Cecilia Wong

BSocSc (Hons, First Class) Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sociology (major) and Geography (minor)

MCD (Town and Regional Planning) The University of Liverpool

PhD (Town and Country Planning) The University of Manchester

Language: English and Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin)

Books

(2021) Applied Data Analysis for Urban Planning and Management (eds) Alasdair Rae and Cecilia Wong, Sage, London

(2017) Handbook of Community Well-Being Research, International Handbooks of Quality of Life Series (eds) Rhonda Phillips and Cecilia Wong, Springer.

(2011) Learning for Sustainable Communities, Hertfordshire University Press, Hertford (edited with Robert Rogerson, Sue Sadler and Anne Green based on a major ESRC/HCA funded research initiative)

(2006) Quantitative Indicators for Urban and Regional Planning: the Interplay of Policy and Methods, Royal Town Planning Institute Library Book Series, Routledge, London.

Recent Research Journal Papers

(2020) Urban expansion and neighbourhood commuting patterns in the Beijing metropolitan region: a multi-level analysis, Urban Studies, 57(13): 2773-2793 (first author with W. Zheng and M. Qiao)

(2019) Socio-spatial variations in commuting patterns in suburban Beijing, Built Environment, 45 (4): 523-543 (with W. Zheng and M. Qiao)

(2019) Sustainable urbanisation and community well-being in suburban neighbourhoods in Beijing, China, International Journal of Community Well-Being, 2 (1): 15-39 (with M. Qiao and W. Zheng)

(2018) Dispersing, regulating and upgrading’ urban villages in suburban Beijing, Town Planning Review, 89(6), 597-621 (first author, with M. Qiao and W. Zheng)

(2018) The impact of brownfield regeneration on neighbourhood dynamics: the case of Salford Quays in England, Town Planning Review, 89(5): 513-534 (with A. Schulze Bäing)

(2018) Learning urban resilience from a social-economic-ecological system perspective: a case study of Beijing from 1978 to 2015, Journal of Cleaner Production, 183: 343-357 (with Z. Wang, X. Deng, Z. Li and J. Chen)

(2018) A new geodemographic classification of commuting flows for England and Wales, International Journal of Geographical Information Science 32 (4): 663-684 (S. Hincks, R. Kingston and B. Webb)

(2016) Institutional culture of the Malaysian housing development industry, Planning Practice and Research, 31 (3): 292-310. (with R. Foo)

(2016) Urban Growth and Spatial Restructuring Patterns: the case of Yangtze River Delta Region, China, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 43 (3): 515-539 (with L. Wang and X. Duan)

(2015) Mapping policies and programmes: The use of GIS to communicate spatial relationships in England, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 42 (6): 1020-1039 (lead author, with M. Baker, B. Webb, S. Hincks and A. Schulze Baing) (finalist of 2016 RTPI Awards for Research Excellence)

(2015) A framework for ‘City Prosperity Index’: linking indicators, analysis and policy, Habitat International, 45, Part 1: 3-9.

(2014) Planning for infrastructure: challenges to northern England, Town Planning Review, 85 (6):683-708 (with B. Webb)

(2014) Planning for housing development in Malaysia: the nature of state-market interaction, International Planning Studies, 19 (2): 192-209 (with R. Foo)

(2014) Fragility and recovery: the spatial divide in the UK, Regional Studies,48 (11): 1842–1862 (with S. Hincks and B. Webb)

(2012) Master Planning under Urban-Rural Integration: the case of Nanjing, China? Urban Policy and Research,30 (4):403-422 (with H. Qian)

(2012) The delusion of strategic spatial planning: what’s left after the Labour government’s English regional experiment? Planning Practice and Research, 28 (1): 83-103 (with M. Baker)

(2012) Monitoring spatial planning policies: towards an analytical, adaptive and spatial approach to a ‘wicked problem’, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 39: 880 – 896 (with A. Rae)

(2012) ‘Brownfield residential development: what happens to the most deprived neighbourhoods in England?’ Urban Studies, 49 (14): 2986-3005 (with A. Schulze Baing)

(2012) ‘A System of National Tiered Housing Market Areas and Spatial Planning’, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 39(3): 518 – 532 (with C. Jones and M. Coombes)

Recent Research Reports

(2022) A Digital Future for Planning: Spatial Planning Reimagined, Digital Task Force for Planning, February 2022 (Panel Member and Contributor).

(2021) UK2070 Teesside Task Force Background Technical Report, UK2070 Commission, November 2021.

(2021) ‘Digital Planning: a time of change’, report submitted to the Task Force https://digital4planning.com/reports/ (SPA-Lab of Manchester Urban Institute)

(2020) Economic Structure & Growth Drivers: implications to Industry 4.0: Evidence Report to Teesside Task Force, Spatial Policy & Analysis Lab, Manchester Urban Institute, Manchester, June 2019 (lead author, with W. Zheng)

(2020) Go Big, Go Local, the UK 2070 Report on a New Deal for Levelling Up the United Kingdom, the UK2070 Commission, October 2020.

(2020) Make No Little Plans: Acting at scale for a fairer and stronger future, The Final Report of the UK2070 Commission, February 2020.

(2019) Industrial Strategy & Industry 4.0: Structure, People and Place, a report submitted to the UK2070 Commission (an inquiry into regional inequalities), Spatial Policy & Analysis Lab, Manchester Urban Institute, Manchester, June 2019 (lead author, with W. Zheng, A. Schulze Baing, C. Koksal and M. Baker)

(2016) Lyons Housing Commission – Update Report February 2016, Sir Michael Lyons (as one of the 12 commissioners), February 2016.

(2014) Mobilising across the nation to build the homes our children need, the Lyons Housing Review (an independent review for the Labour Party), Sir Michael Lyons (as one of the 12 commissioners), Digital Creative Services, London.

(2012) A Map for England: spatial expression of government policies and programmes (and its Map Compendium), the Royal Town Planning Institute, London (Lead author, with M. Baker, S. Hincks, A. Schulze Baing and B. Webb).

(2011) Housing and Neighbourhood Monitor 2011: Fragility and Recovery, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Bristol: Policy Press (Project director and Lead author, with K. Gibb, S. McGreal, B. Webb, C. Leishman, N. Blair, S. Hincks, and S. MacIntyre) (It is also supported by a new website www.hnm.org.uk for access to the maps and charts in the analysis)

(2010) Geography of housing market areas: final report, Department of Communities and Local Government, London (Co-I, with C. Jones and M. Coombes).

(2010) Recommended housing market area boundaries: implications for spatial planning geography of housing market areas in England – paper C, Department of Communities and Local Government, London (with M. Baker, S. Hincks, Y. Gong, A. Schulze Bäing).

(2010) Brownfield residential redevelopment in England: What happens to the most deprived neighbourhoods? Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Bristol: Policy Press (Project director and co-author with A. Schulze-Baing).