Dr Hongzhang Xu
Areas of expertise
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified 450699
- Global Indigenous Studies Environmental Knowledges And Management 451902
- Global Indigenous Studies Sciences 451905
- Environmental Management 050205
- Environmental Impact Assessment 050204
- Natural Resource Management 050209
- Environmental Engineering 0907
- Environment Policy 160507
- Public Policy 160510
- Research, Science And Technology Policy 160511
- Political Science 1606
- Other Mathematical Sciences 4999
Research interests
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mathematics and science
Biofuel
Circular economy
China studies
Climate change adaptation
Climate change mitigation
Dams, weirs and hydropower development
Just energy transitions
Environmental justice
Freshwater biodiversity and fisheries
Integrated water management
Modernity
Normative resilience
Sustainable rural development
Sustainability transitions
Wastewater treatment
Biography
Hong Xu is a researcher, advocate and doer of transdisciplinary research and cross-culture communication. Hong's research considers how our societies can adapt to and benefit from changes based on the underlying power relations and cultural values that are integral to social change and to the institutional dynamics that mediate human-environment and human-human relations. His current studies focus on investigating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mathematics and sciences. Hong is also interested in global Indigenous Sciences, sustainable natural resource management, trade-offs issues between conservation and development, as well as just transitions to achieve carbon neutral and sustainable development. Hong leads research in cutting-edge transdisciplinary studies, including just transition, policy analytics, sustainable rural development, digital currency, performance legitimacy and social media analysis.
Hong Xu is now a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mathematical Sciences Institute and a Ph.D. scholar at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at The Australian National University (from October 2018). He undertook studies in environmental management and sustainable governance at The Australian National University and was award a Master of Environment (advanced) in September 2018. Also, he undertook studies in environmental engineering at Renmin University of China and was awarded a B.E. (Hons) in June 2016.
Publications
- Xu, H, Pittock, J & Daniell, KA. 2022, 'Sustainability of what, for whom? A critical analysis of Chinese development induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) programs', Land Use Policy, vol. 115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106043
- Peng, M, Xu, H, Qu, C et al. 2021, 'Understanding China's largest sustainability experiment: Atmospheric and climate governance in the Yangtze river economic belt as a lens', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 290.
- Peng, M, Xu, H, Yang, G et al. 2021, 'Purifying Heavily Polluted River Water Using Immobilized Native Photosynthetic Bacteria', Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, vol. 147, no. 8.
- Xu, H, Peng, M, Pittock, J et al. 2021, 'Managing rather than Avoiding Difficulties in Building Landscape Resilience', Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 5. paper 2629.
- Xu, H, Pittock, J & Daniell, KA 2021, 'China: A New Trajectory Prioritizing Rural Rather Than Urban Development?', Land, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 1-29.
- Xu, H, Tang, A & Pittock, J 2021, 'The dark side of ambition: side-effects of China's climate policy', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 16, no. 11. paper 111001.
- Peng, M, Xu, J, Yang, G et al. 2020, 'Digestion Properties of Intracellular Polymers and Extracellular Polymeric Substances and Influences of Extracellular Polymeric Substances on Anaerobic Digestion of Sludge', Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, vol. 146, no. 10.
- Xu, H & Pittock, J 2020, 'Policy changes in dam construction and biodiversity conservation in the Yangtze River Basin, China, Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 72. no. 2. pp. 228-243.
- Xu, H & Pittock, J 2020, 'Saving fish by removing dams on small rivers: the case of the Upper Yangtze River Basin'. Global Water Forum, 21 August 2020.
- Xu, H & Pittock, J 2018, 'Limiting the effects of hydropower dams on freshwater biodiversity: options on the Lancang River, China', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 70, pp. 169-194.
- Xu, H & Pittock, J 2018, 'Giant Hydropower Dams and Freshwater Biodiversity Protection on the Mekong River'.
- Wang, H, Zhang, G, Peng, M, Zhou, Q, Li, J, Xu, H & Meng F. 2016, 'Synthetic white spirit wastewater treatment and biomass recovery by photosynthetic bacteria: Feasibility and process influence factors', International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, vol. 113, pp. 134-138.
