Wei Song, Ph.D.

About

Research Interests
Urban Economic Geography
Transportation and Accessibility
Crime Mapping and Analysis
Spatial Analysis and Modeling
GIS & Urban Dynamics in China

Teaching
GEOG 200 Power of Place
GEOG 308 Geography of China
GEOG 327 Economic Geography
GEOG 356 Introduction to Spatial Statistics
GEOG 530 Transportation Geography
GEOG 536 Sustainable Transportation
GEOG 656 Advanced Spatial Statistics

Projects
Urbanization and Spatial Dynamics in China
Safety in the Development of Large Cities in China – An Applied Geography Study
China’s Urban and Regional Structure from the Perspective of Space of Flows

Grad Students Mentored
Craig Barham
Daqian Liu
Pingjun Sun
Zhimin Liu
Shuju Hu

Education

Ph.D., The Ohio State University

M.S., Peking University

B.S., Peking University

Recent Publications

Liu, Z., W. Song, D. Liu, and J. Lu. 2018. Exploring Brand Preference and Its Spatial Patterns in the Chinese Automobile Market. Journal of Spatial Science 63(2): 399-417.
Wei, Y., W. Song, C. Xiu, and Z. Zhao. 2018. The Rich-Club Phenomenon of China’s Population Flow Network During the Country’s Spring Festival. Applied Geography 96: 77-85.
Liu, D., W. Song, J. Lu, C. Xie, and X. Wen. 2018. A New Geographical Cluster View on Passenger Vehicle Purchasing in Chinese Cities. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 7(1), 9; doi:10.3390/ijgi7010009.
Yu, S., B. Yu, W. Song, B. Wu, J. Zhou, Y. Huang, J. Wu, F. Zhao, and W. Mao. 2016. View-Based Greenery: A Three-Dimensional Assessment of City Buildings’ Green Visibility Using Floor Green View Index. Landscape and Urban Planning 152: 13-26.
Toms, K. and W. Song. 2016. Spatial Analysis of the Relationship between Levels of Service Provided by Public Transit and Areas of High Demand in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Papers in Applied Geography 2(2): 147-159.
Liu, D., W. Song, and C. Xiu. 2016. Spatial Patterns of Violent Crimes and Neighborhood Characteristics in Changchun, China. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 49(1): 53-72.
Dock, J.P., W. Song, and J. Lu. 2015. Evaluation of Dine-in Restaurant Location and Competitiveness: Applications of Gravity Modeling in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Applied Geography 60: 204-209.
Pope, M., and W. Song. 2015. Spatial Relationship and Colocation of Crimes in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Papers in Applied Geography 1(3): 243-250.
Yu, B., S. Shu, H. Liu, W. Song, J. Wu, L. Wang, and Z. Chen. 2014. Object-Based Spatial Cluster Analysis of Urban Landscape Pattern Using Nighttime Light Satellite Images: A Case Study of China. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 28(11): 2328-2355.
Wei, Y., H. Liu, W. Song, B. Yu, and C. Xiu. 2014. Normalization of Time Series DMSP-OLS Nighttime Light Images for Urban Growth Analysis with Pseudo Invariant Features. Landscape and Urban Planning 128: 1-13.
Zhang, H., and W. Song. 2014. Addressing Issues of Spatial Spillover and Non-Stationarity in Analysis of Residential Burglary Crime. GeoJournal 79(1): 89-102.
Song, W., and D. Liu. 2013. Exploring Spatial Patterns of Property Crimes in Changchun, China. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 4(3): 80-100.
Song, W., and K. Keeling. 2010. Analysis of Location Patterns of Section 8 Housing in Jefferson County, Kentucky. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 1(2): 1-18.
Boquet, Y., and W. Song. 2006. L'aviation civile en Chine: mutations et disparités régionales. La Géographie, n° 1523: 45-69.
Song, W. 2006. Analysis of Aggregate Passenger Routes in Air Travel – An Atlanta-Based Study. Southeastern Geographers 46(1): 139-160.

Professor and Department Chair of Geography and Geosciences

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