Wen Zhang

Being born and raised in Beijing exposed me to a dense urban living environment and a fast pace of change in city life. The way my city had grew and developed certainly fascinated me, and lured into wondering how it was done, which eventually led me into an architecture program.

However, while approaching the end of my undergraduate study, I realized I need to pursuit a professional career in a field with broader socio-economic considerations, rather than design and construction, to answer my questions. Fortunately, a visiting student program gave me the chance to join school of planning in UC and then stayed for the MCP.

Now here I am, working on my dissertation with prof. vom Hofe, prof. Wang and prof. Auffrey, which focuses on economic resilience in China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. I hope to contribute in finding a applicable method to measure and promote economic resilience, mitigate impact from economic fluctuations, maintain people's living standards, and avoid unnecessary loss.

Master's: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, USA, 2017 (Community Planning)

Bachelor's: Beijing University of Technology Beijing, China, 2015 (Architecture)

• Spatial Economic Resilience
• Economic Development

08-2019 - Instructor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

08-2017 -04-2019 Graduate Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Peer Reviewed Publications

Rainer vom Hofe; Wen Zhang (2018. ) Review: Urban Social Listening: Potential and Pitfalls for Using Microblogging Data in Studying Cities By Hollander, Justin B., Erin Graves, Henry Renski, Cara Foster-Karim, Andrew Wiley, and Dibyendu Das.Journal of Planning Education and Research, , More Information

Wen Zhang, Seunghoon Oh, Rainer vom Hofe (2018. ) Transforming Abandoned Rail Corridors into Multi-purpose Trails: Applying a Spatial Hedonic Approach to Estimating the Economic Benefits of the Little Miami Scenic Trail in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.Urban Rail Transit, , 4 (4 ) ,274 More Information

Conrad Kickert, Rainer vom Hofe, Tigran Haas, Wen Zhang, Binita Mahato (2020. ) Spatial dynamics of long-term urban retail decline in three transatlantic cities.Cities, , 107 ,1-14 More Information

Paper Presentations

Wen Zhang (12-26-2018. ) Transforming Abandoned Rail Corridors into Multi-purpose Trails: Applying a Spatial Hedonic Approach to Estimating the Economic Benefits of the Little Miami Scenic Trail in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA .Beijing University of Technology. Other Institution. Level:University

Symposium

Wen Zhang (11-20-2021. ) Urban & Economic Resilience .Beijing University of Technology (Online). Other Institution. Level:State

2015 Top Ten Graduates of Beijing University of Technology Beijing University of Technology Status:Recipient Level:University

2015 Excellent Graduate of Beijing Beijing Municipal Commission of Education Status:Recipient Level:State

-PLAN-1055 COMP GRAPH PLAN Level:Undergraduate

Statistics for Urban Settings Level:Undergraduate

Academic - 6210 DAAP, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45220
Phone: 5136808985
ZHANG2W4@MAIL.UC.EDU