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Dr. Yingying Lyu

Assistant Professor

College of Business and Public Management - Geography and Planning

Bio

Dr. Lyu's research focuses on health, aging, and environmental sustainability using quantitative, qualitative, GIS, and computational modeling methods. The core research question behind her work is how to build cities and communities that can promote positive health outcomes for all people. The research of her and collaborators has been published in the Journal of Planning Literature, Journal of Transport & Health, HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, and Cities & Health.

Expertise

  • Healthy Cities
  • Aging
  • Environmental Sustainability

Education

  • Bachelor of Engineering, North China University of Technology
  • Master of Engineering, Tsinghua University
  • Master of Design Studies, Harvard University
  • Doctor of Design, Harvard University

Media

Harvard-China Project at Harvard University, 2020 https://chinaproject.harvard.edu/people/yingying-lu