Guang Tian
Biographic Data
| ID | 3771204 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guang Tian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guang |
| FAMILY NAME | Tian |
| SIGNATURE | TIAN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Orleans |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4023-3912 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Electric vehicles and the built environment: Are the relationships different from conventional vehicles
A large body of research shows that the built environment significantly shapes household vehicle miles traveled (VMT), yet little is known about how these effects may differ between electric vehicles (EVs) and conventional vehicles. As EV adoption accelerates, understanding these dynamics is increasingly important for sustainable transportation planning. This study uses data from the 2023 Utah Household Travel Survey to compare how built environm…
Augmenting low-carbon sustainable cities using transit-linked mixed-use designs: A quasi-experimental regression of travel and emission outcomes
We introduce TOD-MXDs – a novel hybrid design typology leveraging the strengths of TODs and MXDs. • TOD-MXDs remain rare in the U.S., with only 10.7 % of the 710 sampled developments fitting the criteria. • TOD-MXDs achieve 20 % lower VMT than MXDs and even fewer than comparable conventional designs. • TOD-MXDs generate about 19.7 % less CO2 emissions compared to typical mixed-use developments. • Transit proximity (within a half-mile radius) matt…
Quantifying the influences of telecommuting on household total trips and VMT generation
Spatio-temporal Evolution of Coupling Coordination Degree between Urbanization and Tourism Industry: A Case Study of Rural Revitalization Strategy of the Wuling Mountain Area in Central China
China is currently at a critical juncture in implementing the rural revitalization strategy, with urbanization and tourism development as crucial components. This study investigates 41 counties (cities) in the Wuling Mountain area of central China, constructing an evaluation system for the coordinated development of these two sectors. The coupling coordination degree is calculated using a combination weighting method and the coupling coordination…
Coverage vs frequency: Is spatial coverage or temporal frequency more impactful on transit ridership
Studying Understudied Populations’ Travel Behaviors with a Machine Learning Approach: A Focus on Hispanic and Latinx Households
To address a gap in the literature regarding differential effects of built environments (BE) on minority populations, this study uses boosted regression tree modeling to explore travel behaviors of Hispanic and Latinx (H/L) households, finding significant differences in the variables that influenced these households compared to others. Overall, BE variables had greater impacts on H/L households than others. Nonlinear effects (effective ranges, th…
Varying influences of the built environment on household travel in the United States – An update with 36 diverse regions and machine learning
My Father-like Professor Shi Zhengyi: The Pioneer of Chinese Ethnological Economics (Personal Story)
Professor Shi Zhengyi (1932-2015) was the same age as my father. In Chinese tradition, a teacher for a day is a father for life. Hence, I respectfully call Professor Shi my Father-like Professor. Born in Tongcheng County, Anhui Province, in 1932. Professor Shi graduated from the Master’s Program in History of Economics of the Department of Economics of Renmin University of China in 1957. As a renowned Chinese ethnographer and economist, he has be…
Exploring the influences of ride-hailing services on VMT and transit usage – Evidence from California
Impact of corridor highway system on communities: Built environment and travel mode choices
The Food Culture of Ethnic Minorities in China
Each of China’s 55 different ethnic minorities has its unique diet and customs with special ethnic character and historical tradition in the content and form of “eating” and “drinking.” In the composition of the Chinese diet, the diet and customs of ethnic minorities are an essential part. Chinese food enjoys a worldwide reputation, directly related to the fact that people of all ethnic groups living in the same region can learn from each other i…
Advantages and Disadvantages of Closing Rail Crossings: A Case Study From Louisiana
Road-railroad crossings are where different modes of transportation meet, which brings safety concerns and the potential for hampering transportation efficiency and creating other issues. By surveying and interviewing professionals in Louisiana, this study aims to investigate incentive programs and their effectiveness in reducing the number of at-grade crossings for policy implementation. The results show that most agencies in Louisiana were conc…
The built environment and vehicle ownership modeling: Evidence from 32 diverse regions in the U.S
Guidelines for a Polycentric Region to Reduce Vehicle Use and Increase Walking and Transit Use
Problem, research strategy, and findings: The monocentric development pattern in the Alonso–Mills–Muth model underpinned theoretical discussions of urban form in the 1960s and 1970s and truly dominated theory up to the point when Joel Garreau published Edge City: Life on the New Frontier in the early 1990s. Monocentric development patterns remain dominant to this day among smaller metropolitan areas in the United States. However, for larger metro…
Intrazonal or interzonal? Improving intrazonal travel forecast in a four-step travel demand model
New Economic Anthropology Paradigm with Chinese Characteristics: On Yang Tingshuo’s Interphase Operational Development Theory
The interphase (xiangji) operational development model proposed by the Chinese scholar Yang Tingshuo has made a unique contribution to localize economic anthropology in China. The way to localize economic anthropology in China is through applying the theories and methods of economic anthropology to minority areas during China's economic development; investigating and solving the problems of the minorities through effective policy making; and then…
Not Parking Lots but Parks: A Joint Association of Parks and Transit Stations with Travel Behavior
Urban design literature says that public open space in a station area could promote walking and other types of physical activity, enhance place attractiveness, and increase property values. In the context of station areas, however, there is a lack of empirical studies on the relationship between the presence of parks and sustainable travel behavior, which is one of the primary goals of transit-oriented developments (TODs). This study examined the…
Why Do Some Articles in Planning Journals Get Cited More than Others
The planning literature has taken a recent interest in journal article citation counts, which are often used to measure the scholarly impact of articles, authors, or university departments. However, little is known about the factors that determine citation counts for planning-related articles. We find that citation counts in planning vary across planning topics and are also influenced by other journal, author, and article-related factors. We prov…
Effects of neighborhood environment, safety, and urban amenities on origins and destinations of walking behavior
Walking increases physical activity and reduces obesity. Walking behavior is influenced by many different factors, including urban safety. This article studies origin and destination choices of walking behavior in Salt Lake City using GIS and statistical analyzes.We find that the origins, and destinations are influenced by different neighborhood environmental factors. Street connectivity and public parks increase the number of destinations, but h…
Comparative case studies: Trip and parking generation at Orenco Station TOD, Portland Region and Station Park TAD, Salt Lake City Region
Trip and parking generation rates for different housing types: Effects of compact development
Guidelines for trip and parking generation in the United States come mainly from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). However, their trip and parking manuals focus on suburban locations with limited transit and pedestrian access. This study aims to determine how many fewer vehicle trips are generated and how much less parking demand is generated, by different housing types (single-family attached, single-family detached, and apartment…
Old Names Meet the New Market: An Ethnographic Study of Classic Brands in the Foodservice Industry in Shantou, China
Revitalization of classic brands is an intriguing topic for business anthropologists, professional marketers, and managers alike. While many Western scholars offer prescriptions for revitalizing classic brands, little exists in the English literature on Chinese classic brands, particularly on how they adapt to the changing market conditions in China today. Based on an in-depth ethnographic study of five classic brands in the foodservice industry …
Does compact development increase or reduce traffic congestion
The impacts of built environment characteristics of rail station areas on household travel behavior
Trip and parking generation at transit-oriented developments: A case study of Redmond TOD, Seattle region
Amenity, accessibility and housing values in metropolitan USA: A study of Salt Lake County, Utah
Varying influences of the built environment on household travel in 15 diverse regions of the United States
This study pools household travel and built environment data from 15 diverse US regions to produce travel models with more external validity than any to date. It uses a large number of consistently defined built environmental variables to predict five household travel outcomes – car trips, walk trips, bike trips, transit trips and vehicle miles travelled (VMT). It employs multilevel modelling to account for the dependence of households in the sam…
Does compact development increase or reduce traffic congestion
Testing Newman and Kenworthy’s Theory of Density and Automobile Dependence
This study tests four hypotheses related to the much-cited work on density and automobile dependence by Newman and Kenworthy, using multivariate analysis and data for 157 large US urbanized areas. We find that density alone explains only a small fraction of the variation in vehicle miles traveled (VMT), and many confounders account for the differences in automobile dependence. We also find that it is not the localized density of individual neighb…
The impacts of built environment characteristics of rail station areas on household travel behavior
The built environment and vehicle ownership modeling: Evidence from 32 diverse regions in the U.S
Comparative case studies: Trip and parking generation at Orenco Station TOD, Portland Region and Station Park TAD, Salt Lake City Region
Exploring the influences of ride-hailing services on VMT and transit usage – Evidence from California
Studying Understudied Populations’ Travel Behaviors with a Machine Learning Approach: A Focus on Hispanic and Latinx Households
To address a gap in the literature regarding differential effects of built environments (BE) on minority populations, this study uses boosted regression tree modeling to explore travel behaviors of Hispanic and Latinx (H/L) households, finding significant differences in the variables that influenced these households compared to others. Overall, BE variables had greater impacts on H/L households than others. Nonlinear effects (effective ranges, th…
Why Do Some Articles in Planning Journals Get Cited More than Others
The planning literature has taken a recent interest in journal article citation counts, which are often used to measure the scholarly impact of articles, authors, or university departments. However, little is known about the factors that determine citation counts for planning-related articles. We find that citation counts in planning vary across planning topics and are also influenced by other journal, author, and article-related factors. We prov…
Effects of neighborhood environment, safety, and urban amenities on origins and destinations of walking behavior
Walking increases physical activity and reduces obesity. Walking behavior is influenced by many different factors, including urban safety. This article studies origin and destination choices of walking behavior in Salt Lake City using GIS and statistical analyzes.We find that the origins, and destinations are influenced by different neighborhood environmental factors. Street connectivity and public parks increase the number of destinations, but h…
Anthropological Research among Mainland Chinese Refugees in Metro Toronto
Varying influences of the built environment on household travel in 15 diverse regions of the United States
This study pools household travel and built environment data from 15 diverse US regions to produce travel models with more external validity than any to date. It uses a large number of consistently defined built environmental variables to predict five household travel outcomes – car trips, walk trips, bike trips, transit trips and vehicle miles travelled (VMT). It employs multilevel modelling to account for the dependence of households in the sam…
Business Anthropology in China
Amenity, accessibility and housing values in metropolitan USA: A study of Salt Lake County, Utah
Trip and parking generation at transit-oriented developments: A case study of Redmond TOD, Seattle region
Testing Newman and Kenworthy’s Theory of Density and Automobile Dependence
This study tests four hypotheses related to the much-cited work on density and automobile dependence by Newman and Kenworthy, using multivariate analysis and data for 157 large US urbanized areas. We find that density alone explains only a small fraction of the variation in vehicle miles traveled (VMT), and many confounders account for the differences in automobile dependence. We also find that it is not the localized density of individual neighb…
Old Names Meet the New Market: An Ethnographic Study of Classic Brands in the Foodservice Industry in Shantou, China
Revitalization of classic brands is an intriguing topic for business anthropologists, professional marketers, and managers alike. While many Western scholars offer prescriptions for revitalizing classic brands, little exists in the English literature on Chinese classic brands, particularly on how they adapt to the changing market conditions in China today. Based on an in-depth ethnographic study of five classic brands in the foodservice industry …
Does compact development increase or reduce traffic congestion
The impacts of built environment characteristics of rail station areas on household travel behavior
New Economic Anthropology Paradigm with Chinese Characteristics: On Yang Tingshuo’s Interphase Operational Development Theory
The interphase (xiangji) operational development model proposed by the Chinese scholar Yang Tingshuo has made a unique contribution to localize economic anthropology in China. The way to localize economic anthropology in China is through applying the theories and methods of economic anthropology to minority areas during China's economic development; investigating and solving the problems of the minorities through effective policy making; and then…
Not Parking Lots but Parks: A Joint Association of Parks and Transit Stations with Travel Behavior
Urban design literature says that public open space in a station area could promote walking and other types of physical activity, enhance place attractiveness, and increase property values. In the context of station areas, however, there is a lack of empirical studies on the relationship between the presence of parks and sustainable travel behavior, which is one of the primary goals of transit-oriented developments (TODs). This study examined the…
Why Do Some Articles in Planning Journals Get Cited More than Others
The planning literature has taken a recent interest in journal article citation counts, which are often used to measure the scholarly impact of articles, authors, or university departments. However, little is known about the factors that determine citation counts for planning-related articles. We find that citation counts in planning vary across planning topics and are also influenced by other journal, author, and article-related factors. We prov…
Effects of neighborhood environment, safety, and urban amenities on origins and destinations of walking behavior
Walking increases physical activity and reduces obesity. Walking behavior is influenced by many different factors, including urban safety. This article studies origin and destination choices of walking behavior in Salt Lake City using GIS and statistical analyzes.We find that the origins, and destinations are influenced by different neighborhood environmental factors. Street connectivity and public parks increase the number of destinations, but h…
Comparative case studies: Trip and parking generation at Orenco Station TOD, Portland Region and Station Park TAD, Salt Lake City Region
Trip and parking generation rates for different housing types: Effects of compact development
Guidelines for trip and parking generation in the United States come mainly from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). However, their trip and parking manuals focus on suburban locations with limited transit and pedestrian access. This study aims to determine how many fewer vehicle trips are generated and how much less parking demand is generated, by different housing types (single-family attached, single-family detached, and apartment…
Guidelines for a Polycentric Region to Reduce Vehicle Use and Increase Walking and Transit Use
Problem, research strategy, and findings: The monocentric development pattern in the Alonso–Mills–Muth model underpinned theoretical discussions of urban form in the 1960s and 1970s and truly dominated theory up to the point when Joel Garreau published Edge City: Life on the New Frontier in the early 1990s. Monocentric development patterns remain dominant to this day among smaller metropolitan areas in the United States. However, for larger metro…
Intrazonal or interzonal? Improving intrazonal travel forecast in a four-step travel demand model
The built environment and vehicle ownership modeling: Evidence from 32 diverse regions in the U.S
Advantages and Disadvantages of Closing Rail Crossings: A Case Study From Louisiana
Road-railroad crossings are where different modes of transportation meet, which brings safety concerns and the potential for hampering transportation efficiency and creating other issues. By surveying and interviewing professionals in Louisiana, this study aims to investigate incentive programs and their effectiveness in reducing the number of at-grade crossings for policy implementation. The results show that most agencies in Louisiana were conc…
My Father-like Professor Shi Zhengyi: The Pioneer of Chinese Ethnological Economics (Personal Story)
Professor Shi Zhengyi (1932-2015) was the same age as my father. In Chinese tradition, a teacher for a day is a father for life. Hence, I respectfully call Professor Shi my Father-like Professor. Born in Tongcheng County, Anhui Province, in 1932. Professor Shi graduated from the Master’s Program in History of Economics of the Department of Economics of Renmin University of China in 1957. As a renowned Chinese ethnographer and economist, he has be…
Exploring the influences of ride-hailing services on VMT and transit usage – Evidence from California
Impact of corridor highway system on communities: Built environment and travel mode choices
The Food Culture of Ethnic Minorities in China
Each of China’s 55 different ethnic minorities has its unique diet and customs with special ethnic character and historical tradition in the content and form of “eating” and “drinking.” In the composition of the Chinese diet, the diet and customs of ethnic minorities are an essential part. Chinese food enjoys a worldwide reputation, directly related to the fact that people of all ethnic groups living in the same region can learn from each other i…
Spatio-temporal Evolution of Coupling Coordination Degree between Urbanization and Tourism Industry: A Case Study of Rural Revitalization Strategy of the Wuling Mountain Area in Central China
China is currently at a critical juncture in implementing the rural revitalization strategy, with urbanization and tourism development as crucial components. This study investigates 41 counties (cities) in the Wuling Mountain area of central China, constructing an evaluation system for the coordinated development of these two sectors. The coupling coordination degree is calculated using a combination weighting method and the coupling coordination…
Coverage vs frequency: Is spatial coverage or temporal frequency more impactful on transit ridership
Urban Transport and Accessibility (21 works) · Engineering (18 works) · Transport engineering (18 works) · Geography (16 works) · Transportation Planning and Optimization (16 works) · Business (13 works) · Public transport (12 works) · Sociology (9 works) · TRIPS architecture (9 works) · Built environment (8 works)