Dr. Guoping Huang is a landscape planning scholar, practitioner, and geospatial innovator. His research interests include digital visualization, Geodesign, and international planning. He has published widely in English and Chinese, and has conducted a diverse set of urban and landscape planning projects in more than 10 countries for important clients including the World Bank, UNDP, USGS, Aga Khan Development Network, Rio Tinto, and Anglo American. His projects have won many international and national awards from academic and professional organizations. Dr. Huang also co-founded one of the most influential digital humanities projects, "Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations”. It has been cataloged as an important digital resource for historians and other researchers by many leading university libraries in the world.
Dr. Huang holds a Doctor of Design degree in landscape planning from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Master of Science degree in Landscape Planning and Bachelor of Science degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Peking University, China.
Uniting City and Landscape, Winneba, Ghana
- Role: PI
- Awarded $85,000
- Sponsor: Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation, University of Virginia
Leveraging deep learning to extract flooding extent from remote sensing imagery
- Role: PI
- Awarded $60,000
- Sponsor: University of Virginia
Missed Early Diagnosis of Autism Related to Non-Attended Well-Child Checks in Virginia’s Rural Children
- Role: Co-PI
- Awarded $17,204
- Sponsor: UVA Supporting Transformative Autism Research (STAR) Pilot Award
A Virtual Exploration of Central Grounds through Time and Space
- Role: PI
- Awarded $35,100
- Sponsor: Jefferson Trust
Strategic Planning for the Agro-Forestry Village Project in Mozambique, in collaboration with Dobbin International, submitted in 2011
– Role: PI
– Awarded $92,788
– Sponsor: Technoserve Mozambique
Alternative futures for the land use and transportation in rapid urbanization regions in China: with a case study of Zengcheng, 2011
– Role: PI
– Awarded $6,500
– Sponsor: State Key Lab for Subtropical Architecture Research, China
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations, 2010-2011
– Role: Co-PI
– Awarded $22,968 as sub-award
– Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Best Lightning Talk Award, “A Smart Bicycle Map for A Sustainable Future”, Geodesign Summit, ESRI, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ6CLu14YyM
People's Choice Award, “Relinking City and Landscape, Winneba, Ghana”, International Geodesign Collaboration Conference, 2019
Scenic Vistas Preservation Award, “Richmond Riverfront Viewshed Study”, Scenic Virginia, 2016
Community Service Award, “Richmond Riverfront Viewshed Study”, American Society of Landscape Architects, Virginia Chapter, 2015
President’s Award, “Richmond Riverfront Viewshed Study”, American Society of Landscape Architects, Virginia Chapter, 2014
Best GIS Application Award, “Direction and Content-based Landscape Visual Assessment”, International Digital Landscape Architecture Conference, 2011
A Smart Bicycle Map for A Sustainable Future, ESRI Geodesign Summit, 2019 (won Best Lighting Talk Award), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ6CLu14YyM
Lhasa VR - Documenting the Historic Tibetan Capital Through 3D GIS , Cultural Preservation and Disaster Response in the Shadows of Notre Dame Symposium, Library of Congress, 2019, https://youtu.be/4hZLyThf0KQ
Connecting the Dots: how geo-spatial technology is changing the design profession, Harvard University Geography Colloquium, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2r3XlkXP1M
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations, Geospatial Collaboration: New Common Ground, Harvard University, 2010, https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/Annual_Spring_Workshops/2011_Geospatial/Friday_video/Huang.mov
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* Huang, G. (2020). Digital Visualization in Web 3.0: A Case Study of Virtual Central Grounds Project. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, Vol. 5: 395-403, doi:10.14627/537690040
Huang, G. (2020). City and Landscape Relinked: Winneba and Muni Lagoon – Ghana, The International Geodesign Collaboration: Changing Geography by Design, Ed. Steinitz, C., Fisher, T., Orland, B., ESRI Press, CA
* Huang, G. (2019) Landscape Justice in Visual Landscape Protection, Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2019, Vol. 35, Issue 5: 18-22, http://dx.doi.org/10.19775/j.cla.2019.05.0018
Huang, G. (2018). Geodesign and Urban Renewal. World Human Habitat, Vol. 2, Issue 1. http://cpfd.cnki.com.cn/Article/CPFDTOTAL-JZJA201711005008.htm
Huang, G. (2018). A Biophilic Cities Index. Biophilic Cities, Vol.2, Issue 1. http://biophiliccities.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BCJ-Vol-2-Issue-1_2018_Huang.pdf
* Gwon, S. H., Yan, G., Huang, G., & Kulbok, P. A.(2018). Predictors of Adolescent Smoking in South Korea. International Nursing Review, Vol. 65, Issue 2: 234-243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/inr.12404
Huang, G. (2017) Charlottesville Bikemap, https://gis.arch.virginia.edu/cvillebike/, University of Virginia
* Huang, G. (2017). Urban Spatial Growth in Mountainous Regions of Western China. Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 37, Issue 3: 367-376, https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00078.1
* Huang, G. (2017). Indexing the Human-Nature Relationship in Cities. Journal of Urban Planning, Landscape and Environmental Design, Vol. 2, Issue 2: 25-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.6092/2531-9906/5255
* Huang, G. (2017). Protecting Urban River Views with Geodesign Approach. Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, Vol. 2: 85-93, http://dx.doi.org/10.14627/537629009
* Huang, G., Zhou, N. (2016). Geodesign in Developing Countries: The example of the Master Plan for Wulingyuan National Scenic Area, China. Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 156: 81-91, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.05.014
Huang, G. (2016). Modeling uncertainties, Catalyst: Lineages & Trajectories, Ed. School of Architecture, University of Virginia, ACTAR, NY
Germano D., Shaeffer, K., Huang, G., Rourk, W., Weinberger, S., Zhang, Z. (2015) Transforming Lhasa: a virtual reality tour of historic Lhasa, https://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/LhasaVR/, University of Virginia
* Huang, G., Rauterkus, S.Y., Thrall, G. & Peiser, R. (2013). A General Model of Mortgage Failure Tipping Point with an Example from Southern California. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, Vol. 6, Issue 4: 438-454, http://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-05-2012-0017
Huang, G. (2013). Contemplative spaces, Catalyst, Ed. School of Architecture, University of Virginia, ACTAR, NY
* Guan, W., Huang, G. (2009). Bringing Operational GIS into University Classrooms. Geomatica, Vol. 63, No. 2: 375 -392
McCormick. M., Huang, G., Gibson, K., et al. (2009) Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations, http://darmc.harvard.edu/, Harvard University
* Huang, G. (2006). On relationship of research and practice in landscape planning. Beijing Planning Review, No.3: 102-105
Steinitz, C., Faris, R., Flaxman, M., Cargas-Moreno, J. C., Huang, G., et al. (2006). Alternative Futures for the Region of La Paz. International Community Foundation
Steinitz, C., Faris, R., Cargas-Moreno, J.C., Huang, G., et al. (2005). Alternative Futures for the Region of Loreto. International Community Foundation
* Yu, K., Wang, Z., Huang, G. (2005). Vernacular Landscapes and their implications to Modern Landscape Architecture. Huazhong Architecture, No. 4:123-126
Yu, K., Wang, J., Huang, G., et al. (2004). A World of Mandala: Discovering vernacular landscape and architecture in Eastern Tibet. China Architecture and Industry Press (won Human Habitat Award of China)
