Guangzhong Cao
Biographic Data
| ID | 3581588 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guangzhong Cao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guangzhong |
| FAMILY NAME | Cao |
| SIGNATURE | CAO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peking University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4188-8520 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 111 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Examining inter-county border effects on daily population mobility in China's metropolitan area
The instability of migrants’ settlement intentions
Instability is a key feature of migrants’ settlement intentions and behaviors for the institutional, social, and psychological barriers they face in destinations. In the recently heated discussion on their settlement intention, however, most existing studies have treated it as a constant, with little attention paid to its process of change. This discrepancy may reflect the underlying conceptual neglect, partially attributed to data availability. …
Where is the courtyard landscape changing in Beijing megacity's suburbs? type detection and spatial differentiation based on deep learning and GeoAI
Rapid urbanization and population aging are transforming landscapes in metropolitan suburbs, where changes in courtyard serve as a key spatial response by farming households to shifting conditions. Existing research lacks detailed detection methods and large-scale dynamic monitoring techniques for courtyard types, limiting understanding of spatial variation patterns and their driving forces. This study focuses on 2568 villages in Beijing's suburb…
Emerging amenity migration in China
Population Growth and Decline in China
Understanding historical population processes is crucial for interpreting current trends, forecasting future dynamics, and shaping regional and national development strategies. However, the historical trajectories and heterogeneous determinants of regional population growth and decline remain understudied. This study employs data from long‐term national population censuses, diverse supplementary datasets, and regression models to reveal the histo…
Has the supply of rural public basic facilities in China inhibited village courtyard Idling? An investigation from the perspectives of layout types and objective-subjective evaluation
Exploring spatial restructuring of villages and towns in rural China
Does the spatial distribution of afforestation by government and farmers in Beijing follow a random pattern
Stay or leave
Rapid population influx has caused various urban problems in megacities of the global South, which has encouraged some governments to take measures for controlling population growth. As one of the most populous cities and the capital of China, Beijing has recently proposed a series of policy instruments to disperse migrants and prevent population congestion. This study examines the effectiveness of these dispersal policies by answering two specif…
Does local planning of fast-growing medium-sized towns lead to higher urban intensity or to sprawl? Cases from Zhejiang Province
Previous studies have frequently taken urban density as a surrogate for economic efficiency and applied composite scores such as urban intensity to assess the existing physical forms of towns. However, measures of intensity might nuance crude calculations of density while considering how such measures relate to future plans and the process of transformations. This paper used open source geospatial data and regulatory detailed planning to measure …
Spatial pattern and changing trend of population inflow in China’s five major urban agglomerations
Urban agglomeration plays an important role in China’s urbanization pattern, and it is also the main population inflow place in the period of rapid urbanization. This paper focuses on the five urban agglomerations of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and Chengdu-Chongqing. Using the census and dynamic monitoring survey data of floating population, this paper analyzes the…
Urban spillover or rural industrialisation
Changes in population movement make Covid-19 spread differently from Sars
How social structure changes in Chinese global cities
Urban land marketization in China
Self-employment and intention of permanent urban settlement
Drawing on a survey of migrants in 12 cities across four major urbanising areas in China, this paper analyses rural migrants’ intention for permanent urban settlement. We focus on one sizeable but often overlooked group of rural migrants, that is, the self-employed. Our hypothesis is that the self-employed migrants tend to have stronger intention for permanent urban settlement since they are usually more ingrained in urban economy and society. Th…
Local “Land Finance” in China's Urban Expansion
This paper considers the issue of local “land finance” in the context of China's fast urban expansion. In an analysis of China s land requisition and public leasing system we argue that low‐cost land acquisition is the fundamental cause of land‐related distortions that have occurred during China s urbanization. Granting farmers the power to negotiate directly with land users during urban expansion, combined with coordinated land tax reforms to co…
Instrumental land use investment-driven growth in China
In the past decade or so, local governments in China have significantly increased their land development activities by acquiring land from farmers and leasing it on a large scale to industrial and commercial developers. This paper is an analysis of how land is used under China's existing institutional background as a competitive incentive for local investment. It is argued that local land development activities have contributed to an investment-d…
Urban land marketization in China
Self-employment and intention of permanent urban settlement
Drawing on a survey of migrants in 12 cities across four major urbanising areas in China, this paper analyses rural migrants’ intention for permanent urban settlement. We focus on one sizeable but often overlooked group of rural migrants, that is, the self-employed. Our hypothesis is that the self-employed migrants tend to have stronger intention for permanent urban settlement since they are usually more ingrained in urban economy and society. Th…
Instrumental land use investment-driven growth in China
In the past decade or so, local governments in China have significantly increased their land development activities by acquiring land from farmers and leasing it on a large scale to industrial and commercial developers. This paper is an analysis of how land is used under China's existing institutional background as a competitive incentive for local investment. It is argued that local land development activities have contributed to an investment-d…
How social structure changes in Chinese global cities
Changes in population movement make Covid-19 spread differently from Sars
Urban spillover or rural industrialisation
Does local planning of fast-growing medium-sized towns lead to higher urban intensity or to sprawl? Cases from Zhejiang Province
Previous studies have frequently taken urban density as a surrogate for economic efficiency and applied composite scores such as urban intensity to assess the existing physical forms of towns. However, measures of intensity might nuance crude calculations of density while considering how such measures relate to future plans and the process of transformations. This paper used open source geospatial data and regulatory detailed planning to measure …
Stay or leave
Rapid population influx has caused various urban problems in megacities of the global South, which has encouraged some governments to take measures for controlling population growth. As one of the most populous cities and the capital of China, Beijing has recently proposed a series of policy instruments to disperse migrants and prevent population congestion. This study examines the effectiveness of these dispersal policies by answering two specif…
Exploring spatial restructuring of villages and towns in rural China
Local “Land Finance” in China's Urban Expansion
This paper considers the issue of local “land finance” in the context of China's fast urban expansion. In an analysis of China s land requisition and public leasing system we argue that low‐cost land acquisition is the fundamental cause of land‐related distortions that have occurred during China s urbanization. Granting farmers the power to negotiate directly with land users during urban expansion, combined with coordinated land tax reforms to co…
Instrumental land use investment-driven growth in China
In the past decade or so, local governments in China have significantly increased their land development activities by acquiring land from farmers and leasing it on a large scale to industrial and commercial developers. This paper is an analysis of how land is used under China's existing institutional background as a competitive incentive for local investment. It is argued that local land development activities have contributed to an investment-d…
Self-employment and intention of permanent urban settlement
Drawing on a survey of migrants in 12 cities across four major urbanising areas in China, this paper analyses rural migrants’ intention for permanent urban settlement. We focus on one sizeable but often overlooked group of rural migrants, that is, the self-employed. Our hypothesis is that the self-employed migrants tend to have stronger intention for permanent urban settlement since they are usually more ingrained in urban economy and society. Th…
Urban land marketization in China
How social structure changes in Chinese global cities
Urban spillover or rural industrialisation
Changes in population movement make Covid-19 spread differently from Sars
Spatial pattern and changing trend of population inflow in China’s five major urban agglomerations
Urban agglomeration plays an important role in China’s urbanization pattern, and it is also the main population inflow place in the period of rapid urbanization. This paper focuses on the five urban agglomerations of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and Chengdu-Chongqing. Using the census and dynamic monitoring survey data of floating population, this paper analyzes the…
Stay or leave
Rapid population influx has caused various urban problems in megacities of the global South, which has encouraged some governments to take measures for controlling population growth. As one of the most populous cities and the capital of China, Beijing has recently proposed a series of policy instruments to disperse migrants and prevent population congestion. This study examines the effectiveness of these dispersal policies by answering two specif…
Does local planning of fast-growing medium-sized towns lead to higher urban intensity or to sprawl? Cases from Zhejiang Province
Previous studies have frequently taken urban density as a surrogate for economic efficiency and applied composite scores such as urban intensity to assess the existing physical forms of towns. However, measures of intensity might nuance crude calculations of density while considering how such measures relate to future plans and the process of transformations. This paper used open source geospatial data and regulatory detailed planning to measure …
Does the spatial distribution of afforestation by government and farmers in Beijing follow a random pattern
Emerging amenity migration in China
Population Growth and Decline in China
Understanding historical population processes is crucial for interpreting current trends, forecasting future dynamics, and shaping regional and national development strategies. However, the historical trajectories and heterogeneous determinants of regional population growth and decline remain understudied. This study employs data from long‐term national population censuses, diverse supplementary datasets, and regression models to reveal the histo…
Has the supply of rural public basic facilities in China inhibited village courtyard Idling? An investigation from the perspectives of layout types and objective-subjective evaluation
Exploring spatial restructuring of villages and towns in rural China
Examining inter-county border effects on daily population mobility in China's metropolitan area
The instability of migrants’ settlement intentions
Instability is a key feature of migrants’ settlement intentions and behaviors for the institutional, social, and psychological barriers they face in destinations. In the recently heated discussion on their settlement intention, however, most existing studies have treated it as a constant, with little attention paid to its process of change. This discrepancy may reflect the underlying conceptual neglect, partially attributed to data availability. …
Where is the courtyard landscape changing in Beijing megacity's suburbs? type detection and spatial differentiation based on deep learning and GeoAI
Rapid urbanization and population aging are transforming landscapes in metropolitan suburbs, where changes in courtyard serve as a key spatial response by farming households to shifting conditions. Existing research lacks detailed detection methods and large-scale dynamic monitoring techniques for courtyard types, limiting understanding of spatial variation patterns and their driving forces. This study focuses on 2568 villages in Beijing's suburb…
Geography (15 works) · China (14 works) · Economics (13 works) · Economic geography (10 works) · Business (9 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (8 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Beijing (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Population (6 works)