Zhichao He

Biographic Data

ID6279554
NAMEZhichao He
GIVEN NAMESZhichao
FAMILY NAMEHe
SIGNATUREHE Z
AFFILIATIONSXiamen University
ORCID0000-0003-0663-3821
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Multi-dimensional intercity linkages, industrial structure, and their cross-level interactive effects on impervious surface expansion

    Open AccessJunhui Yang, Chunhong Zhao et al.ARTICLECities2026

    Regional integration is reshaping urban spatial patterns by strengthening intercity linkages and fostering cross-level interactions among influencing factors. Yet the interactive effects of these multilevel factors under regional integration remain poorly understood. To address this gap, this study used geospatial big data to quantify intercity linkage intensities across five dimensions—population mobility, information flow, transportation connec…

  • Does urban renewal program increase urban vitality? Causal evidence from Beijing City, China

    Open AccessXingfei Cai, Zhichao He et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2025

  • Exploring the association between the post-pandemic period and psychological problems among university students in Wuhan

    Open AccessZhichao He, Sang-Wook Yi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The psychological challenges confronting university students in Wuhan are alarmingly severe, with individual factors superimposed on the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV2 being the primary contributors. We propose targeted intervention measures: strengthening psychological counseling services, increasing communication and exchange to enhance students' psychological resilience, raising awareness about mental health and lifestyle, alleviating students' …

  • Spatiotemporal analysis of underlying factors in urban transformations

    Open AccessChunhong Zhao, Qihao Weng et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2025Cited by: 2References: 39

    Urban planning has widely become a key policy tool for managing urban growth. However, understanding the role of urban planning in shaping land development and directing urbanization is still contentious across various socioeconomic and geographical contexts. This paper conducts an in-depth analysis of urban spatial transformation in Austin, Texas across three distinct periods: the pre-planning period (1992–2001), the Envision Central Texas (ECT)…

  • How do planning intentions spatiotemporally drive 3-D urban growth

    Open AccessChunhong Zhao, Zhichao He et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2025Cited by: 1References: 53

    Spatial planning is conducive to guiding urban growth to efficiently achieve urban sustainability. However, assessing the causal effects of planning practices on three-dimensional (3-D) urban growth at the local level is empirically challenging. In this study, Austin, Texas was selected to evaluate the causal effects of plans on the 3-D urban growth, measured by impervious surface fraction, building surface fraction, and building height. The prop…

  • An international comparison of the scope and instruments of local spatial planning

    Open AccessMaciej J Nowak, Stefanie Dühr et al.ARTICLETown Planning Review2024

    This article analyses (based on multidimensional criteria) land-use plans at a local level (using selected cities as examples) and their relationships to crucial planning issues identified at both national and local levels. The planning approaches of cities from the following countries were compared: Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ghana, Iran, Mexico, Mongolia, Portugal and Poland. These countries are diverse in terms of their legal, …

  • Peer effects drive non-conformance between built-up land expansion and zoning

    Open AccessZhichao He, Zhaowu Yu et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2023

  • Does zoning contain built-up land expansion? Causal evidence from Zhangzhou City, China

    Open AccessZhichao He, Yuheng Ling et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2022

    The increasing impacts of built-up land expansion on sustainable development have heightened the use of spatial planning as a policy tool to contain built-up land expansion. However, causal evidence for the effect of spatial planning on built-up land expansion has largely remained unexplored. In this study, we used a difference-in-difference model with propensity score matching to estimate the average and annual effect of built-up land zoning (su…

  • Closer to causality

    Open AccessZhichao He, Chunhong Zhao et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 7References: 65

    Spatial planning has been globally developed as a policy tool to govern built-up land expansion. However, causal evidence of the effect of spatial planning on built-up land expansion is limited, which raises doubts on the credibility of spatial planning and hinders theoretical developments in land-system science. We evaluated the effect of the Major Function Oriented Zone (MFOZ), the first strategic spatial plan in China, on built-up land expansi…

  • Understanding urban–rural linkages from an ecological perspective

    Lishan Xiao, Zhichao He et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2017

    Urban–rural linkages, which inevitably evolve over time, are influenced by economic, geographic, and demographic factors. In this paper, emergy accounting was used to calculate sustainability indicators and examine the metabolic processes that connect natural environments and rural–urban systems. A map of energy and material flow was visualized with a Sankey diagram, and urban–rural linkages were quantified according to ecological networks. Both …