Urban Greening for Sustainable and Liveable Cities (Professor Wendy Chen)
- Mar 25
- 1 min read
Updated: May 14
Source: Faculty of Social Science, HKU
Learn how our professor from the Department of Geography is reshaping China’s urban greening by developing quality indicators that prioritise biodiversity and native species, guiding Guangzhou and over 200 cities to improve liveability for more than one billion residents and informing UN recommendations for sustainable cities worldwide.
Context
Across China, rapid urbanisation has stressed urban green spaces. National Forest City programmes need rigorous quality indicators for ecologically sound and equitable urban greening.
Research
Prof. Wendy Y. Chen develops biodiversity- and native-species-prioritising quality indicators for urban greening, anchored by a stream of leading-journal papers in Landscape and Urban Planning and Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.
Reach into Policy & Practice
Member, Urban Forestry Advisory Panel, Development Bureau, HKSAR.
Deputy Chair, National Long-Term Monitoring Station of Urban Forest in the GBA.
Indicators have guided urban-greening practice in Guangzhou and over 200 other Chinese cities, reaching more than one billion residents.
Significance
Prof. Chen’s work exemplifies the translation of geographical research into policy and practice at every scale — from a single forest farm to UN sustainable-cities guidance.
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