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Prof. Xinhao Wang
University of Cincinnati, USA

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Dr. Wang, AICP, is a professor of Planning in School of Planning, College of DAAP, University of Cincinnati. (UC) He holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Community Planning from the University of Rhode Island, a Master of Science in Geo-Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Geography from Peking University, Beijing, China. He teaches courses in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), environmental planning, statistics, and research methods. His research interests are in the areas of environmental planning and GIS application in planning. Examples are: analysis of the spatial pattern of water quality indicators; the relationship between land use and water quality; GIS-based water quality modeling and flooding analysis; spatial distribution of human health and environmental indicators; and resilience. Dr. Wang's publications and presentations can be found in various planning and environmental journals, proceedings and conferences. Prior to UC, he worked as a research associate, planning consultant and senior GIS analyst. Dr. Wang is the Co-Director of the Joint Center of Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis at UC.

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Journal article
Published: 12 August 2021 in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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While the focus of the wide-spread coronavirus is its impacts on people’s lives and economic wellbeing around the world, the pandemic substantially limits people’s available options of physical activities and exacerbates an enduring problem of large urban populations lack accessible green space to fulfill the essential physical and mental health needs. Under the current pandemic situation available green space is further reduced when some parks are closed or open with limited functions to reduce the spread of coronavirus. At the same time, the demand for green space has increased because of the unavailability of other activities. In this essay, we call the attention of urban planners and designers to pocket parks. Studies have shown that the tiny size of pocket parks makes them an easier fit into vacant properties scattered throughout the urban fabric. Therefore, pocket parks can improve health and encourage social cohesion of residents in often underserved high density urban neighborhoods. The potential of pocket parks in providing accessible urban green space to all urban population may have been considered desirable before the coronavirus outbreak and now it should be considered a necessary ‘lifeline’ to improve urban residents’ health during the coronavirus. In addition, with the long-overlooked value of accessible urban green space waken by the global-scale crisis, proper attention and improvement strategy, such as introducing more pocket park could lead to a better future after the COVID-19.

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Shu Liu; Xinhao Wang. Reexamine the value of urban pocket parks under the impact of the COVID-19. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2021, 64, 127294 .

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Shu Liu, Xinhao Wang. Reexamine the value of urban pocket parks under the impact of the COVID-19. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2021; 64 ():127294.

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Shu Liu; Xinhao Wang. 2021. "Reexamine the value of urban pocket parks under the impact of the COVID-19." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 64, no. : 127294.

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Published: 15 July 2021 in Journal of Urban Affairs
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Xinhao Wang. Planning within complex urban systems, by Shih-Kung Lai. Journal of Urban Affairs 2021, 1 -3.

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Xinhao Wang. Planning within complex urban systems, by Shih-Kung Lai. Journal of Urban Affairs. 2021; ():1-3.

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Xinhao Wang. 2021. "Planning within complex urban systems, by Shih-Kung Lai." Journal of Urban Affairs , no. : 1-3.

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Published: 05 January 2021 in Sustainability
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This study shows that an integrated ecological and cultural corridor network can help guide city development strategies to better preserve ecological and cultural assets. Traditionally, protection zones and suitable development areas are often identified by separately considering natural elements of the ecosystem and elements of cultural significance. To achieve the purpose of cohesively protecting areas of ecological and/or cultural significance, we have developed a corridor-based spatial framework by integrating ecological and cultural assets. Ecological sources are identified by combining protection prioritization, nature reserves, and water bodies. Ecological corridors are delineated by using the minimum cumulative resistance (MCR) model on a resistance surface constructed from land-use data to connect ecological sources. Ecologically important areas are then delineated by creating a 5-km buffer zone from ecological sources and ecological corridors. Cultural corridors are historical routes and rivers surrounded by abundant cultural nodes. Like ecologically important areas, culturally important areas are delineated by creating a 5-km buffer zone from cultural corridors. Comprehensive regions are the overlap of ecologically and culturally important areas. Finally, the integrated network connects all comprehensive regions following ecological corridors and cultural corridors in such a way that the largest number of ecological sources and cultural nodes are reached. We applied this framework in Beijing, China, and the results show that there are 2011 km2 of ecological sources, 30 ecological corridors, 423 cultural nodes, seven cultural corridors, and 10 comprehensive regions covering 2916 km2 in the integrated network. The framework adds new insights to the methodology of considering ecological and cultural assets together in developing protection and development strategies.

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Yanyan Li; Xinhao Wang; Xiaofeng Dong. Delineating an Integrated Ecological and Cultural Corridor Network: A Case Study in Beijing, China. Sustainability 2021, 13, 412 .

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Yanyan Li, Xinhao Wang, Xiaofeng Dong. Delineating an Integrated Ecological and Cultural Corridor Network: A Case Study in Beijing, China. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (1):412.

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Yanyan Li; Xinhao Wang; Xiaofeng Dong. 2021. "Delineating an Integrated Ecological and Cultural Corridor Network: A Case Study in Beijing, China." Sustainability 13, no. 1: 412.

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Published: 22 May 2020 in Selected Methods of Planning Analysis
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As we discussed at the beginning of the book, the four planning analyses covered in this book answer questions related to Who are they, What they do, Where they do, and How they move.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. Land Use Analysis. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis 2020, 225 -281.

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Xinhao Wang, Rainer Vom Hofe. Land Use Analysis. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis. 2020; ():225-281.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. 2020. "Land Use Analysis." Selected Methods of Planning Analysis , no. : 225-281.

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Published: 22 May 2020 in Selected Methods of Planning Analysis
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Capital budgets help local governments plan for the purchase of items and investments with large price tags, which necessitate a separate account. Purchasing items that are not part of a day-to-day routine of local governments, usually, requires raising larger funds that need to be paid back over an extended period of time, a time frame that exceeds a local government’s (bi)annual operating budget. While operating budgets need to be balanced, capital budgets need to be financed.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. Financial Analysis. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis 2020, 173 -223.

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Xinhao Wang, Rainer Vom Hofe. Financial Analysis. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis. 2020; ():173-223.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. 2020. "Financial Analysis." Selected Methods of Planning Analysis , no. : 173-223.

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Published: 22 May 2020 in Selected Methods of Planning Analysis
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Planning is a profession that is concerned with shaping our living environment. Frenchman (The profession of city planning. Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 2000) observes that the profession of planning is alive and more plans have been made recently than ever before.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. Introduction: Planning Analysis Methods. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis 2020, 1 -8.

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Xinhao Wang, Rainer Vom Hofe. Introduction: Planning Analysis Methods. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis. 2020; ():1-8.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. 2020. "Introduction: Planning Analysis Methods." Selected Methods of Planning Analysis , no. : 1-8.

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Published: 22 May 2020 in Selected Methods of Planning Analysis
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The U.S. Census Bureau provides, as a routine procedure, national and state-level population characteristics and projections.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. Demographic Analysis. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis 2020, 9 -89.

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Xinhao Wang, Rainer Vom Hofe. Demographic Analysis. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis. 2020; ():9-89.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. 2020. "Demographic Analysis." Selected Methods of Planning Analysis , no. : 9-89.

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Published: 22 May 2020 in Selected Methods of Planning Analysis
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Transportation analysis is the last part of the planning analytical methods covered in this book.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. Transportation Analysis. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis 2020, 283 -345.

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Xinhao Wang, Rainer Vom Hofe. Transportation Analysis. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis. 2020; ():283-345.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. 2020. "Transportation Analysis." Selected Methods of Planning Analysis , no. : 283-345.

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Published: 22 May 2020 in Selected Methods of Planning Analysis
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Imagine that a car manufacturer is planning to build a car distribution center in the greater Cincinnati metropolitan region. Strategically, this would be a good choice for the car manufacturer, given that Interstate Highway 75 (I–75), which runs through Cincinnati, is the main artery of the national car industry. Economically, this would be great for Cincinnati, the car distribution center would provide jobs and income to regional workforce and new opportunities for regional businesses to supply the car manufacturer with goods and services.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. Economic Analysis. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis 2020, 91 -171.

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Xinhao Wang, Rainer Vom Hofe. Economic Analysis. Selected Methods of Planning Analysis. 2020; ():91-171.

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Xinhao Wang; Rainer Vom Hofe. 2020. "Economic Analysis." Selected Methods of Planning Analysis , no. : 91-171.

Journal article
Published: 14 February 2019 in Journal of Environmental Management
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Using combined sewer systems to handle excess stormwater runoff is common in older urban areas. Combined sewer overflow (CSO) events occur when hydraulic capacity is exceeded, and untreated wastewater discharges to surface waters. As urban population density increases, and more demand is placed on infrastructure, CSO events happen more often and cause serious environmental problems and public-health risks. Recently, green infrastructure (GI) has been integrated with existing gray infrastructure (GrayI) to reduce CSO events. However, there lacks a goal-oriented planning framework for eliminating CSOs at a watershed/sewershed scale. Moreover, existing stormwater simulations based on catchments or other geographic units, do not consider spatial variation within the unit, such as distribution, attribution, ownership, and management of GI. We propose a scenario-based Stormwater Management Planning Support System for CSOs (SMPSS-CSO) to provide a platform for reducing CSO events by coordinating parcel-based installations of GI. We applied the SMPSS-CSO to a sewershed with a single CSO location in Cincinnati, Ohio and developed four scenarios representing increased use of GI (rain barrels, green roofs, porous pavements, and detention basin) based on its cost, difficulty of installation, and property ownership. Runoff quantity, time of concentration, and peak flow rate were simulated using the curve number method. Our analysis shows a 41% reduction in stormwater runoff is necessary to eliminate CSO events for a two-year rainfall, required 97.25% of private and 27.59% of public parcels to install GI. GI alone cannot eliminate CSO events in this sewershed and must be incorporated with additional GrayI (e.g., storage tanks, pipes). The SMPSS-CSO has the potential for including multiple stakeholders' preferences and concerns in the searching for preferable scenarios.

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Xin Fu; Haynes Goddard; Xinhao Wang; Matthew E. Hopton. Development of a scenario-based stormwater management planning support system for reducing combined sewer overflows (CSOs). Journal of Environmental Management 2019, 236, 571 -580.

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Xin Fu, Haynes Goddard, Xinhao Wang, Matthew E. Hopton. Development of a scenario-based stormwater management planning support system for reducing combined sewer overflows (CSOs). Journal of Environmental Management. 2019; 236 ():571-580.

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Xin Fu; Haynes Goddard; Xinhao Wang; Matthew E. Hopton. 2019. "Development of a scenario-based stormwater management planning support system for reducing combined sewer overflows (CSOs)." Journal of Environmental Management 236, no. : 571-580.

Perspective essay
Published: 02 January 2019 in Socio-Ecological Practice Research
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Many governments around the world have used the precautionary principle as the foundation in developing public policies since the late twentieth century. The principle stipulates that governments shall be obligated to restrict or ban activities that may cause serious and/or irreversible harm to human health and the environment, even without fully established scientific evidence of causal relationship. Further, the proposers of the activities must demonstrate that those activities will not cause serious harm. The precautionary principle has received criticisms, and these range from ignoring the benefits from proposed activities or overlooking the harm from inaction, having bias toward nature, to imposing an impossible burden of proof on the action proposers. Some of the debates have revealed the misuse of the principle and the need for clarification and specification. Other differences of opinion can be attributed to the uncertainties of the future since neither the proponents nor the opponents of the principle can be certain about the outcome of a proposed action. Therefore, socio-ecological practitioners need more knowledge implementation and impact research to produce actionable guidance on implementing the precautionary principle for sustaining human settlements. The recent progress of ecological wisdom has the potential to provide a fresh perspective for applying the precautionary principle. After describing ecological wisdom, this essay demands that pursuing benefits and avoiding problems are everyone’s responsibility. All involved stakeholders have the same moral obligation to internalize knowledge, experience, and ethical values in decision-makings that affect humans and the environment they rely on.

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Xinhao Wang. Ecological wisdom as a guide for implementing the precautionary principle. Socio-Ecological Practice Research 2019, 1, 25 -32.

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Xinhao Wang. Ecological wisdom as a guide for implementing the precautionary principle. Socio-Ecological Practice Research. 2019; 1 (1):25-32.

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Xinhao Wang. 2019. "Ecological wisdom as a guide for implementing the precautionary principle." Socio-Ecological Practice Research 1, no. 1: 25-32.

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Published: 07 June 2018 in Environment Systems and Decisions
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Urban resilience assessment can help planners understand the status of resilience in an urban system and identify needs for improving resilience capacities. The issues related to urban resilience are complex because of multiple urban system components, threats from different sources, and uncertainty of the future. Urban resilience theories have progressed to consider an urban system as an integrated complex system; however, urban resilience assessments are inconsistent and underdeveloped in assessing an integrated urban system for different threats at various uncertainties. In an effort to address this deficiency, we propose to develop an Integrative Urban Resilience Capacity Index (IURCI) for assessing urban resilience capacity for all threats. To improve the quality of urban resilience assessment, the IURCI considers urban physical form, spatial structure, preparation for future, and performance after plan implementation to measure resilience capacities of absorption, mitigation, and adaptation. It is built in a Scenario-Based Planning Support System (SB-PSS). The SB-PSS is a framework and an open system that integrates IURCI with scenario generation, modeling, and assessment to inform the public, planners, and other stakeholders about the consequences of different planning policies and to assist them make decisions for implementing a preferred scenario.

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Xin Fu; Xinhao Wang. Developing an integrative urban resilience capacity index for plan making. Environment Systems and Decisions 2018, 38, 367 -378.

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Xin Fu, Xinhao Wang. Developing an integrative urban resilience capacity index for plan making. Environment Systems and Decisions. 2018; 38 (3):367-378.

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Xin Fu; Xinhao Wang. 2018. "Developing an integrative urban resilience capacity index for plan making." Environment Systems and Decisions 38, no. 3: 367-378.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2018 in Journal of Environmental Management
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Multiple Criteria Evaluation (MCE) is a multi-attributes decision making tool often used in land suitability analysis and land use simulation using Cellular Automata (CA)-Markov model. The goal of this research is to explore the feasibility of using historical data of a study area to select, score, and weight factors quantitatively in the MCE. We have developed logistic regression models fitted by the historical land use changes to select and score each potential factor, and used the Entropy method to determine weights for the selected factors. The MCE output is then used as the input of CA-Markov model to simulate land use changes from 2001 to 2011. The land use simulation result was compared against observed 2011 land use in order to examine the performance of the updated MCE method. The result shows that the use of MCE factors derived from historical data produces reasonable goodness of fit, based on current literature. The major advantage of the updated MCE method is that the factor selection, scores, and weights are all derived from local data reflecting the actual historical trend. This quantitative approach also allows one to efficiently calibrate CA-Markov model and develop different land use planning scenarios by adjusting scores and weights for different factors with the knowledge of historical change.

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Xin Fu; Xinhao Wang; Y. Jeffrey Yang. Deriving suitability factors for CA-Markov land use simulation model based on local historical data. Journal of Environmental Management 2018, 206, 10 -19.

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Xin Fu, Xinhao Wang, Y. Jeffrey Yang. Deriving suitability factors for CA-Markov land use simulation model based on local historical data. Journal of Environmental Management. 2018; 206 ():10-19.

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Xin Fu; Xinhao Wang; Y. Jeffrey Yang. 2018. "Deriving suitability factors for CA-Markov land use simulation model based on local historical data." Journal of Environmental Management 206, no. : 10-19.

Journal article
Published: 19 August 2017 in Urban Planning International
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Xinhao Wang. Building Resilient Cities with Ecological Wisdom. Urban Planning International 2017, 32, 10 -15.

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Xinhao Wang. Building Resilient Cities with Ecological Wisdom. Urban Planning International. 2017; 32 (4):10-15.

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Xinhao Wang. 2017. "Building Resilient Cities with Ecological Wisdom." Urban Planning International 32, no. 4: 10-15.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2016 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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In an increasingly urbanizing world, mitigating the consequences of a concentrated humanity becomes all the more urgent. Urban planners and designers have developed criteria for site selection, have tempered the pace and moderated the type of development, and have guided the arrangement of human activities in order to improve the quality of human settlement. However, these efforts have not always proved adequate, and many similar urbanization problems have been persistently reoccurring. Why do the short term needs or desires of humans often trump the need for minimal ecological damage? We argue that a prevailing dualistic perspective of humans and environment as separate from each other leads to a lack of appreciation for environmental integrity. To address this problem, we turn to ecological wisdom, which calls for recognition of and respect for the complexity of the environment, for actionable solutions. In this paper, we define ecological wisdom as a means of knowing, understanding, and applying ecological information in order to guide urban planning and design professionals. Based on ecological wisdom, urban planners and designers combine willingness and ability to include knowledge from different fields – such as ecology, sociology, and economics – to engage stakeholders in setting long term, beneficial goals. To better achieve this, more scholarly research on the application of ecological wisdom in defining place appreciation is needed, thus averting urban problems by reminding people that the well-being of a place is reflected in the overall quality of life illuminated as human experience.

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Xinhao Wang; Danilo Palazzo; Mark Carper. Ecological wisdom as an emerging field of scholarly inquiry in urban planning and design. Landscape and Urban Planning 2016, 155, 100 -107.

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Xinhao Wang, Danilo Palazzo, Mark Carper. Ecological wisdom as an emerging field of scholarly inquiry in urban planning and design. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2016; 155 ():100-107.

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Xinhao Wang; Danilo Palazzo; Mark Carper. 2016. "Ecological wisdom as an emerging field of scholarly inquiry in urban planning and design." Landscape and Urban Planning 155, no. : 100-107.

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Published: 01 November 2016 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Highlights•Proposed ecological wisdom as benchmark in making and assessing planning and design.•Built ecological wisdom evaluation system.•Developed Ecological Wisdom Inspired Planning Support System assisting decision making.•Generated baseline scenario, conventional plan scenario and conservative plan scenario. AbstractThis paper sets ecological wisdom as benchmark in landscape and urban planning to develop socio-ecologically just plans. It proposes an Ecological Wisdom Inspired Planning Support System (EWIPSS) that incorporates functions of scenario development, simulation and evaluation under a wisdom-guidance framework to facilitate planners' plan-making and public's decision-making activities. Through a case study in the City of Wilmington, Ohio, USA, in which EWIPSS was implemented, we demonstrate that ecological wisdom can be an effective benchmark in planning practice.

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Xin Fu; Xinhao Wang; Chris Schock; Taylor Stuckert. Ecological wisdom as benchmark in planning and design. Landscape and Urban Planning 2016, 155, 79 -90.

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Xin Fu, Xinhao Wang, Chris Schock, Taylor Stuckert. Ecological wisdom as benchmark in planning and design. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2016; 155 ():79-90.

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Xin Fu; Xinhao Wang; Chris Schock; Taylor Stuckert. 2016. "Ecological wisdom as benchmark in planning and design." Landscape and Urban Planning 155, no. : 79-90.

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Published: 19 August 2012 in Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment
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In this study a water consumption model is built into a scenario-based planning support system (SB-WCPSS). The SB-WCPSS consists of four components—(1) a model input graphic user interface, (2) a community spatial database, (3) a set of drinking water consumption models, and (4) output display. The SB-WCPSS is implemented with a commercial planning support system software package—CommunityViz. The model is applied using data in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA to demonstrate the scenario development. In the application, water consumption consists of land use based indoor, turf, and pool water usages. Climate change is reflected in monthly temperature and precipitation. By specifying anticipated future land uses and associated water consumption rates, temperature, and precipitation, SB-WCPSS users can analyze and compare water consumptions under various scenarios, using maps, graphs, and tables. Parcel-based daily water consumptions were computed and summarized spatially by neighborhood, block group, or land use type. The results demonstrate that water conservation strategies, such as xeriscape, can reduce turf water usage. Indoor water consumption depends on the number of people who use water and how they use water. The study shows that the SB-WCPSS structure is sound and user friendly. Future improvement will be on enhancing various components, such as using parcel-based data and more robust water consumption models. The system may be used by water resource managers and decision makers to adapt water resources (e.g., watersheds and infrastructure) to climate change and demographic and economic development.

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Xinhao Wang; Amy Burgess; Jeff Yang. A scenario-based water conservation planning support system (SB-WCPSS). Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 2012, 27, 629 -641.

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Xinhao Wang, Amy Burgess, Jeff Yang. A scenario-based water conservation planning support system (SB-WCPSS). Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 2012; 27 (3):629-641.

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Xinhao Wang; Amy Burgess; Jeff Yang. 2012. "A scenario-based water conservation planning support system (SB-WCPSS)." Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 27, no. 3: 629-641.

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Published: 01 February 2011 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Diana Mitsova; William Shuster; Xinhao Wang. A cellular automata model of land cover change to integrate urban growth with open space conservation. Landscape and Urban Planning 2011, 99, 141 -153.

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Diana Mitsova, William Shuster, Xinhao Wang. A cellular automata model of land cover change to integrate urban growth with open space conservation. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2011; 99 (2):141-153.

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Diana Mitsova; William Shuster; Xinhao Wang. 2011. "A cellular automata model of land cover change to integrate urban growth with open space conservation." Landscape and Urban Planning 99, no. 2: 141-153.

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Published: 06 August 2010 in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
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A Nitrate-N Leaching Index (NLI) is calculated and the results indicate that nitrogen loss in the study area occurs through both leaching and surface runoff. A non-linear regression model of trapping efficiency was combined with a first order decay model to examine the impact of soil characteristics, slope, vegetative cover, land use and distance to streams on the spatial pattern of non-point source nitrogen inputs to streams. The model evaluates the statistical significance of each landscape factor and provides an easy interpretation of the landscape delivery ratio of nitrogen based on a pixel-based characterisation of the watershed. The model was validated by comparing the distributions of the observed and estimated monthly nitrogen concentrations. The exploratory GIS-based method presented here can improve the understanding of the impact of landscape characteristics on nitrate-nitrogen contributing areas and therefore assist watershed management efforts.Nitrate Leaching Index, non-linear regression, Weibull distribution, N decay coefficients, Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test,

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Diana Mitsova; Xinhao Wang. A GIS-based technique for linking landscape characteristics to non-point source nitrogen export potential: implications for contributing areas management. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2010, 53, 863 -882.

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Diana Mitsova, Xinhao Wang. A GIS-based technique for linking landscape characteristics to non-point source nitrogen export potential: implications for contributing areas management. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2010; 53 (7):863-882.

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Diana Mitsova; Xinhao Wang. 2010. "A GIS-based technique for linking landscape characteristics to non-point source nitrogen export potential: implications for contributing areas management." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 53, no. 7: 863-882.

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Published: 03 August 2010 in Sustainability
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A land-suitability analysis (LSA) was integrated with open-space conservation principles, based on watershed physiographic and soil characteristics, to derive a low-impact development (LID) residential plan for a three hectare site in Coshocton OH, USA. The curve number method was used to estimate total runoff depths expected from different frequency storms for: (i) the pre-development condition, (ii) a conventional design, (iii) LID design based on the LSA of same building size; and (iv) LID design based on the LSA with reduced building footprints. Post-development runoff depths for the conventional design increased by 55 percent over those for the pre-development condition. Runoff depth for the same building size LSA-LID design was only 26 percent greater than that for the pre-development condition, and 17% for the design with reduced building sizes. Results suggest that prudent use of LSA may improve prospects and functionality of low-impact development, reduce stormwater flooding volumes and, hence, lower site-development costs.

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Xinhao Wang; William Shuster; Chandrima Pal; Steven Buchberger; James Bonta; Kiran Avadhanula. Low Impact Development Design—Integrating Suitability Analysis and Site Planning for Reduction of Post-Development Stormwater Quantity. Sustainability 2010, 2, 2467 -2482.

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Xinhao Wang, William Shuster, Chandrima Pal, Steven Buchberger, James Bonta, Kiran Avadhanula. Low Impact Development Design—Integrating Suitability Analysis and Site Planning for Reduction of Post-Development Stormwater Quantity. Sustainability. 2010; 2 (8):2467-2482.

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Xinhao Wang; William Shuster; Chandrima Pal; Steven Buchberger; James Bonta; Kiran Avadhanula. 2010. "Low Impact Development Design—Integrating Suitability Analysis and Site Planning for Reduction of Post-Development Stormwater Quantity." Sustainability 2, no. 8: 2467-2482.