Kanhua Yu, Ph.D., Professor, is a faculty member in the Department of Urban and Rural Planning at the School of Architecture, Chang'an University. He serves as the lead researcher for the Northwest Smart Ecological Urban-Rural Spatial Construction Technology Team. His primary research focuses on suitable planning pathways for urban–rural ecosystems and sustainable development in Northwest China, technological innovations in green and livable village planning, and urban–rural planning responses from a road ecology perspective.