✉ nikang@cityu.edu.mo
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Education

2023  PhD Landscape Architecture，Edinburgh University，UK

2017  Master Environmental Assessment，Waseda University，Japan

2013  Bachelor Art Design, Wuhan University，China

Current Position

City University of Maca, Faculty of Innovation and Design, Assistant Professor

Former Positions

2020     Research assistant Edinburgh University

2018-2021 Parttime research supervisor

2015-2017 Lab Accountant Waseda University

Research Field

Urban Green/Blue Space

City Models

Landscape Preference

Forest Landscape

Public Health

【Publication】
- Kang, N., Bell, S., Ward Thompson, C., Zheng, M., Xu, Z. and Sun, Z., 2022. Use of urban residential community parks for stress management during the COVID-19 lockdown period in China. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, p.915.

- Sun, Z., Kang, N., Scott, I. and Bell, S., 2024. Understanding associations between neighbourhood-environment perceptions and walking behaviour in low-tier Chinese cities. Journal of Transport & Health, 36, p.101806.

【Conference publication】
- Kang, N., Nohtomi, M., 2017. A study on landscape function evaluation for Honjo Waseda Forest –Focusing on landscape impression evaluation by the SD method. Forest Conference of Japan 128, 34

【Conference Presentation】
2023 OPENSPACE Landscape Architecture PhD Seminar
- The implementation of city models in China: how residents use different green/blue space

2022    International Doctoral Design Symposium of Beijing Institute of Technology
The implementation of city models in China

2021    ICLEE 12th Conference
- Use of different types of urban green space during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period and the post-pandemic period

2019    ESALA 2019 Edinburgh Conference
- The implementation of city models: An inquiry into the utilization and perception of residents towards newly implemented green/blue space and the effectiveness of promotion activities

2016    Kantou Forest Conference of Japan
- Preference to forest landscape in secondary forest – Honjo Waseda forest