Yao, Liang

Member Profile

Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (Ecoss)
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 5620
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Room 109, Science Lab Facility Building (#17)
Phone: 5655362268
Email: Liang.Yao@nau.edu

Education
Ph. D. (2008/09-2014/07) ------ Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
B. S. c. (2004/09-2008/07) ------ School of Mathematical Sciences, Beijing Normal University.

Work Experience
2014/07-present ------ Lecturer, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University.

Research Interest
Urban ecology
Green infrastructure
Environmental footprint

Funded Research Projects
2016-2018, National Natural Science Foundation of China (41501603). Research on comprehensive ecological evaluation and structure optimization of urban green infrastructure in China's five climatic zones.

Peer-reviewed Publications (* corresponding author)
1) Liang Yao, Jingru Liu*, Rusong Wang, Ke Yin, Baolong Han. Effective Green Equivalent - A measure of public green spaces for cities. Ecological Indicators, 2014, 47: 123-127.

2) Liang Yao, Jingru Liu*, Rusong Wang, Ke Yin, Baolong Han. A qualitative network model for understanding regional metabolism in the context of Social-Economic-Natural Complex Ecosystems theory. Ecological Informatics, 2015, 26: 29-34.

3) Liang Yao, Jingru Liu*, Tao Zhou, Rusong Wang. An analysis of the driving forces behind pollutant emission reduction in Chinese industry, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016, 112: 1395-1400.