Dr. Rui Wang joins UCLA as Assistant Professor of Urban Planning
posted: Dec 06, 2008

The Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies welcomes Dr. Rui Wang, recently hired as Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA.

Professor Wang received his Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University, where his dissertation won the prestigious annual Taubman Urban Prize from the Harvard Kennedy School. In particular, Professor Wang's work focuses on transportation, environmental quality, and the growth of Chinese cities; and is particularly relevant in light of China's increasing economic and urban growth, which presents environmental and transportation challenges of global importance. Professor Wang also has studied the role of infrastructure investment in development and the impact of economic growth on the environment. Recently, he started two new research projects. One is on the voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction behavior of U.S. cities, with a more detailed analysis on cities in California. The other is a joint project with Professor Matt Kahn and another scholar in China on the "greenness" of Chinese cities.

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