Long Y*. 2022. "Revealing virtual visiting preference: Differentiating virtual and physical space with massive TikTok records in Beijing. " Cities, 130: 103983.
51. Niu T, Qing L, Han L, Long Y, Hou J, Li L, Tang W, Teng Q. 2022. "Small public space vitality analysis and evaluation based on human trajectory modeling using video data. " Building and Environment, 225: 109563.
52. Wang X, Meng X, Long Y*. 2022. "Projecting 1 km-grid population distributions from 2020 to 2100 globally under shared socioeconomic pathways. " Scientific Data, 9: 563.
53. Su Y, Liu Z, Chang J, Deng Q, Zhang Y, Liu J, Long Y*. 2022. "Measuring accessibility to health care using taxi trajectories data: A case study of acute myocardial infarction cases in Beijing. " International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 12(Continuous): 1-7.
54. Li W, Long Y*. 2022. "Smart technologies for fighting against pandemics: Observations from China during COVID-19. " Transactions in Urban Data, Science, and Technology, 1(3-4): 105-120.
55. Yu M, Chen Z, Long Y, Mansury Y. 2022. "Urbanization, land conversion, and arable land in Chinese cities: The ripple effects of high-speed rail. " Applied Geography, 146: 102756.
56. Chen J, Chen L, Li Y, Zhang W, Long Y. 2022. "Measuring physical disorder in urban street spaces: A large-scale analysis using street view images and deep learning. " Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 113(2): 469-487.
57. Li W, Long Y*, Kwan M-P, Liu N, Li Y, Zhang Y. 2022. "Measuring individuals’ mobility-based exposure to neighborhood physical disorder with wearable cameras. " Applied Geography, 145: 102728.
58. Mao L, Zheng Z, Meng X, Zhou Y, Zhao P, Yang Z, Long Y*. 2022. "Large-scale automatic identification of urban vacant land using semantic segmentation of high-resolution remote sensing images. " Landscape and Urban Planning, 222: 104384.
59. Hsu W, Zhang Y, Long Y*. 2022. "Valuing the micropublic space: A perspective from beijing housing Prices. " Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 148(2): 04022012.
60. Zhai W, Jiang Z, Meng X, Zhang X, Zhao M, Long Y*. 2022. "Satellite monitoring of shrinking cities on the globe and containment solutions. " IScience, 25(6): 104411.
61. Meng X, Long Y*. 2022. "Shrinking cities in China: Evidence from the latest two population censuses 2010-2020. " Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space, 54(3): 449-453.
62. Li S, Ma S, Tong D, Jia Z, Li P, Long Y*. 2022. "Associations between the quality of street space and the attributes of the built environment using large volumes of street view pictures. " Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 49(4): 1197-1211.
63. Deng Q, Long Y, Guo M, Wang M, Sun J, Lu F, Chang J, et al. 2022. "Overall and gender-specific associations between marital status and out-of-hospital coronary death during acute coronary events: a cross-sectional study based on data linkage in Beijing, China. " BMJ Open, 12(4): e059893.
64. Li F, Li W, Li F, Long Y*, Guo S, Li X, Lin C, Li J. 2022. "Global projections of future wilderness decline under multiple ipcc special report on emissions scenarios. " Resources Conservation and Recycling, 177: 105983.
65. Long Y, Song Y, Chen L. 2022. "Identifying subcenters with a nonparametric method and ubiquitous point-of-interest data: A case study of 284 Chinese cities. " Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science, 49(1): 58-75.
66. Li B, Cui Y, Song C, Li W, Nakagawa J, Snider P, Liu A, Long Y, Galea G, 2021. "Testing the effects of nudging for reduced salt intake among online food delivery customers: a research protocol for a randomized controlled trial. " MedRxiv.
67. Chang J, Deng Q, Guo M, Ezzati M, Baumgartner J, Bixby H, Chan Q, Zhao D, Lu F, Hu P, Su Y, Sun J, Long Y* and Liu J, 2021. "Trends and inequalities in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction among Beijing townships, 2007–2018, " International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18(23): 12276.
68. Li S, Ma S, Tong D, Jia Z, Li P, Long Y*. 2021. "Associations between the quality of street space and the attributes of the built environment using large volumes of street view pictures. " Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 49(4): 1197–1211.
69. Li X, Hui E.C.M., Long Y, Chen T, Lang W. 2021. "Shrinking cities and towns: Policy responses to the challenges, urban planning, and development strategies." Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 147(4), 02021002.
70. Meng X, Jiang Z, Wang X, Long Y*. 2021. "Shrinking cities on the globe: Evidence from LandScan 2000–2019. " Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 53(6):1244-1248.
BOOKS
1. Long Y. 2024. New Urban Science Outline. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press.
2. Long Y. 2021. Principles and Applications of City Model. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press.
3. Long Y, Zhang E. 2021. Data Augmented Design: Embracing New Data for Sustainable Urban Planning and Design. Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
4. Long Y, Gao S. 2019 eds. Shrinking Cities in China: The Other Facet of Urbanization. Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
5. Long Y, Mao Q. 2019. Theories and Methods of Urban Planning Big Data. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press.
6. Long Y, Shen Z. 2015. Geospatial Analysis to Support Urban Planning in Beijing. Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
7. Long Y. 2007. Theory and Application of Planning Support Systems. Beijing: Chemical Engineering Press.
EXHIBITIONS
1. Renew City Plugins. 2025. Pavilion of China, 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
2. Shrinking Cities in China Shaped by Disruptive Technologies. 2023. Pavilion of China, 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
3. Shrinking Cities: Current Conditions and Opportunities for Low-Carbon Regeneration. 2022. 9th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB).
4. Technology-Empowered Future Urban Spaces. 2022. Urban Design Exhibition, Beijing Design Week 2022.
See more details at:
Beijing City Lab: www.beijingcitylab.org
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4KAatI4AAAAJ
CV: http://www.beijingcitylab.org/longy/
Updated in June 2026.
