Research outputs
2025
From entrepreneurial to managerial statecraft: New trends of urban governance transformation in post-pandemic China
Wu, F., Deng, H., Feng, Y., Wang, W., Wang, Y., & Zhang, F. (2025). From entrepreneurial to managerial statecraft: New trends of urban governance transformation in post-pandemic China. URBAN STUDIES, 62(15), 3092-3109. doi:10.1177/00420980251333304
State-led smart city with Chinese characteristics: the case of Xiong’an New Area, China
Wang, W., Wu, F., Zhang, F., & Yang, T. (2024). State-led smart city with Chinese characteristics: the case of Xiong’an New Area, China. International Journal of Urban Sciences, 1-21. doi:10.1080/12265934.2024.2407785
2024
Statecraft at the frontier of capitalism: A grounded view from China
Wu, F., Deng, H., Feng, Y., Wang, W., Wang, Y., & Zhang, F. (2024). Statecraft at the frontier of capitalism: A grounded view from China. PROGRESS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 48(6), 779-804. doi:10.1177/03091325241268953
Assembling state power through rescaling: Inter-jurisdictional development in the Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Tech Town
Wang, W., Wu, F., & Zhang, F. (2024). Assembling state power through rescaling: Inter-jurisdictional development in the Beijing-Tianjin Zhongguancun Tech Town. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY, 112. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2024.103131
Metropolitanization through making 'new metropolitan plans' in China
Wang, W., Wu, F., & Zhang, F. (2024). Metropolitanization through making 'new metropolitan plans' in China. HABITAT INTERNATIONAL, 143. doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102987
2023
Bringing Social Science Into Critical Zone Science: Exploring Smallholder Farmers' Learning Preferences in Chinese Human-Modified Critical Zones
Naylor, L. A., Zheng, Y., Munro, N., Stanton, A., Wang, W., Chng, N. R., . . . Waldron, S. (2023). Bringing Social Science Into Critical Zone Science: Exploring Smallholder Farmers' Learning Preferences in Chinese Human-Modified Critical Zones. EARTHS FUTURE, 11(9). doi:10.1029/2022EF003472
City-regional governance under state entrepreneurialism in China
Zhang, F., Wu, F., & Wang, W. (2023). City-regional governance under state entrepreneurialism in China. Transactions in Planning and Urban Research, 2(1), 3-15. doi:10.1177/27541223231164786
Environmental city-regionalism in China: War against air pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region
Wang, W., Wu, F., & Zhang, F. (2023). Environmental city-regionalism in China: War against air pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region. Transactions in Planning and Urban Research, 2(1), 132-148. doi:10.1177/27541223221144595
2020
The (Re)Making of Polycentricity in China's Planning Discourse: The Case of Tianjin
Wang, W., Wang, Y. P., & Kintrea, K. (2020). The (Re)Making of Polycentricity in China's Planning Discourse: The Case of Tianjin. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, 44(5), 857-875. doi:10.1111/1468-2427.12876