Xinyu Fu

Title:  Ph.D. Student
Organization: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida
Keywords: climate change adaptation, transportation planning, GIS  
Education: Ph.D., Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, 2014
Master of Community and Regional Planning, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, 2013
Bachelor of Engineering, Water and Waste Water Engineering, South China University of Technology 2011
Email: xinyufu@ufl.edu

Xinyu Fu is currently a Ph.D. student in urban and regional planning at University of Florida. He is interested in climate adaptation, environmental, and transportation planning. Xinyu earned his undergraduate degree in Water and Waste Water Engineering from South China University of Technology and master degrees in Community and Regional Planning at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He conducted research on understanding the planners’ awareness for drought and climate change issues and published several peer-reviewed articles during his graduate study. Xinyu also practiced as a planner in developing hazard mitigation plans for hundreds of communities in Nebraska before starting his Ph.D. study at UF.

Keywords: climate change adaptation, hazard mitigation and adaptation planning, environmental planning, GIS
Publications:
1. Fu, X and Tang, Z (2013) Planning for Drought-Ready Communities: An Evaluation of Local Land Use Plans in the Fastest Growing Counties in the U.S., Cities 32, 60-69.
2. Tang, Z, Dai, Z, Fu, X and Li, X (2013) Examining the Capacity of the U.S. Coastal States’ Climate Action Plans in Managing the Risks of Extreme Climate Events and Disasters. Ocean and Coastal Management 80, 46-54.
3. Fu, X, Tang, Z, W, J and McMillian, K (2013) Drought Planning Research in the United States, An Overview and Outlook. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 4(2), 51-58.
4. Fu, X, Svoboda, M, Tang, Z, Dai, Z, and Wu, J (2013) An Overview of U.S. State Drought Plans: Crisis or Risk Management? Natural Hazards 69(3), 1607-1627.