Li Yin

Assistant Professor

office : 201E Hayes Hall
phone : 829-2133 x 229
e-mail : liyin@buffalo.edu

Education

B.Architecture, Yunnan Polytechnic University, China
M.Sc. (Urban Planning, Land and Housing Development), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Ph.D. (Design and Planning), University of Colorado, Denver

Courses

Dr. Yin's teaching portfolio reflects her concentration on technological applications in the field of urban and regional planning. She teaches three classes: an undergraduate course, Computing for Environmental Analysis; and two graduate electives, GIS Applications and Planning Support System and Advanced GIS.

Research

Dr. Yin's research focuses on computer technology applications in a wide variety of urban growth issues and inner city redevelopment. She is interested in exploring new tools which enable high level of visualization, simulations, 3-D modeling, and database management to construct scenarios and evaluate alternatives to facilitate better communication and increase the efficiency in the planning process.

Public Service

Dr. Yin actively engages in public service focusing on public health and the built environment in the Buffalo-Niagara Region.

Selected Publications

  • “Residential Location and the Biophysical Environment: Exurban Development Agents in a Heterogeneous Landscape. ” (with Muller, B.), Environment and Planning,. (forthcoming).
  • “Agent-based Simulations for Disaster Decision Support," Journal of Security Education (forthcoming).
  • “The Neighborhood and Home Environments: Disparate Relationships with Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors in Youth" (with Roemmich, Epstein, and Raja),Annals of Behavioral Medicine, (forthcoming).
  • “Influence of Access to Parks and Recreational Facilities on the Physical Activity of Young Children" (with Roemmich, Epstein, Raja, Robinson, and Winiewicz), Preventive Medicine, (forthcoming).
  • “The Dynamics of Urbanization in Rocky MOuntain Resort Towns: An Agendt-based Simulation of Housing Density Increase" (with Muller) (in review).
  • "The Dynamics of Land Development in Resort Communities: A Multi-agent Simulation of Growth Regimes and Housing Choice" (with Muller, Kim, and Alexanderescu) (under revision).

Selected Activities

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Studying park characteristics that motivate youth physical activity; UB 2020 Scholars Fund, Identifying critical elements of an emerging technology, 3D GIS modeling of an urban environment, University at Buffalo; Interdisciplinary Research and Creative Activities Fund, Studying influence of the built environment and motivation to be active on the physical activity of youth, University at Buffalo.