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Liming Wang

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning

Portland State University

Biography

Dr. Wang’s research takes a data-driven approach to address challenging issues in planning, in particular those intersecting land use and transportation. Relying on data analysis, simulation and visualization techniques, his research aims to inform policy makers and the public of the effects of infrastructure and policy choices on community outcomes such as accessibility, environment, and equity.

Interests

  • Land Use Transportation Interaction Models
  • Urban Modeling and Simulation
  • Data Science

Education

  • PhD, Urban Design and Planning, 2009

    University of Washington, Seattle

  • MS, Landscape Ecology, 2002

    Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China

  • BSc, Geography, 1999

    Peking University, Beijing, China

Recent Publications

De-Transformation Bias in Non-linear Trip Generation Models

In recent years, there have been substantial efforts from researchers and practioners to improve the trip generatioin model in order to …

Housing location choices of the poor: does access to jobs matter?

This research investigates whether access to jobs affects poor households’ residential location choices using data from individual …

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Statistical Models vs Machine Learning: A Reflection with Two Case Studies

Previous applications in the urban planning field heavily lean toward the artificial intelligence approach for developing decision …

Teaching

Recent Posts

Creating Tables for Microsoft Word output with R Markdown

R Markdown I have switched to solely use R Markdown for the communication step of my tidy work flow and found it pleasant and actually …

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