YU XIAO Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture ...

1Current as of February, 2013YU XIAOAssistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban PlanningFaculty Fellow, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC)Texas A&M University, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3137(979) 458-2731 (work); (979) 845-1784 (fax); yuxiao@tamu.eduEDUCATIONPh.D. Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Champaign, IL, 2008Adviser: Edward FeserDissertation: “Local Economic Impact and Adjustment after a Natural Disaster:Evidence from the 1993 Midwest Flood”M.U.P. Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Champaign, IL, 2004B.S. Urban Studies and Regional Planning, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2002B.M. Electronic-Business, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2002ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS2008 to Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning,present Texas A&M University2006 to Research Assistant, Mid-America Earthquake Center2008 Researched on building an economic impact module for the development of seismicloss assessment and analysis software-MAEViz; Led and coordinated the research onthe short- to long-run economic impacts assessment of the 1993 Midwest flood.2002 to Research Assistant, Land Use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model, University2005 of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignWorked on economic models to estimate future economic conditions which serve asdriver for future land evolutions; Led research on assessing fiscal impacts of projectedfuture land use evolutions in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.2001 to Research Assistant, Center for Landscape Architecture and Planning, Peking2002 UniversityWorked on a master plan for the Zhangjiajie National Park in China; Participated infield investigation, tourist survey, and digital graphic data processing.HONORS AND AWARDSOutstanding Doctoral Students, University of Illinois, 2009Graduate Teacher’s Certificate, University of Illinois, 2008Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Illinois, 2007-2008Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2002-2003Honored Graduate, Peking University, 2002Mary Kay Fellowship, Peking University, 2000-2001XIYUE Fellowship for Excellent Students, Peking University, 1999-2000

Outstanding Student Honor, Peking University, 2000-2001 and 1999-2000National Science Foundation Fellowship, Peking University, 1998-1999TRAVEL GRANTMary Fran Myers Scholarship, Natural Hazard Center, University of Colorado, 2007(One of the three winners selected from 32 applications from 17 different nations.)ACSP Book Fair Publisher's Travel Scholarship, Association of Collegiate Schoolsof Planning, 2007ACSP PhD Workshop Scholarship, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning,2007Travel Scholarship for U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium, National Committee onUnited States-China Relations, 2007PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONSNote: * indicate the co-author was a student at the time of publication.Xiao, Yu and Edward Feser, forthcoming, “The Unemployment Impact of the 1993 Midwest Flood:A Quasi-experimental Structural Break Point Analysis”, Environmental Hazards.Xiao, Yu and Uttara Nilawar*, forthcoming, “Winners and Losers in Space: Analyzing SpatialDemand Shift After Natural Disasters”, Disasters.Xiao, Yu and Shannon Van Zandt, 2012, “Building Community Resiliency: Spatial Links betweenHouseholds and Businesses in Post-Disaster Recovery”, Urban Studies, 49(11): 2523-2542.Xiao, Yu, Jun Wan*, and Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, 2011, “Flooding and the Midwest Economy:Assessing the Midwest Floods of 1993 and 2008”, GeoJournal, DOI: 10.1007/s10708-011-9415-9Xiao, Yu, 2011, “Local Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters”, Journal of Regional Science,51(4):804-820.Edwards, Mary M. and Yu Xiao, 2009, “Annexation, Local Government Spending and theComplicating Role of Density”, Urban Affairs Review, 45 (2): 147-165.Tschangho John Kim, Matthew Claus, Joseph S. Rank, and Yu Xiao, 2009, “Technology and Cities:Processes of Technology-Land Substitution in the 20th Century”, Journal of Urban Technology,16(1): 63-88.Xiao, Yu, 2009, “Evaluating Short- to Long-run Economic Impact of Natural Disasters:Quasi-experimental Design and Its Application”, China Regional Economics, 1: 116-123. (InChinese)SUBMITTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONSXiao, Yu and Joshua Drucker, “Does Industrial Diversification Enhance Local Economic DisasterResilience?” (Submitted to Journal of American Planning Association, under review)2

EXTERNAL FUNDINGPrincipal Investigator, “Analyzing Impacts of Hurricanes on Business Establishments”, TexasCensus Research Data Center, 2012, $2,345. The other PI was Walter Gillis Peacock.Principal Investigator, “Collaborative Research: Developing an Intergovernmental ManagementFramework for Sustainable Recovery Following Catastrophic Disasters”, National ScienceFoundation (CMMI-1029805), 2010-2012, $102,715.Co-Principal Investigator, “Developing a Living Laboratory for Examining Community Recoveryand Resilience after Disaster”, National Science Foundation (CMMI-0928926), 2009-2011,$374,036. PI was Shannon Van Zandt; and other co-PIs were Walter Gillis Peacock, Samuel Brody,and Wesley Highfield.Co-Principal Investigator, “Social Vulnerability and Urban Development Patterns: Impacts onCommunity Resilience”, National Science Foundation (CMMI-0901605), 2008-2009, $144,671. PIwas Shannon Van Zandt; and other co-PI was Wesley Highfield.Researcher, Texas Transportation Institute, National Waterways Foundation Project,September-October 2008, $6,667INTERNAL FUNDINGChair, roundtable discussion on “Long-Term Disaster Recovery and Resiliency in China and theUnited States: Toward a Framework for Comparative Disaster Research” in the 2009 China-U.S.Relations Conference: Building on 30 years of China-US Relations: Looking Ahead, The Office ofthe Vice President for Research, 2009, $10,000. The other Chair was Walter Gillis Peacock.PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONSXiao, Yu and Josh Drucker. 2012. “Enhancing Local Economic Disaster Resiliency throughIndustrial Diversification? Evidence from the 1993 Midwest Flood.” Presented at the 53rdAssociation of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, November 1-4, 2012,Cincinnati, Ohio.Xiao, Yu and Yang Zhang. 2012. “Financing Post-Disaster Community Recovery: Lessons Learnedfrom Wenchuan Earthquake.” Presented at the 53rd Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning(ACSP) Annual Conference, November 1-4, Cincinnati, Ohio.Xiao, Yu and Yang Zhang. 2012. “Financing Post-Disaster Community Recovery: A Case Study ofWenchuan Earthquake.” Presented at the 6th International Association for China Planning(IACP) Conference, June 17-19, Wuhan, China.Xiao, Yu and Edward Feser. 2012. “The Unemployment Impact of the 1993 Midwest Flood: AQuasi-experimental Structural Break Point Analysis.” Presented at the Association of American3

Geographers, February 24-28, New York, NY.Xiao, Yu and Uttara Nilawar. 2011. “Winners and losers in space: Analyzing spatial demand shiftafter natural disasters.” Presented at the 58 th Annual North American Meetings of the RegionalScience Association International (RSAI) and 2 nd Conference of the Regional Science Associationof the Americas, November 9-12, Miami, Florida.Xiao, Yu and Walter Gillis Peacock. 2011. “Business Disaster Preparedness: Lessons Learned fromHurricane Ike.” Poster presented at the ACSP 2011 Annual Conference, October 13-16, Salt LakeCity, Utah.Xiao, Yu. 2011. “Growth, Urbanization, and Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: A Case Study ofUnited States.” Presented at the 5th International Association for China Planning (IACP)Conference, June 17-19, 2011, Beijing, China.Olshansky, Robert, Yu Xiao, Yang Zhang, Yan Song, Laurie Johnson. 2011. “IntergovernmentalManagement of Recovery Following Catastrophic Disasters: The Case of the 2008 WenchuanEarthquake.” Presented at the 5th International Association for China Planning (IACP) Conference,June 17-19, Beijing, China.Xiao, Yu, Shannon Van Zandt, Wesley Highfield, Walter Gillis Peacock, and Samuel Brody.2010. “Community Recovery and Resilience after Disaster: Links between Jobs and HouseholdRecovery.” Presented at the 2010 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting atWashington, DC (April 14-18).Xiao, Yu. 2010. “Hurricanes and the Louisiana Economy.” Presented at the 49th WesternRegional Science Association Conference at Sedona, Arizona (February 21-24).Xiao, Yu, Jun Wan, and Geoffrey Hewings. 2009. “Flooding and the Midwest Economy:Assessing the Midwest Floods of 1993 and 2008.” Presented at the 56th North AmericanRegional Science Association International Conference, at San Francisco, California (November18-21)Van Zandt, Shannon, Walter Peacock, Wesley Highfield, and Yu Xiao. 2009. “HousingInequalities and Social Vulnerability to Natural Disasters: Findings from 2008’s Hurricane Ike.”Presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 50th Anniversary Conference, atCrystal City, Virginia (October 1-4)Xiao, Yu. 2009. “Economic Impact of Hurricanes: A Comparative Study of Katrina/Rita andIke.” Presented at the International Research Committee on Disasters Researchers Meeting, atBroomfield, Colorado (July 18-10)Xiao, Yu. 2009. “Local Economic Impact of Disasters.” Presented at the Western RegionalScience Association Annual Conference, at Napa, California (February 22-25)Xiao, Yu. 2008. “Community Economic Adjustment, Post-disaster Mitigation, and Long-term4

Economic Recovery.” Poster presented at the Annual Hazards Research and ApplicationsWorkshop, at Broomfield, Colorado (July 12-15)Xiao, Yu. 2008. “Community Economic Adjustment after Major Disasters: Framework andAnalysis.” Paper presented at the ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress Conference, at Chicago, Illinois(July 8-11)Edwards, Mary and Yu Xiao. 2008. “Annexation: a route to municipal efficiency?” Paperpresented at the ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress Conference, at Chicago, Illinois (July 8-11)Xiao, Yu and Edward Feser. 2008. “The unemployment impact of the 1993 Midwest flood: Aquasi-experimental intervention analysis.” Paper presented at the Southern Regional ScienceAssociation Conference, at Washington D.C. (March 27-29)Xiao, Yu and Edward Feser. 2007. “The unemployment impact of the 1993 Midwest flood: Aquasi-experimental intervention analysis.” Paper presented at the Association of CollegiateSchools of Planning Conference, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (October 18-21)NON-PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKSXiao, Yu. (Paper with Shannon Van Zandt). 2011. “Building Community Resiliency: Spatial Linksbetween Households and Businesses in Post-Disaster Recovery.” Presented at Texas SouthernUniversity, Houston, Texas (October 21).Xiao, Yu. 2011. “Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Recovery Research: Policy and Urban Design.”Presented for the University of Washington-Sichuan University Urban-Rural IntegrationExperiencing Team, Sichuan University, China (July 19).Xiao, Yu (with Yang Zhang). 2011. “Hazard Risk Management.” Keynote speaker for the ThirdYouth Leadership Social Development Summer Camp, Southwest University of Finance andEconomics, China (July 9).Xiao, Yu. 2011 “Business Recovery after Hurricane Ike.” Presented at Rice University, Houston,Texas (March 25).Xiao, Yu. 2010. “Economic Impacts of Hurricanes: Understanding Labor Market AdjustmentWhen Facing the Unexpected.” Presented at the Regional Research Institute Seminars, WestVirginia University (March 18).Xiao, Yu. 2009. “Role of Businesses in Hazard Reduction and Recovery.” Presented in aninvited talk at Beijing University, China on Hazard Reduction and Recovery—Social Scienceand Policy Making in the United States (October 20).Xiao, Yu. 2009. “Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters and Trajectories of Adjustment.”Presented at Resilience in the 21st Century Hazard Reduction& Recovery Center 20th5

Anniversary Celebration, at College Station, Texas (January 31)Xiao, Yu. 2003. “Modeling land use evolution and assessing its impacts”, China Center forEconomic Research, Beijing UniversityREVIEWER FOR JOURNALSRegional StudiesJournal of Regional ScienceApplied GeographyEarthquake SpectraEnvironmental HazardsJournal of Contingencies and Crisis ManagementNatural Hazard ReviewDisastersAustralasian Journal of Regional StudiesGrowth and ChangeThe Annals of Regional ScienceInternational Journal of Disaster Risk ScienceThe Geneva Papers on Risk and InsuranceCOURSES TAUGHTUndergraduate-level: Analytical Planning Research Method (Spring 2007 and Spring 2008) Structure and Function of Cities and Regions (Spring 2009, Summer 2009, Spring 2010,Spring 2011, and Spring 2012) Plan/Policy Implementation (Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, and Spring 2012)Graduate-level: Regional Economic Development (Spring 2010) Structure and Function of Urban Settlements (Fall 2009, Fall 2011, and Fall 2012) Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery (Fall 2009, Fall 2011, and Fall 2012) Directed Study on Economic Vulnerability and Resiliency (Spring 2011) Directed Study on Sustainable Economic Development (Fall 2011)6