Publications

I work at the intersection of urban environment, technology and human well-being. Faced with urban challenges in multiple domains (health, public space, and climate change), I am committed to leveraging interdisciplinary knowledge and cutting-edge technology to drive socio-technical transformation in cities, with a focus on mobile sensing, human-computer interaction, participatory planning and urban innovation.

As a holder of the LEED AP ND certification and a member of Arkitekt MAA in Denmark, I am dedicated to leveraging interdisciplinary expertise and cutting-edge technologies to integrate research and design and advance healthy, sustainable, and smart urban futures.

Journal articles

[J.16] Su,N., Zhang, Z., Chen, J., Li,W., and Long, Y. (2024).Assessing Personal Screen Exposure with Ever-Changing Contexts UsingWearable Cameras and Computer Vision.Building and Environment (2024): 111720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111720

[J.15] Zhang, Z., Mˇechurov., K., Resch, B., Amegbor, P., and Sabel, C. E. (2023). Assessing the association between overcrowding and human physiological stress response in different urban contexts: a case study in Salzburg, Austria. International Journal of Health Geographics, 22(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-023-00334-7.

[J.14] Zhou, T., Chen, L., Zhang, Z., Liu, Z., Long, Y. (2023). Assessing smoking-related behaviours using massive online search query data. Transactions in Urban Data, Science, and Technology, 2(2-3), 140-151. https://doi.org/10.1177/27541231231184591.

[J.13] Frederickson.L.B., Russell.S.H., Raasch.S., Zhang, Z. et al. (2023). Urban Vertical Air Pollution Gradient and Dynamics Investigated with Low-Cost Sensors and Large-Eddy Simulations. Atmospheric Environment, 316, p.120162. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.atmosenv.2023.120162.

[J.12] Zhang, Z., Amegbor, P. M., Sigsgaard, T., and Sabel, C. E. (2022). Assessing the association between urban features and human physiological stress response using wearable sensors in different urban contexts. Health and Place, 78, 102924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102924

[J.11] Zhang, Z., Amegbor, P. M., and Sabel, C. E. (2022). The feasibility of integrating wearable cameras and health trackers for measuring personal exposure to urban features: a pilot study in Roskilde, Denmark. International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), 11(1), 1-21. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEPR.313181.

[J.10] Zhang, Z., Long, Y., Chen, L., and Chen, C. (2021). Assessing personal exposure to urban greenery using wearable cameras and machine learning. Cities, 109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.103006.

[J.9] Zhang, Z., Amegbor, P. M., and Sabel, C. E. (2021). Assessing the Current Integration of Multiple Personalised Wearable Sensors for Environment and Health Monitoring. Sensors (Basel), 21(22). https://doi.org/10.3390/s21227693.

[J.8] Chen, L., Zhang, Z., and Long, Y. (2021). Association between leisure-time physical activity and the built environment in China: Empirical evidence from an accelerometer and GPS-based fitness app. PLoS One, 16(12), e0260570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260570.

[J.7] Amegbor, P. M., Zhang, Z., Dalgaard, R., and Sabel, C. E. (2020). Multilevel and spatial analyses of childhood malnutrition in Uganda: examining individual and contextual factors. Sci Rep, 10(1), 20019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76856-y.

[J.6] Wu, H., Zhang, Z., Chen, Y., and Jiao, J. (2020). The impact of street characteristics on older pedestrians’ perceived safety in Shanghai, China. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 13(1), 469-490. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26967255.

[J.5] Chen, J.,Zhang, Z., Long, Y. (2020). Strategies for improving the quality of urban street space oriented to promoting public health: perspective from spatial quality. City Planning Review, 44(9), 35-47. DOI: 10.11819/cpr20200907a (In Chinese with English abstract).

[J.4] Zhang, Z., and Long, Y. (2019). Application of wearable cameras in studying individual behaviors in built environments. Landscape Architecture Frontiers, 7(2), 22-37. https://doi.org/10.15302/J-LAF-20190203 .

[J.3] Long, Y., Zhang, Z., Li, P., et al.(2019). Key techniques in urban physical examination evaluation for Beijing Xicheng District. Beijing Planning Review, 2019, (S2): 180-188. (In Chinese with English abstract).

[J.2] Ye, Y., Zhang, Z., Zhang, X., Zeng, W.(2019). Human-scale Quality on Streets: A Large-scale and Efficient Analytical Approach Based on Street View Images and New Urban Analytical Tools. Urban Planning International. 2019 Vol.34, No.1. DOI:34. 18-27. 10.22217/upi.2018.490. (In Chinese with English abstract).

[J.1] Zhang, Z., Wu, G.Y., (2017). A Study on the Expression Techniques and the Construction Idea of Chinese Classical Space in Tilling Pictures of Drawings of Tilling and Weaving Made by Yongzhen’ s Order, J. Xi’an Univ. of Arch. & Tech. ( Social Science Edition). 2017, 36(05): 61-71. DOI: 10.15986/j.1008-7192.2017.05.011. (In Chinese with English abstract).

Book chapter

[B.2] Sabel, C. E., Amegbor, P. M., Zhang, Z., et al. (2021). Urban Health and Wellbeing. In W. Shi, M. F. Goodchild, M. Batty, M.-P. Kwan, and A. Zhang (Eds.), Urban Informatics (pp. 259-280). Singapore: Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8983-617.

[B.1] Xue,L., Liu,D., Yang,L., Chen,Y., Zhang, Z., et al. (2021). Zhuzhou Complete Street Design Manual, WRI

China. (In Chinese with English abstract) Download.

Exhibition

[E.1]. Long Ying, Pai Li, & Zhaoxi Zhang (2019), Digital Self, Daily life and city Space — Using wearable cameras for portraying our life, Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/ Architecture

Conferences

[C.10] Zhang, Z., "Advancing Urban Health Sensing: Exploration of the future of sensor-based assessment of environmental and well-being improvement". The 2024 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. American Association of Geographers, Hawaiian, USA, April 16–20, 2024.

[C.9] Zhang, Z., " New technology for Urban Health Studeis". The 2024 Urban Research Day. New York University, New York, USA, March 6th, 2024.

[C.8] Zhang, Z., "Assessing the association between overcrowding and human physiological stress response in different urban contexts: a case study in Salzburg, Austria". Urban Complex and EPJ 25th Anniversary-Early Career Researcher Meeting, New York, USA. November 8th, 2023.

[C.7] Zhang, Z., Amegbor, P. M., Sabel, C. E., and Sigsgaard, T., "Measuring the health effects of ‘Green’ and ‘blue’ elements in different types of urban environments by employing wearable sensors: A field experiment in Copenhagen, Denmark". The 2022 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. American Association of Geographers, New York, USA, Feb 25–March 1, 2022.

[C.6] Zhang, Z. , Amegbor, P. M., and Sabel, C. E., "Integrating multiple personalised sensors for measuring human responses to urban features: A pilot study". 5th International Conference Urban E-Planning, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. Sep 2021.

[C.5] Zhang, Z. and Long,Y., "Exploration on the personal spatial exposure of greenness based on the experiment of wearable camera". 16th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. Wuhan, China. July 8–12, 2019.

[C.4] Zhang, Z., and Chen, Y., "Analysis on the Influence of Street Design on Elderly people’s walking safety". The Proceedings of 2018World Transport Convention. Beijing, China. Jun 13–16, 2018.

[C.3] Zhang, Z., “A review of relationship between objective analysis and subjective perception on Urban Morphology Study". ISUF Conference 2017, Valencia, Spain. Sep 27–29, 2017.

[C.2] Zhang, Z., "Regional Integration in Ethnic and Religious Contexts: Taking Germany and China as Examples". AESOP Annual Congress 2017, Lisbon, Portugal. July 11–14, 2017.

[C.1] Zhang, Z., and Wu, H., "Analysis of the block built environment elements that influence

Interviews & Talks

[T.9] "Urban Innovation for Human and Community Health", September 10th, Urban Research Seminar, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University.

[T.8] "Urban Innovation for Health Improvement Initiatives", June 24th, CUSP 2024 International Summer School: Urban Data Science, New York University.

[T.7] "New Approaches to Built Environment, Health and Interaction", Friends of Urban Health Exchange Session (Online), June 6th, Planning, Finance and Economy Section, UN-Habitat.

[T.6] "Multi-scale Research on the Environment and Health in the Built Environment", Global Action for Urban Health lab, March 14th, The Department of Global Public Health, New York University.

[T.5] "New Tools for Urban Health Research: Sensors and Artificial Intelligence", Ditecter Group Meeting (Online), February 13th, 2024 at Center for Smart Cities, Data Science Institute, Columbia University.

[T.4] "Assessing Urban Health at the Human Level: Linking Urban Characteristics to Human Responses Using Wearable Sensors", CUSP seminar series (Public and hybrid), November 17th, 2023 at Tandon School of Engineering, New York University.

[T.3] "Physiologically measure human responses to different urban features and evaluate the health effects of urban exposures", Urban Design Section (Online), January 20th, 2023 at Tongji University.

[T.2] "Urban Health: From Theory to Practice, From Research to Design", Journal Club, October 12th, 2022 at Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

[T.1] "Urban Health Sensing: Physiologically measuring human responses to different urban features and assessing health effects of urban exposures", eMOTIONAL Cities project group (Online), November 25, 2021 at Technical University of Denmark.

[I.2] Interview: "City Walk: Urban Context May Make a Difference on Human Health"

[I.1] Interview: "How Our Surroundings Affect Our Mental Health "