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Professor Webster, Christopher John
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Professor, Chair of Urban Planning and Development Economics
Dean (Faculty of Architecture)
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Professor Webster, Christopher John
Title:
Professor, Chair of Urban Planning and Development Economics
Dean (Faculty of Architecture)
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Professional Qualifications
| Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| NTF | ||
| AcSS | ||
| Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce | FRSA | |
| Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors | FRICS | |
| 2007 | Cardiff University | DScEcon |
| 1989 | University of Wales College, Cardiff | MSc in Computing |
| 1985 | University of Hull | PhD in Economic Geography |
| 1981 | University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology | Dip in Town Planning |
| 1979 | University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology | BSc in Town Planning Studies |
Biography
Prof. Chris Webster has degrees in urban planning, computer science, economics and economic geography and is a leading urban theorist and spatial economic modeller. He has published over 150 scholarly papers on the idea of spontaneous urban order and received over US$20M grants for research and teaching and learning projects. He was co-editor of Environment and Planning B for ten years. Books include Webster and Lai (2003) Property Rights, Planning and Markets, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar; Glasze, Webster and Frantz, (2006) Private Cities, London, Routledge; Wu, Webster, He and Liu, (2010) Urban Poverty in China, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; and Wu and Webster (Editors) Marginalisation in Urban China. London: Palgrave McMillan; and Sarkar, Webster and Gallacher (2014) Healthy Cities: Public Health Through Urban Planning. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Professor Webster has five prize-winning academic papers on urban theory. His present professional mission is to change the way cities are planned in China and his current research agenda is to establish systematic evidence for the relationship between urban configuration (planned and spontaneous) and individual health. He is currently PI on a UK ESRC-funded ‘Transformative Research’ project that is creating 700 built environment morphometrics for each of the 500,000 members of the UK Biobank, the country’s flagship epidemiological study.
Honours, Awards & Prizes
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
Chen, Z | 2020-09-01 | 2020 Featured Article: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Elsevier (JCR Impact Factor = 11.774, 1/50 in Geography, Physical, 3/34 in Remote Sensing) | Research Achievement |
| 2015-05-01 | Teaching Development Grant(TDG): The University of Hong Kong | Teaching Accomplishment | |
LIU, Jianzheng | 2016-09-01 | The RTPI Awards for Research Excellence 2016 - Commendation for the project: "Exploring associations between urban green, street design and walking: Results from the Greater London boroughs": Royal Town Planning Institute, London. | Research Achievement |
| 2016-10-01 | Walk21HK CityTech Awards: CityTech Awards Innovation for Walking, Internet Society Hong Kong (ISOC HK) and Civic Exchange | Others | |
| 2018-05-01 | The RTPI Awards for Research Excellence 2018 - Shortlisted in finals for the project: "Neighbourhood walkability and incidence of
hypertension: Findings from the study of 429,334 UK Biobank participants".: Royal Town Planning Institute, London. | Research Achievement | |
| 2019-05-01 | RTPI Awards for Research Excellence Winnier 2019, Early Career Academic Award, presented to Dr. Guibo Sun for his work with Professor Chris Webster and Xiaohu Zhang (University of Hong Kong) on 'Connecting the city: A three-dimensional pedestrian network of Hong Kong': Royal Town Planning Institute | Research Achievement | |
| 2019-05-01 | RTPI Awards for Research Excellence Winnier 2019, Commendation for highest scoring entry across all categories, presented to Dr. Guibo Sun for work with Professor Chris Webster and Xiaohu Zhang (University of Hong Kong) on 'Connecting the city: A three-dimensional pedestrian network of Hong Kong': Royal Town Planning Institute | Research Achievement | |
Chen, K | 2020-04-01 | Research Output Prize 2018/19: The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
| 2019-09-01 | The RTPI Awards for Research Excellence – Academic award 2019: Winner
Project: "Residential greenness and prevalence of major depressive disorders: a cross-sectional, observational, associational study of 94 879 adult UK Biobank participants": Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), London | Research Achievement | |
Kumari, S Zhang, B | 2020-09-01 | The RTPI Awards for Research Excellence – Academic award 2020: Shortlisted in the Finals for the project: "Environmental correlates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 96 779 participants from the UK Biobank: a cross-sectional, observational study": Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), London | Research Achievement |
| 2017-10-11 | HKU Research Output Prize 2018 | Research Achievement | |
| 2019-09-03 | 2019 RTPI Award for Research Excellence – Academic category | Research Achievement | |
| 2019-05-06 | 2019 RTPI Awards for Research Excellence - Early Career Researcher category | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-06-23 | 24th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis - Wallace E. Tyner Travel Funds | Research Achievement | |
Wang, DR | 2019-08-01 | Shortlisted For The Academic Category Of The Royal Town Planning Institute Awards For Research Excellence 2019: Royal Town Planning Institute | Research Achievement |
LI, Yishiqin | 2020-09-01 | Urban Development and Land Policy (PLC) Dissertation Scholarship: Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center | Research Achievement |
ZHANG, Mengzhu | 2020-09-01 | Urban Development and Land Policy (PLC) Dissertation Scholarship: Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center | Research Achievement |
| 2002-01-01 | Shortlisted runner-up, AESOP Prize papers in planning: Gated Cities of Tomorrow, Town Planning Review, 2001, Vol. 72(2), pp. 149 -170 | Research Achievement | |
Wu, Fulong He, Shenjing | 2011-01-01 | Shortlisted runner-up, AESOP Prize European paper in planning award 2011: Deprivation in poverty neighbourhoods in Chinese Cities, Environment and Planning A, 42(1) pp134-152 | Research Achievement |
| 1981-01-01 | UK Social Science Research Council PhD Scholarship | Research Achievement | |
| 1981-01-01 | Cornell University Graduate Teaching Assistant PhD Research Scholarship (not taken up) | Research Achievement | |
| 2011-01-01 | Winner, National Teaching Fellowship Prize | Research Achievement | |
| 2010-01-01 | UN Habitat prize lecture 2010 nominee | Research Achievement | |
Roitman, S Landman, K | 2011-01-01 | Winner, AESOP Prize European paper in planning award 2011: Methodological frameworks and interdisciplinary research on gated communities.International Planning Studies, 15(1) pp 3-23 | Research Achievement |
| 2003-01-01 | Donald Roberston Memorial Prize for outstanding contribution to urban theory: The nature of the neighbourhood. Urban Studies, 40(13) 2591-2612 | Research Achievement | |
Roitman, S Landman, K | 2012-01-01 | Methodological frameworks and interdisciplinary research on gated communities. Abridged version selected for inclusion in Volume 5 of Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning. A Routledge publication in association with GPEAN, show piecing the best planning scholarship globally | Research Achievement |
| 2012-08-01 | Senior Fellow: The University Of Cambridge, Department Of Land Economy | Research Achievement | |
| 2014-09-01 | Winner of The RTPI Award for Excellence in spatial planning research: Academic Staff, 2014.
Project: "Development of the UK Biobank Urban Morphometric Platform – A nationwide resource for evidence-based healthy city planning and interventions".: RTPI Education & Lifelong Learning Awards, Royal Town Planning Institute, UK. | Research Achievement | |
| 2014-12-01 | Webster C and Sarkar C. Winner, Royal Town Planning Institute Excellence in Spatial Planning Research Award 2014. | Research Achievement | |
| 2015-01-01 | HKU Teaching Development Fund award with Anderson Lee (PI), project titled “Creativity Learning Module (CLM) for Architecture and Surveying Students” | Teaching Accomplishment | |
| 2014-12-01 | Cooper C, Webster C, Jones C and Orford S (2013) Exploring the ripple effect in house prices using interaction and reactive domain cross correlations. Environment and Planning B. volume 40(5) pages 763-782, DOI:10.1068/b37062. Shortlisted for E&PB prize paper, 2013. | Research Achievement | |
| 2015-01-01 | GRF Award with Koon Wee (Co-I), project titled “Producing Food and Enhancing Community in the City: using a hybrid design-land economy approach to investigate the barriers to urban farming in Hong Kong” | Research Achievement |
Professional Societies
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 - | Member, International Advisory Committee | International Program on Urban Governance, National Taipei University, Taiwan |
| 2001 - 2004 | National Advisory Committee member | Generic LTSN Centre |
| 2007 - 2009 | Member | Higher Education Academy Senior Fellowship awards panel |
| 2006 - 2007 | Member | European Ministers Working Group on Skills for Sustainable Communities |
| 2008 - 2010 | Member of Advisory Committee | International Association for China Planning |
| 1993 - 1997 | Member of the national steering committee | Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Geography, Geology and Meteorology, based at the University of Leicester |
| 2003 - 2006 | Member of international project advisory committee | Pro-poor Private Public Partnerships. UN ESCAP povery reduction division, Bangkok |
| 2001 - 2005 | National steering committee member | Generic LTSN Centre project: 'Part-time teachers' |
| 2001 - 2003 | Project advisor | Generic LTSN Centre project: 'The Innovative Curriculum' |
| 2004 - 2006 | Member, Management Board | The Reinvention Centre, Warwick University and Oxford Brookes |
| 1989 - 1991 | Member of Working Group III/1 (Geographical Information Theory) of Commission III (Mathematical Analysis of Data) | International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
| 2001 - 2004 | Steering Committee member | Fund for Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL) Linking Teaching and Research |
| 2013 | Member | Pacific Rim Council for Urban Development |
| 2006 - | Evaluation panel | European Science Foundation research grants |
| 1995 - 1999 | Founding Chair | National Steering Committee for the Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for the Built Environment. |
| 2000 - 2002 | Panel judge | National Teaching Fellowship Scheme |
| 2007 - | Scientific evaluator for Academy Professorships | Research Council for Culture and Society (RCCS) of the Academy of Finland |
| 2008 - 2012 | Panel judge | Royal Town Planning Institute, Educational Awards |
| 2006 - 2008 | Member, Research Advisory Group | UK Academy for Sustainable Communities |
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Area of Expertise:
| Area of Expertise (EN) | Area of Expertise (ZH) |
|---|---|
| Urban planning reform in China | |
| Urban planning | |
| Urban network analysis | |
| Urban economics | |
| Spatial analysis | |
| Private urban governance | |
| Health city design |
Spoken Languages:
| Spoken Language(s) (EN) | Spoken Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English | 英語 |
Written Languages:
| Written Language(s) (EN) | Written Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English | 英文 |
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