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Biography
Yi Sun is Associate Professor in the Department of Building and Real Estate at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. As an urban planner by training, Yi’s areas of research include age-friendly cities/communities in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also interested in China’s urban and regional development from the political economic and state theoretical perspective, with a primary focus on the Greater Bay Area. He has led several research projects on these topics, with the support from Research Grants Council, Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office of the Hong Kong SAR Government and other agencies. Internationally, he serves the technical working group for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in the areas of disasters and statistics.
Teaching
Planning and Development
Research Methods
Land and Real Estate Development
Sustainable and Healthy Cities
Research interests
Urban and Regional Planning
Governance and the State Theories
Age-friendly Built Environment
Land Development
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong
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Development of a contextualized index of multiple deprivation for age-friendly cities: Evidence from Hong Kong
Chen, S., Wang, S., Sun, Y. & Liu, Y. W. J., Jun 2024, In: Applied Geography. 167, 103285.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Actually existing state entrepreneurialism: From conceptualization to materialization
Sun, Y., Ling, J. & He, S., 8 Dec 2023, In: Progress in Human Geography.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
Regulation flexibility and legitimacy building in governing intercity railways: The polymorphous role of the Chinese provincial government
Zhang, X., Sun, Y. & Luan, X., Jan 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Urban Affairs.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
18 Citations (Scopus) -
Formation of City Regions from Bottom-up Initiatives: Investigating Coalitional Developmentalism in the Pearl River Delta
Zhang, X., Shen, J., Sun, Y., Zhou, C. & Yang, Y., Oct 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
33 Citations (Scopus) -
From Sociospatial Experiences to Well-Being: Implications for Aging in Place
Sun, Y., Ng, M. K., Chau, A. K. C. & Chen, S., Oct 2022, In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers.Research output: Journal article publication › Journal article › Academic research › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Best Poster Presentation Award of Smart Ageing Session
Liu, Y. W. J. (Recipient), Luk, C. W. H. (Recipient), Ling, K. K. (Recipient), Yeung, J. W. F. (Recipient), Sun, Y. (Recipient), Lo, K. H. K. (Recipient), Kor, P. P. K. (Recipient), Fong, G. C. H. (Recipient), Choi, T. K. S. (Recipient), Cheung, D. S. K. (Recipient) & Zheng, Y. (Recipient), 11 May 2023
Prize: Prize (research)
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External examiner of the Master's degree examination Committee at National Cheng Kung University
Sun, Y. (Chief examiner)
Jun 2023Activity: Examination
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Place as a linkage between social responsibility and variegated urbanism: Evidence from two teaching ‘experiments’
Sun, Y. (Invited speaker)
2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Place- And Age- Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction for Hong Kong
Sun, Y. (Invited speaker)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press/Media
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“Aging in Place” and “Place in Aging”: From Socio-spatial Experience to Multifaceted Well-being
30/03/22
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