Dr. Binyi Liu is a Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology. He completed his PhD studies in landscape architecture at Tongji University in 1989. He recently led a project for the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published more than 300 papers in various journals. His teaching disciplines include principles of landscape planning, and his interests include human settlements, landscape perception, microclimate, and urban planning.