Wei Tu

Dr. Tu on a Geography Field Trip at Mt. Lushan, Jiangxi province, China.

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Dr. Wei Tu is an Assistant Professor of Geography in the Department of Geology and Geography at Georgia Southern University. He was born in Datong, Shanxi Province, a coal capital in North China, but was brought up in Shanghai and received both his B.S. (Minor: International Finance and Trade) and M.S. in Geography from East China Normal University. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, USA. He joined the faculty of the Department of Geology and Geography in August, 2004.

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TEACHING

Dr. Tu's major teaching responsibilities at Georgia Southern are Geographic Information Science (GIS)-related courses. But his teaching interests also extend from Theories and Applications of GIS to Economic Geography and Urban/Regional Development.

Dr. Tu is a broadly trained human geographer with the specialty in the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) on urban and environmental problems. Dr. Tu's current research project investigates the environmental impacts of the digital economy at various geographic scales using environmentally extended input-output (EIO) analysis. He is also trying to integrate the essentially non-spatial methodologies developed in input-output models with spatial analysis and modeling techniques as defined by GIS, global positioning systems (GPS), and remote sensing (RS).

Dr. Tu currently serves as the director of the internship program of the department. He is also the member of the departmental curriculum development and faculty search committees. Dr. Tu is an actively member of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) and The International Association of the Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science (CPGIS).

REFERRED PUBLICATIONS

Tu, W. and D. Z. Sui. The Transformation of Economic Structure and its Environmental Implications of a Digital City: An Input-output analysis for Austin, Texas, Canadian Journal of Regional Planning (accepted, in press).

Tu, W. and C. Shi. Urban Environmental Management in Shanghai: Achievements, Problems, and Prospects. Environmental Management (accepted, in press).

Sui, D. Z., W. Tu, and J. Gavinha. 2004. How smart is smart growth? The case of Austin, Texas, In WorldMinds: Geographic perspectives on 100 problems, eds. D. G. Janelle, B. Warf, and K. Hansen. Dordrecht, The Nethelands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Tu, W. D. Z. Sui, and J. Gavinha. 2004. Los Cambios en la Estructura Económica en las Colinas del Silicio: 1990-1999. Scripta Nova, viii: 170 (22). (Electronic Journal: http://www.ub.es/geocrit/sn/sn-170-22.htm).

Wu, G., C. Shi, D. Liu, and W. Tu. 1996. Water quality analysis and assessment: The case of Chuanyang River, Pudong, Shanghai. Journal of East China Normal University, 45 - 51, special issue on the geographical researches in Pudong New Area, Shanghai (in Chinese).

Wu, G., W. Tu, D. Liu, and C. Shi. 1996. Heavy metal pollution in the substratum of the tidal beach near Bailonggang sewage outlet in Pudong, Shanghai: Investigation and assessment. Journal of East China Normal University, 52 - 56, special issue on the geographical researches in Pudong New Area, Shanghai (in Chinese).

Wu, G., C. Shi, W. Tu, and D. Liu. 1996. On the division of the functional regions for categorized environmental protection planning in Pudong, Shanghai. Journal of East China Normal University, 57 - 61, special issue on the geographical researches in Pudong New Area, Shanghai (in Chinese).