Yang Yu

Land-use Decision-making and Landscape Degradation: a Case study in the American Southwest
Supervisors: Professor Tony Parsons, Professor John Wainwright and Dr Christina Prell

I got my first BA degree in Chinese linguistics and literature from University of Heilongjiang, PR China. I got my second BA degree in Environmental Management & Environmental Science, University of Leeds.

After I finished my second year, I did a one-year industrial placement with Environment Agency in the Water Resources Planning team. The aim of my research is to improve the understanding of how people's land-use decision-making influences land degradation, and how the landscape degradation in turn influences people with emphasis on the contemporary land-use in the dryland of South New Mexico.

Publications

• Yu, Y., Hubacek K., Guan, D., Feng, K. (in press). Assessing Regional and Global Water Footprints for the UK, Ecological Economics.
  doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.12.008
• Fraser, E.D.G. Termansen, M., Sun, M. Guan, D. Dodds, P., Feng, K. and Yu, Y. (2007). Using past climate variability to understand how food systems are resilient to future climate change. In: Zollitsch, W., Winckler, C. Waiblinger, S. and Haslberger, A. (eds.) Sustainable Food Production and Ethics. Wageningen Academic Publishers. The Netherlands.
• Fraser, E.D.G., Termansen, M., Sun, M., Guan, D., Dodds, P., Feng, K. and Yu, Y. (Under review; submitted September 2007). Quantifying adaptation to extreme environmental events. GeoScience.

Conferences

• Attended: EGU, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 13 – 18 April 2008
• Attended: 16th International Input-output Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, 2-6 July 2007. I gave a presentation and also chaired one session.

Teaching Experience

June 2008 – July 2008: Student Associate Scheme
This scheme aims to provide an opportunity for participants to be involved in the life of a school as well as to raise young people's aspirations of high education. I am responsible for the science subjects and design & technology, age groups ranging from Year 7 to Year 12 in King Edward VII school.

I am responsible for workshops of several modules to support lectures and enhance students' practical experience and skills.

2007–2008 GEO265 Research design in human geography
2007–2008 GEO151 Qualitative methods in human geography
2007–2008 GEO163 Information and communication skills for geographers

Contact Details

Address: University of Sheffield, Department of Geography, Winter Street, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 7973
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 7907
Email: ggp07yy@sheffield.ac.uk