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Geography and City and Regional Planning

Chih-Hao Wang

Professor

Geography and City and Regional Planning | 559.278.6041 | Office: S154

cwang@csufresno.edu

Education

  • The Ohio State University - PhD in City and Regional Planning, 2013
  • The Ohio State University - MCRP in City and Regional Planning, 2010
  • National Taipei University - MA in Land Economics and Administration, 2002
  • National Taipei University - BA in Land Economics and Administration, 2000

Courses Taught

Associate/Assistant Professor, Geography and City & Regional Planning, California State University, Fresno
  • CRP 110 Planning Process and Theory
  • CRP 125 Environmental Planning
  • CRP 140 Economics for Planners
  • GEOG 4 World Geography
  • GEOG 142 GIS 2: Data Creation
  • GEOG 143 GIS 3: Spatial Analysis
Chih-Hao Wang is an associate professor of the Department of Geography and City & Regional Planning at California State University, Fresno, where he has taught since 2014. He received his Ph.D. (2013) and Master (2010) degrees in City and Regional Planning from The Ohio State University. Dr. Wang’s research focuses on environmental planning from the perspective of natural hazard mitigation. Another of his research interest is to apply spatial statistics to analyze spatial or social interactions in the earthquake process, water management, transportation planning, and community development. His research has been published in journals in areas of environmental planning, transportation, and geography.
  • Natural Hazard Mitigation
  • Land-Use and Transportation Modeling
  • GIS and Spatial Statistics
  • Optimization
Refereed Journal Papers

Chen, N. and Wang, C-H. (2025). The Complexity of Integrating Land-Use and Transportation Policies to Promote Sustainable Compact Development. Journal of Urban Affairs; https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2025.2452551.

Wang, C-H., Chen, N., and Olwert, C. (2023). A GIS-Based Network Analysis to Investigating the Vulnerability of Accessibility to Emergency and Lifesaving Facilitates under the Threats of Natural Hazards. Natural Hazards; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-06272-8.

Wang, C-H. and Chen, N. (2022). Are People Equally Exposed to Seismic and Climate-Change-Induced Hazards? Evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area. Environment and Planning B; https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221100552.

Dong, H., Li, M., Peres, M. A., and Wang, C-H. (2022). Plan for Healthy Neighbourhoods to Improve Mental Wellbeing: A Pilot Study in Fresno, California. Computational Urban Science 2 (26); https://doi.org/10.1007/s43762-022-00057-8.

Wang, C-H., Chen, N., and Tian, G. (2021). Do Accessibility and Clustering Affect Your Active Travel Behavior in Salt Lake City? Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 90: 102655.

Wang, C-H. and Chen, N. (2021). A Multi-Objective Optimization Approach to Balancing Economic Efficiency and Equity in Accessibility to Multi-Use Paths. Transportation 48: 1967-1986.

Chen, N. and Wang, C-H. (2020). Does Green Transportation Promote Accessibility for Equity in Medium-Size U.S. Cites? Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 84: 102365.

Wang, C-H. and Chen, N. (2020). A Geographically-Weighted Regression Approach to Investigating Local Built-Environment Effects on Home Prices in the Housing Downturn, Recovery, and Subsequent Increases. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 35: 1283-1302.

Olwert, C., Wang, C-H., Arellano, V., and Oulrey, D. (2020). Retailer Behavior Near Fixed Transit Lines in Los Angeles: A Spatial Autoregressive Probit Model to Evaluate Retail Clustering. Journal of Planning Education and Research; https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X20908945.

Wang, C-H. (2020). Does Compact Development Promote a Seismic-Resistant City? Application of Seismic-Damage Statistical Models to Taichung, Taiwan. Environment and Planning B 47 (1): 84-101.

Chen, N., Lindsey, G., and Wang, C-H. (2019). Patterns and Correlates of Urban Trail Use: Evidence from the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 67: 303-315.

Wang, C-H. (2019). A Land-Use and Capital-Investment Allocation Optimization Model to Develop a Fair Community Opportunity Framework for Columbus, Ohio. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 74: 151-160.

Chen, N, Wang, C-H., and Akar, G. (2017). Geographically Weighted Regression Approach to Investigate Spatial Variations in Activity Space. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2671: 40-50.

Wang, C-H. and Chen, N. (2017). A Geographically Weighted Regression Approach to Investigating the Spatially Varied Built-Environment Effects on Community Opportunity. Journal of Transport Geography 62: 136-147.

Wang, C-H. and Dong, H. (2017). Responding to the Drought: A Spatial Statistical Approach to Investigating Residential Water Consumption in Fresno, California. Sustainability 9 (2): 240.

Wang, C-H., Chen, N. and Chan, S-L. (2017). A Gravity Model Integrating High-Speed Rail and Seismic-Hazard Mitigation through Land-Use Planning: Application to California Development. Habitat International 62: 51-61.

Wang, C-H. and Guldmann, J-M. (2016). A Spatial Panel Approach to the Statistical Assessment of Seismic Impacts and Building Damages: Case Study of Taichung, Taiwan. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 57: 178-188.

Wang, C-H. and Chen, N. (2015). A GIS-Based Spatial Statistical Approach to Modeling Job Accessibility by Transportation Mode: Case Study of Columbus, Ohio. Journal of Transport Geography 45: 1-11.

Wang, C-H., Akar, G. and Guldmann, J-M. (2015). Do Your Neighbors Affect Your Bicycling Choice? A Spatial Probit Model for Bicycling to The Ohio State University. Journal of Transport Geography 42: 122-130.

Wang, C-H. and Guldmann, J-M. (2015). A Land-Use Allocation Optimization Model to Mitigate Potential Seismic Damages. Environment and Planning B 42 (4): 730-753.

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