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Education

2023 PhD in Landscape Architecture, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2017 Master of Social Sciences in Environmental Assessment, Waseda University, Japan

2013 Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Art Design, Wuhan University, China

Current Position

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

Urban Green / Blue Spaces

City Models

Landscape Preference

Forest Landscapes

Public Health

Urban Sensing and Spatial Big Data Analytics

Digital Interactive Exhibition and Immersive Technologies

AI-Driven Environmental Design

Authored Books / Monographs

Wang, P., & Kang, N. (2026). The City as a Canvas: Artistic Narratives of Urban Space and Cultural Identity in Macau. Springer Nature.

Journal Articles

Kang, N., Bell, S., Ward Thompson, C., Zheng, M., Xu, Z., & Sun, Z. (2022). Use of urban residential community parks for stress management during the COVID-19 lockdown period in China. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 915.
Sun, Z., Kang, N., Scott, I., & Bell, S. (2024). Understanding associations between neighbourhood-environment perceptions and walking behaviour in low-tier Chinese cities. Journal of Transport & Health, 36, 101806.
Kang, W., Kang, N., & Wang, P. (2025). Predicting perceived restorativeness of urban streetscapes using semantic segmentation and machine learning: A case study of Liwan District, Guangzhou. Buildings, 15(20), 3671. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15203671

Conference Papers

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.

Invited Talks & Conference Presentations

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 utilisation and perception of residents towards newly implemented green/blue space and the effectiveness of promotion activities
2017 The Japanese Forest Society Conference: Forest landscape and recreation activity in secondary forest – Honjo Waseda forest
2016 The Kanto Branch of the Japanese Forest Society Conference: Preference to forest landscape in secondary forest – Honjo Waseda forest