Research Interests
Measuring and visualizing different dimensions of urban life, ranging from interactions between metropolitan areas to land use choices within cities.
Research Projects
Current
Past
In the past two years, I have been actively devising innovative visualizations of cities, and four of my visualizations have been published in the featured graphics section of a leading urban studies journal:
- Long Y, Liu X*. Forthcoming. Featured Graphics: How mixed is Beijing, China? A visual exploration of mixed land use. Environment and Planning A.
- Liu X, Derudder B, Csomós G, Taylor P. 2013. Featured Graphics: Mapping shifting hierarchical and regional tendencies in an urban network through alluvial diagrams. Environment and Planning A 45, 1005-1007.
- Liu X, Neal Z, Derudder B. 2012. Featured Graphics: City networks in the United States: A comparison of four models. Environment and Planning A 44, 255-256.
- Liu X, Derudder B, Liu Y. 2011. Featured Graphics: GDP, livability, population, and income inequality of world cities. Environment and Planning A 43, 2255-2256.