W0song03@louisville.edu

http://louisville.edu/a-s/geog/song/index.html

Education:

• MS, Peking University, Beijing China
• MA, George Washington University
• Ph.D., Ohio State University

Research Interests:

• Transportation geography
• Quantitative methods and applications of GIS
• Urban and regional studies
• China

Book Chapters and Journal Articles:

• “Intercity Air Passenger Transportation and Urban Hierarchy in China, 1995-
  2003.” Geographical Research. with Xiu, C. (in Chinese, submitted)
• “The Role and Development Impact of Air Transportation and Civil Airports on
  Urban and Regional Economy.” Scientia Geographica Sinica. with Yang, K. (in
  Chinese) (Accepted)
• “Hub-and-Spoke System in Air Transportation and Its Implications to Regional
  Economic Development: A Case Study of the United States.” Chinese
  Geographical Science. Vol. 16, No.3, 211-216. (2006). With Ma, Y.
• “Nodal Attractions in China’s Intercity Air Passenger Transportation. Papers of the
  Applied Geography Conferences, Volume 29, 443-452. (2006).
• “An Investigation of Growth Pole Theory and Its Applications in Regional
  Development,” in K. Yang (ed.) Study on China’s Regional Development,
  Beijing: Hai Yang Publishing House, 35-69. (1990). (in Chinese)
• “Urban-Rural Linkage and the Change in Urban Waste Economy in China after
  1949.” Youth Geographer, Vol.5, No.4, 251-255. (1989). (in Chinese)
• “Dependent Economy and the Urban Problems in Developing Countries,” Urban
  Problems, No.2, 7-11. (1989). With Liu, Y. (in Chinese)
• “Trends of the Mean Center Transferring in Urban Distribution of China,” Urban
  Problems, No. 2, 13-17, 63. (1988). (in Chinese)

Current Research:

• Development of China’s civil aviation industry and the evolution of domestic air
  transportation network and urban systems
• Urban segregation and Inequality: A Study of Migrant Population in Beijing from
  a Spatial Perspective