Wei Lang

Biographic Data

ID	318127
NAME	Wei Lang
GIVEN NAMES	Wei
FAMILY NAME	Lang
SIGNATURE	LANG W
AFFILIATIONS	Sun Yat-sen University
ORCID	0000-0002-3028-2446
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	39
TOTAL CITATIONS	266
AUTHOR COUNT	39
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	10

The Role of Public Service Consumption in Driving Small-Town Development: Insights from Guangdong, China
Yaofu Huang, Wei Lang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Planning and…2026
The development path of small towns, especially in developing countries, has garnered attention for its role in fostering sustainable regional development and addressing urbanization. While prior research has emphasized factors such as industrial agglomeration and technological progress, the impact of consumer demand on small-town development has been less explored. This study focuses on small towns in Guangdong Province, China, and explores the …
Deconstructing order and emergence in spatial cluster and evolution of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area using percolation theory
Open AccessLikun Wu, Eddie C M Hui et al.ARTICLECities2026References: 37
A pathway to empower rural resilience through rural computing: An exploratory study
Open AccessWei Lang, Eddie C M Hui et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2025
Unveiling local dynamics of Chinese cities: A multidimensional scale-adjusted analysis
Open AccessZheyi Liu, Weitao Wang et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2025References: 44
Embedding local culture into chrono-urbanism: Insights from the urban regeneration in Xiamen's Lujiang old town, China
Open AccessYaofu Huang, Eddie C M Hui et al.ARTICLECities2025References: 4
Community Co-creation through knowledge (Co)Production: The engagement of universities in promoting rural revitalization in China
Open AccessWei Lang, Menelaos Gkartzios et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2024Cited by: 2References: 18
Conceptualizing the nexus between spatiotemporal shrinkage patterns of natural cities and driving mechanisms: Insights into urban shrinkage in Northeast China
Open AccessXi Chen, Wei Lang et al.ARTICLECities2024Cited by: 4References: 58
Prevalence of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Patterns in Generally Healthy European Adults Aged 70 Years and Older—Baseline Results From the DO-HEALTH Clinical Trial
Open AccessMichèle Mattle, Ursina Meyer et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022
Background Physical activity (PA) is important for healthy aging and disease prevention whereas sedentary behavior (SB) accelerates health deterioration. Aim To investigate activity profiles regarding PA and SB among generally healthy European older adults. Methods Meeting PA recommendations was defined as ≥150 min/week of moderate and/or ≥75 min/week of vigorous PA. A cut-off of ≥5.5 h/day was used to define time spent with SB. We present preval…
Scaling law reveals unbalanced urban development in China
Open AccessZheyi Liu, Hanlun Liu et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2022
Evaluating Urban Vitality Based on Geospatial Big Data in Xiamen Island, China
Open AccessShili Chen, Wei Lang et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2022
Urban vitality generally refers to the ability to attract lively businesses and human activities, which largely depends on the urban built environment and human flows. Previous studies that applied the empirical approach to analyze urban vitality from the feature of the urban built environment and the behavior of residents are scarce. This study developed a novel framework for exploring urban vitality on the street scale with geographic big data …
Problems and Strategies of Allocating Public Service Resources in Rural Areas in the Context of County Urbanization
Open AccessMuzhe Pan, Yaofu Huang et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
Imbalances in allocating public service resources are a universal problem worldwide, especially in urban and rural areas. As a developing country with a significant imbalance between urban and rural areas, China is representative of the unbalanced allocation of public service resources. Presently, China has entered the county urbanization stage. Therefore, this study can provide a new way to realize the equalization of urban and rural public serv…
Measuring urban vibrancy of neighborhood performance using social media data in Oslo, Norway
Open AccessWei Lang, Hao Lang et al.ARTICLECities2022Cited by: 2References: 58
A Post-Scan Point Cloud Colorization Method for Cultural Heritage Documentation
Open AccessTing On Chan, Hang Xiao et al.ARTICLEISPRS International Journal of…2021
The 3D laser scanning technique is important for cultural heritage documentation. The laser itself normally does not carry any color information, so it usually requires an embedded camera system to colorize the point cloud. However, when the embedded camera system fails to perform properly under some external interferences, a post-scan colorization method is always desired to improve the point cloud visuality. This paper presents a simple but eff…
Measuring cognitive proximity using semantic analysis: A case study of China's ICT industry
Open AccessYawen Qin, Xiaozhen Qin et al.ARTICLEScientometrics2021
Understanding the compactness of employment activities in high-density cities through cellphone location data
Open AccessXingang Zhou, Wei Lang et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Planning B Urban…2021
Urban development in many cities worldwide presents a dispersed development with urban sprawl and excessive land use. Compact city development facilitates an efficient use of land that aims to reduce excessive land consumption and commuting. However, the ignorance of the relationships between land use and the compactness of employment activities has resulted in excessive commuting. The separation of jobs and housing due to functional zoning has c…
Urban community regeneration and community vitality revitalization through participatory planning in China
Open AccessEddie C M Hui, Eddie Chi-Man Hui et al.ARTICLECities2021Cited by: 20References: 55
Rural Revitalization in China: Land-Use Optimization through the Practice of Place-making
Open AccessYaofu Huang, Eddie C M Hui et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2020Cited by: 13References: 28
Deciphering the spatial structure of China's megacity region: A new bay area—The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the making
Open AccessEddie C M Hui, Xun Li et al.ARTICLECities2020Cited by: 17References: 32
Collaborative workshop and community participation: A new approach to urban regeneration in China
Open AccessXun Li, Fan Zhang et al.ARTICLECities2020Cited by: 45References: 48
Understanding livable dense urban form for social activities in transit-oriented development through human-scale measurements
Open AccessWei Lang, Eddie C M Hui et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2020Cited by: 5References: 59
From Habitat III to the new urbanization agenda in China: Seeing through the practices of the “three old renewals” in Guangzhou
Open AccessXun Li, Eddie C M Hui et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2019Cited by: 25References: 34
Understanding livable dense urban form for shaping the landscape of community facilities in Hong Kong using fine-scale measurements
Open AccessWei Lang, Tingting Chen et al.ARTICLECities2019Cited by: 14References: 56
Identifying urban spatial structure and urban vibrancy in highly dense cities using georeferenced social media data
Open AccessTingting Chen, Eddie C M Hui et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2019Cited by: 21References: 56
Rediscovering Chinese cities through the lens of land-use patterns
Open AccessWei Lang, Ying Long et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2018Cited by: 10References: 36
Lhasa: Urbanising China in the frontier regions
Open AccessTingting Chen, Wei Lang et al.ARTICLECities2018Cited by: 1References: 14