Yingling Fan

Areas of Expertise

Land Use/Growth Management, Transportation Planning and Policy, Time Geography, Urban Health

Biography

Yingling Fan is an assistant professor in the policy and regional planning area, works interdisciplinarily in the fields of land use,
transportation, social equity, and public health. Her overarching
research goal is to investigate the impacts of spatial planning (e.g.,
land use, growth management, and transportation planning) on human activities and movements as well as to understand the health and social aspects of such impacts. To this end, her research combines ecological and behavioral analyses, most quantitatively, as a means of addressing urban sustainability challenges. Fan has published her work in various urban planning and transportation research journals. One of her co-authored papers received the 2008 Transportation Research Board Pedestrian Committee Best Paper Award.

She holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor’s degree in Transportation Engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China.

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Courses Taught

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No Fall 2009 courses.