WANG Lan

Professor

Professor Wang Lan is the founder and head of the Healthy City Lab. Her research focuses on healthy city planning and design, urban development strategy and planning, and methodology andtechnology for urban planning. Prof. Wang serves as Director of the China Healthy City Research Group (2024-present). She is also a member of the International Steering Committee of the British Healthy Cities Council. She has led seven research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and more than 30 projects funded by the World Bank and different municipal governments in China. Her research and practice won the National Excellence Urban Planning and Design Award, the Shanghai Science and Technology Award, and the China Award for Science and Technology in Construction.

Current Courses

Comparative studies on Chinese and American urban development

Urban development strategy and policy

China urban and rural development history

City Reading

Community planning

Research Interests

Urban development strategy and planning, including:

Urban regeneration

Newtown planning and development

Healthy city planning and design