WANG Lan
Professor
Dean
Professor Lan Wang is the founder and head of the Healthy City Lab and Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Her research focuses on healthy city planning and design, urban development strategy and planning, and methodology andtechnology for urban planning. Prof. Wang serves as Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the China Healthy City Committee (2018-present), and Secretary General, National Steering Committee of Urban and Rural Planning Educationin China (2010-2019). She is also a member of the International Steering Committee of the British Healthy Cities Council and a council member of China's National Committee for Health lmpact Assessment (HlA). 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.
Comparative studies on Chinese and American urban development
Urban development strategy and policy
China urban and rural development history
City Reading
Community planning
Urban development strategy and planning, including:
Urban regeneration,
Newtown planning and development,
Healthy city planning and design