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Tree Ordinances in Alabama

ANNOUNCEMENT: 

Research assistantship available

EDUCATION: 

• BS, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (China), 1986, Forest Economics
• M.Ag, Chinese Academy of Forestry, 1990, Forest Economics and Management
• PhD, University of Helsinki, 2001, Social Economics of Forestry.

 EXPERIENCE: 

• Research assistant, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing (1988-93)
• Researcher, University of Helsinki (1994-2000)
• Post-doc fellow, University Toronto (2001)
• Research associate/Post-doc fellow, University of Alberta (2002-03)

RESEARCH:

• Economics and policy of urban forests and ecosystem
• Land use and land cover change
• landscape perception and culture
• Private forestry
• Environmental history
• Non-market valuation of natural resource and environment
• Property rights and institutions
• International forestry and forest history
• Sustainable forest management and rural development

PUBLICATIONS:

• Liao, X., Zhang, Y. 2007. Economic Impacts of Shifting Sloping Farm Lands to Forest Lands in China. Agricultural Systems (in Press).

• Zhu, P., Zhang, Y. 2007. Demand for Urban Forests in United States Cities. Landscape and Urban Planning (in Press).

• Pan, Y., Zhang, Y. 2007. Trends among family forest owners in Alabama, 1994-2004. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 31(3): 117-123. .

• Tian, G., Yang, Z., Zhang, Y. 2007. The Spatio-Temporal Dynamic Pattern of Rural Residential Land in China in the 1990s Using Landsat TM images and GIS. Environmental Management 40: 803-813.

• Deng, J., Zhang, Y., Schelhas, J. 2007. National Parks: The Paradise or Paradox. ASEAN Journal on Hospitality and Tourism 6 (2):

• Zhang, Y., Hussian, A., Deng, J., Letson, N. 2007. Public Attitudes Toward Urban Trees and Supporting Urban Tree Programs. Environment and Behavior.
• Zhu, P., Zhang, Y. 2006. Demand for urban forests and economic welfare: evidence from the Southeastern U.S. Cities. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 38 (2): 279-285.
• Guo. Z., Zhang, Y., Deegen, P., Uibrig, H. 2006. Economic Analyses of rubber and tea plantation and rubber-tea intercropping in Hainan. Agroforestry Systems 6 (2): 117-127.
• Lu, W., Sibley, J.L., Gilliam, C. H., Bannon, J.S., Zhang, Y. 2006. Estimation of U.S. Bark Generation and Implications for Horticultural Industries. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 24 (1): 29-34.
• Zhang, Y., Zhang, D., Schelhas, J. 2005. Small-scale non-industrial private forest ownership in the United States: Rational and Implications for forest management. Silva Fennica 39 (3):443-454.
• Zhang, Y., Li, Y. 2005. Reply to comment on "Valuing vs Pricing Natural and Environmental Resources" Environmental Science and Policy 8(2):189-190.
• Zhang, Y., Li, Y. 2005. Valuing versus Pricing Natural and Environmental Resources? Environmental Science and Policy 8(2): 179-186.

• Zhang, Y., Kant, S. 2005. Collective forests and forestland: Physical asset rights versus economic rights. In “Developmental Dilemmas Land Reform and Institutional Change in China”. Ho, P. (Editor), Routledge Publisher; Pp: 283-307.

• Zhang, Y. 2005. Multiple-Use Forestry versus Forestland-Use Specialization Revisited. Forest Policy and Economics 7 (2): 143-156.
• Li, Y., Xu, M., Zou, X., Shi, P.,  Zhang, Y. 2005.  Comparing of soil organic carbon dynamics in plantations and secondary forests in wet tropics in Puerto Rico. Global Change Biology 11 (2): 239-248.
• Feng, Z, Yang, Y. , Zhang, Y.,  Zhang, P., Li, Y.  2005. Grain-for-Green Policy and Its Impacts on Grain Supply in West China. Land Use Policy 22 (3):301-312.
• Adamowicz, V., Boxall, P., Haener, M., Zhang, Y., Dosman, S. and Marois, J. 2004. Assessing the impact of forest management on Aboriginal Hunters: Evidence from stated and revealed preference data. Forest Science 50 (2): 139-152.
• Deng, J., Shi, Q., Walker G. and Zhang, Y.  2003. Ecotourism in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park: Assessment and perception of visitors’ impacts on vegetation and soil.  Journal of Sustainable Tourism 11(6): 529-548. 
• Zhang, Y. Uusivuori, U.  Kuuluvannen, J and Kant, S. 2003. Deforestation and reforestation: the role of markets and institutions. In Book "China's Forests
  Global Lessons from Market Reforms" edited by Hyde, W., Belcher, B., W., Xu, J.  Resources for the Future, Washington DC.
• Zhang, Y.  2002. The Impacts of Economic Reforms on the Efficiency of Silviculture: A Non-Parametric Approach. Environment and Development Economics 7 (1): 107-122.
• Zhang, Y.  2001. Economics of Transaction Costs Saving Forestry. Ecological Economics 36(2):197-204.
• Zhang, Y. 2001. Institutions in Forest Management: Special Reference to China. World Forests, Society and environment Vol 3: 353-364.
• Zhang, Y., Uusivuori, J., Kuuluvainen, J. 2000. Econometric Analysis of the Causes of Land Use Change in Hainan, China. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30: 1913-1921
• Zhang, Y., Uusivuori, J., Kuuluvainen, J. 2000. Impacts of Economic Reforms on Rural Forestry in China. Forest Policy and Economics 1 (1): 27-40.
• Zhang, Y. 2000. Costs of Plans vs Costs of Markets: Reforms in China's State-Owned Forest Management. Development Policy Review 18 (3), 285-306.

• Zhang, Y. 2000. Deforestation and Forest Transition: Theory and Evidence from China. World Forestry, Society and Environment Vol. 2:  41-65.

• Zhang, Y. and Dai, G., et al. 1999. The Forest Sector in China: Towards a Market Economy. World Forests, Society and Environment  Vol. 1:  371–393.

• Kopylova, E., Zhang, Y., Palo, M. and Lobovikpv, M. 1999. Russian and Chinese Forests, Society and Environment in Transition. World Forests, Society and Environment Vol.1:  321-330.

 In Chinese (中文刊物)

• 张耀启,毛显强,李一清. 2007. 森林生态系统历史变迁的经济学解释.林业科学43(9):96-104
• 张耀启,潘羿,李一清. 2005. 评价自然与环境资源价值的的 误区. 自然资源学报20(3): 453-460
• 张耀启. 2003. 新西兰林业分类经营的再认识.  世界林业研究  16 (3): 52-57.
• 张耀启. 1997.森林生态效益经济补偿问题初探. 林业经济  1997 (2): 70-76.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS 

• Christian, C., Zhang, Y., Kebede, E. 2007-2008. Development of Natural Resource‑Based Recreation Enterprises Alabama. AALGA Program.

• Barlow, B., Smidt, M.,  Gallagher, T., Tufts, R., Zhang, Y., McDonald, T. 2007-2008. Wood production systems and costs in the U.S. South. The National Council for Air and Stream Improvement Grants.

• Deng, J. (PI), Arano. K.G., Zhang, Y. 2007-2010. Linking Urban Forests and Tourism: Aesthetic Appeal and Economic Values. (USDA)

• Zhang, Y. (PI), Sibley, J. 2007-2008. Impact of Urban Landscaping on Tourism and Sustainable Development.  Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Grants.

• Zhang, Y. (PI), Laband, D. and Sibley, J. 2005-2008. Assessing Public Preferences for and Attitudes towards Urban Forests in Suburban Communities. (USDA Forest Service).

• Loewenstein, E. (PI), Smidt, M.,  MacKenzie, M., Zhang, Y. 2006-2009. Biomass from the waste stream: Feasibility analysis for generation of electricity from yard waste. (AAES  Grant Program for Agriculture and Related Research)

• Zhang, Y. (PI), Teeter, L. 2006-2008. Timberland Ownership Parcelization and Its Driving Factors. (USDA Forest Service).

• Zhang, Y. (PI), Allen, B. 2005-2006. Trees Ordinance for Alabama’s Communities: Evolution, Status and Perspectives (Urban & Community Forestry Financial Assistance Program).

• Zhang, Y. (PI), Tian, H. 2005-2006. Interdisciplinary Teaching of Ecological Economics: Reconnecting Between Ecology and Economics (Daniel F. Breeden Endowment For Faculty Enhancement).

• Zhang,Y. (PI), Hite, D.,Srivastava, P. 2005-2008.  Economic Analysis of Riparian Watershed Conservation: Upper Cahaba River Basin Case Study  (AAES  Grant Program for Agriculture and Related Research).

• Zhang,Y. (PI), Teeter, L. 2005-2006.  Comparison of the Evolution of Forestland Ownership between Canada and the USA.

• Zhang, Y. (PI). 2005-2010.  Economics of Small Scale Nonindustrial Private Forest land Ownership (USDA Forest Service).