ZHANG Ze

Assistant Professor

Department of Urban Planning

College of Architecture and Urban Planning Tongji University

Email：zhangze@tongji.edu.cn

Education:

2017.09-2020.09 Tongji University, Doctor of Engineering in Urban and Rural Planning;

2013.09-2016.06 Tongji University, Master of Engineering in Urban and Rural Planning;

2008.09-2013.07 Tongji University, Bachelor of Engineering in Urban Planning;

Professional Experience:

November 2023 to present, Assistant Professor at the Department of Urban Planning, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University.

January 2023 - June 2023, Visiting Scholar at the International Development and Governance Research Center, Zhejiang University (Zhejiang).

September 2022 to present, Module Leader at the School of Design, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (part-time).

June 2021 - October 2023, Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Rural Planning, Soochow University/Young Researcher at the China Institute for Urbanization Studies.

July 2016 – August 2017, Planner at Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute.

Academic publications:

Papers:

Zhang Z, Tang Z. Exploring the imprint of the institutional context on the urban network in China: Comparative analyses between corporate‐based networks with different ownership structures[J]. Global Networks, 2024: e12478.

Guo Y, Zhang Z. Reducing carbon emissions through green renewal: insights from residential energy consumption in Chinese urban inventory districts from an evidence-based decision-making perspective[J]. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2024, 11(1): 1-13.

Zhang Ze, Tang Z. Evolution characteristics of the main urban correlation network in China from 2014 to 2021: Also commenting on new progress in urban network research[J]. Urban Planning Forum, 2023(2):33-39. (in Chinese)

Zhang Z. Mapping US-China technological “decoupling”： Beyond US-China relations[J]. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 2023, 50(7): 2002-2005. 

Zhang Ze, Tang Z. Coordination of design control and planning control aimed at different administrative management institutions[J]. Urban Development Studies, 2023,30(2):95-102. (in Chinese)

Guo Y, Zhang Z, Burçin B, et al. Novel issues for urban energy-saving management: Renewal of leftover space[J]. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2023, 55: 102934.

Zhang Z, Guo Y, Feng L. Externalities of dockless bicycle-sharing systems: Implications for green recovery of the transportation sector[J]. Economic Analysis and Policy, 2022, 76: 410-419.

Zhang Ze, Tang Z. Examination and Interpretation of the Quantitative Validity in China’s Corporate-based Urban Network Analysis[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2021, 31: 41-53.

Cai Tong, Zhang Ze, Qian Fang.Inter-Firm Linkages: Distribution Network of Patent Consulting Businesses in Cities of the Yangtze River Delta[J].China City Planning Review,2021,30(2):24-32.

Zhang Ze, Cai T. Delta-shaped openness: Visualizing the foreign capital in mainland China[J]. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2020,52(1):3-5.

Zhang Ze, Tang Z. Characteristics and trends of urban and rural planning practices in China from 2008 to 2017[J]. Urban Planning Forum, 2020(3):24-31. (in Chinese)

Tang Z, Zhang Ze, Fu Lei, et al. The transmission mechanism and control method of overall urban design - Practice exploration in Xiaguang area of Dali City[J]. Urban Planning Forum, 2020(05):18-24. (in Chinese)

Zhang Z, Qian C, Bian Y. Bicycle–metro integration for the ‘last mile’： Visualizing cycling in Shanghai[J]. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2019,51(7):1420-1423. 

Zhang Ze, Liu Mengbin, Tang Z. Industry characteristics of the intercity association network between Shanghai and other domestic cities from the perspective of securities capital flow[J]. Shanghai Urban Planning, 2019(2):77-83. (in Chinese)

Zhang Ze, Fu Lei, Jiang Qiuquan, et al. The dual benchmark model for height and intensity control in overall urban design[J]. Journal of Tongji University (Natural Science), 2019,47(8):1083-1089. (in Chinese)

Jia Yiru, Zhang Ze, Miao Siyu, et al. Analysis of affordable housing policies in global cities and implications for Shanghai[J]. International Urban Planning, 2019,34(2):70-77. (in Chinese)

Tang Z, Li Haixiong, Zhang Ze. Identification and analysis of urban correlation networks in the Yangtze River Economic Belt: Based on the relative correlation degree analysis method[J]. Urban Planning Forum, 2019(1):12-19. (in Chinese)

Ma Xing, Li Zhifeng, Zhang Ze, et al. Study on the spatial characteristic evolution and impact mechanism of Hong Kong and Taiwanese enterprises in the Pearl River Delta from the perspective of OLI theory[J]. Southern Architecture, 2018(4):117-122. (in Chinese)

Zhang Ze, Tang Z. Features of the city correlation network from the perspective of securities capital flow: Taking Shanghai as an example[J]. Journal of Tongji University (Social Sciences Edition), 2018,29(3):54-61. (in Chinese)

Zhang Ze, Li Zhifeng, Xiao Yang. Micro-distribution spatial characteristics of innovation activities in Shanghai: Research based on patent application data[J]. Modern Urban Research, 2018(5):80-85. (in Chinese)

Xiao Yang, Du Kun, Zhang Ze. Analysis of the Hong Kong 2030 urban development strategy from a global city perspective[J]. Urban Planning International, 2015,30(04):29-33. (in Chinese)

Books:

Tang Z, Zhang Ze. Research on China's Urban Network: New Perspectives and Methods, China Architecture & Building Press, 293,000 words (included in the National Thirteenth Five-Year Plan Key Book Publishing Project);

Book Chapters:

Cheng Peng, Meng Meixia, Zhang Ze. Coordinated optimization of the spatial structure of the New York metropolitan area[M]//Zhou Zhenhua, Hong Mingrong, .Global City Case Study 2020: Construction and Development Trends of Global Strategic Space. Shanghai: Gezhi Publishing House, 2021.

Conference Papers:

Zhang Z, Jiang Y, Zhang P, et al. Remotely muti-collaboration for the online teaching of architectural design: A pilot study based on a distributed version control solution[C]//2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). IEEE, 2023: 1-5.

Jiang Yuneng, Zhu Qianyi, Zhang Ze*. Online teaching for architectural majors facing multi-party remote collaboration—Based on a distributed version control solution[C]//National Higher Education Architecture Teaching Steering Committee, Architecture Teaching Guidance Subcommittee, Architecture Digital Technology Teaching Working Committee. Empowering with Digital Intelligence: Academic Symposium on Architecture Digital Technology Teaching and Research 2022. Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press, 2022:5.

Conference Reports:

Zhang Ze. Metropolitan collaborative governance under centralized authority—The institutional evolution process of Greater Manchester. Yangtze River Delta Metropolitan Area Public Governance Integrated Development In-depth Forum. Shanghai, China, 2023.

GRANTS

National Natural Science Foundation of China Young Scientists Fund Project, Study on the Evolution Mechanism and Planning Strategy of Urban Networks from the Perspective of Capital Flow, PI.

National Social Science Fund Major Project, Research on the Development Strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt from the Perspective of Urban Correlation Networks,.

Ministry of Education High-Density Cities Key Laboratory Open Project, Research on Economic Correlations near Shanghai Based on Local Production Network Theory—Taking Suzhou City as an Example, PI.

China Institute for Urbanization Studies Subproject, Research on Institutional Innovation of New Urbanization Based on the Integrated Development of the Yangtze River Delta, PI.

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Urban and Environmental School-Level Research Center Project, Research on the Impact Mechanism and Planning Strategy of Spatial Form on Town Energy Consumption—Taking Residential Built Environment as an Example, PI.

Suzhou Social Science Fund Project (Applied Countermeasures), Research on Planning, Construction, and Renovation Path of Green Low-Carbon Community in Suzhou, PI.