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Jiayang Li
Resource Policy and Behavior (RPB)
Entering Year
2018
Jiayang is a Ph.D. candidate at the School for Environment and Sustainability, working in the Landscape Ecology, Perception, and Design Lab with Prof. Joan Nassauer. She was trained in landscape architecture and worked in landscape planning and design firms in Ann Arbor and Shanghai before starting her doctoral work at SEAS. Her current research focuses on nature-based solutions that integrate innovative technology to promote sustainability and resilience of urban landscapes, examining an exemplary setting of “smart” green stormwater infrastructure. Drawing on both design thinking and social science methods, Jiayang is investigating how such innovation may affect, and be affected by, landscape experiences and perceptions, and how these experiences further connect to human well-being and the delivery of ecosystem services.
Education
MLA, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan 2018
BE in Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University 2015
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Research
Li, J., & Nassauer, J. I. (2020). Cues to care: A systematic analytical review. Landscape and Urban Planning, 201, 103821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103821
Li, J., & Nassauer, J.I. “Everyday landscape experiences as cultural ecosystem services that promote urban sustainability”. EDRA 52: Just Environments Transdisciplinary Border Crossings. The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Annual Conference. Virtual, May 19-23, 2021.
Li, J. “Beyond a feast for the eyes: recognizing everyday experiences as cultural ecosystem service for developing novel nature-based solutions in cities”. 100 + 1 | RESILIENCE, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Annual Conference. Virtual, March 17-19, 2021.
Nassauer, J. I., Webster, N. J., Sampson, N., & Li, J. (2021). Care and safety in neighborhood preferences for vacant lot greenspace in legacy cities. Landscape and Urban Planning, 214, 104156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104156