(1) Climate and Health Equity

Peer-review article:

1. Gao, Y., Lin, L. Z., Bao, W. W., He, W. T., Zhang, Y. T., Dong, G. H.*, & He, S*. (2025). Humid Heat’s Nonlinear Impact on School-age Children’ Sleep Health: Evidence from Guangdong, China. Environmental Research, 122360.

Working paper: 

1. Gao, Y., He, S.*, Chan, S. K. L., Tsoi, T. C. W., Tang, V. M. Y., Lou, V. W*. (2026) Stressor or Relief? Exploring The Impact of Social Media on Family Caregivers’ Mental Health within Caregiver-recipient Dynamic. [under review]
2. Gao, Y., He, S. (2026). From Expenditure to Exposure: A Multidimensional Assessment of Summer Energy Poverty and Sleep Health Risks in the Greater Bay Area, China. [working paper, ENHR 2026]
3. Gao, Y., He, S. (2026). “Cold But Not Equally Cold”: Socio-thermal Stratification in Beijing. [working paper, ENHR 2026]
4. Gao, Y., Wu, L.*, Lin, J. (2026). Understanding climate change’s impact on energy poverty and health outcome: Empirical analysis based on CFPS. [working paper, City+2024]

(2) Land Use and Natural Resource Governance

Peer-review article:

1. Gao, Y., Bi, Y., Yu, L*. (2025). Understanding the impacts of ecological compensation policy on rural livelihoods: Insights from forest communities of China. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 123921.
2. Gao, Y., Yu, L.* (2024). Understanding the impacts of ecological compensation policies on energy poverty: insights from forest communities in Zhejiang, China. Land Use Policy, 142, 107144.
3. Gao, Y.*, Feng, C. (2023). Impact of mixed land use on housing prices, spatial differentiation and implications: Empirical analysis based on Qingdao. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 1-26. 
4. Gao, Y., Lin, J.* (2022). Review and insights of China’s urban land use system. China Land, 37(04), 21-23. [in Chinese]
5. Wang, F.*, Deng, X., Gao, Y., Long, H., Liu, Z. (2020). Shrinking or expanding? City spatial distribution and simulation analyses based on regionalization along the yellow river. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 146(4), 04020035. [co-second author]
6. Lin, J.*, Gao, Y., Zhao, Y. (2023). Exploration of national territory spatial governance from the perspective of spatial development rights. Journal of Natural Resources, 38(06), 1393-1402. [in Chinese]
7. Zhang, H., Gao, Y., Yi, C., Que, W.* (2021). The protection path of agricultural cultural heritage from the perspective of world heritage: A case study of Jingxi Rice. China Garden, (04), 81-86. [in Chinese]

Book & Chapter:

1. Lin, J., Bao, H., Gao Y. (2025). Towards the Marketization of Land: A Study on the Reform of China’s Urban Land Use System. Beijing: China Land Press.

Working paper:

1. Gao, Y., He, S. (2025). Simulating Urban Green Space’s Cooling Impact on School-age Children’ Sleep Health Using Diverse Planning Approaches. [working paper, UCRN 2025, AESOP 2025]

Teaching

CCCH 9033 Sustainable Urban Development and Hong Kong (Teacher: Au Wai Kwong Elvis, Chan Foong, Connolly Creighton Paul) 2025.09-2025.12 TA (Tutorial)