Yujia Zhang
School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning
Arizona State University
Biography
Yujia Zhang is a graduate research assistant with Decision Center for a Desert City.
Journal Articles
2022
Zhang, Y., J. P. Smith, D. Tong and B. L. Turner II. 2022. Optimizing the co-benefits of food desert and urban heat mitigation through community garden planning. Landscape and Urban Planning 226(Oct):104488. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104488. (link )
2021
Gaur, A., M. Lacasse, M. Armstrong, H. Lu, C. Shu, A. Fields, F. Salamanca Palou and Y. Zhang. 2021. Effects of using different urban parametrization schemes and land-cover datasets on the accuracy of WRF model over the City of Ottawa. Urban Climate 35(Jan):Art 100737. DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100737. (link )
2019
Zhang, Y., A. Middel and B. L. Turner II. 2019. Evaluating the effect of 3D urban form on neighborhood land surface temperature using Google Street View and geographically weighted regression. Landscape Ecology 34(3):681–697. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-019-00794-y. (link )
2017
Zhang, Y., A. T. Murray and B. L. Turner II. 2017. Optimizing green space locations to reduce daytime and nighttime urban heat island effects in Phoenix, Arizona. Landscape and Urban Planning 165:162-171. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.04.009. (link )
2014
Li, X., S. W. Myint, Y. Zhang, C. S. Galletti and B. L. Turner II. 2014. Object-based land-cover classification for metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, using aerial photography. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 33:321-330. DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.04.018 . (link )
Posters
2019
Zhang, Y., A. Middel and B. L. Turner II. 2019. Evaluating the effect of 3D urban form on neighborhood land surface temperature using Google Street View. Poster presented at the 21st Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeing and Poster Symposium, Januay 11, 2019, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
2018
Zhang, Y., A. Middel and B. L. Turner II. 2018. Evaluating the effects of vertical urban forms on land surface temperature using Google Street View images.. Poster presented at the 20th Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposum, January 5, 2018, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
2016
Zhang, Y., X. Li and B. L. Turner II. 2016. Long Term Land-Cover Mapping in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Poster presented at the AAAS 2016 Annual Meeting, February 14, 2016, Washington, D. C.. (link )
2015
Smith-Heisters, S., Y. Zhang, A. Bhat, J. Cázares-Rodriguez, D. S. Chipman, M. du Bray, E. B. Kennedy, B. Manole and Y. Wong K. 2015. #Living on Tatooine: Experience of climate related extreme events and response through social media in Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented at the Decision Center for a Desert City Annual Poster, April 27, 2015, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Zhang, Y. and B. L. Turner. 2015. Discovering land-cover typology of residential parcels in metropolitan Phoenix. Poster presented at the AAAS 2015 Annual Meeting, February 12-16, 2015, San Jose, CA.
Zhang, Y. and B. L. Turner. 2015. Discovering land-cover typology of residential parcels in metropolitan Phoenix. Poster presented at the Decision Center for a Desert City Annual Poster Symposium, April 27, 2015, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2014
Zhang, Y. 2014. Land cover typology of single family residential parcels in Phoenix. Poster presented at the AAAS 2014 Annual Meeting, Meeting Global Challenges: Discovery and Innovation, February 13-17, 2014, Chicago, IL.
Zhang, Y. 2014. Land cover typology of single family residential parcels in Phoenix: Ongoing research. Poster presented at the Decision Center for a Desert City Annual Poster Symposium, April 28, 2014, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2013
Li, X. and Y. Zhang. 2013. Object-oriented land-cover classification using aerial photography in semi-arid area. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
Presentations
2014
Zhang, Y. and A. T. Murray. 2014. Mitigating urban heat island effects through strategic green space siting. Presentation at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 9-12, 2014, San Francisco, CA.