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You can find my full and latest publication lists on my Google Scholar profile.
All my publications can be freely downloaded in this folder [📂]
Peer-reviewed journal papers
* Corresponding author; # Contribute equally
- Cheng, G., Shu, T.*, & Chau, K. W. (2025). Incentives behind local governments’ industrial land transfers: Evidence from China. Habitat International, 162, 103460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103460
- Shu, T., Wu, Y.*, & Shen, L. (2025). Diversity and Abundance: Evolution of Cultural Resources during Urbanization Process in China’s Megacities. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 151. https://doi.org/10.1061/JUPDDM/UPENG-5459
- Shu, T.#, Yang, S.#, Yu, T.*, Cheng, G., Ren, Y., Shi, F., Derudder, B., & Liao, X.* (2025). An intercity investment network dataset of China based on enterprise registration records (2000–2020). Scientific Data (Nature Portfolio), 12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04658-w
- Shu, T., Liao, X.*, Yang, S., & Yu, T. (2024). Towards sustainability: Evaluating energy efficiency with a super-efficiency SBM-DEA model across 168 economies. Applied Energy, 376, 124254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124254
- Shu, T., Yu, T.*, Liao, X., & Yang, S. (2024). Unearthing the impact of urban sprawl on transport carbon dioxide emissions: Fresh evidence from 274 Chinese cities. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 34(10), 1953–1976. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-024-2278-z
- Shen, L., Shu, T.*, Liao, X., Yang, N., Ren, Y., Zhu, M., Cheng, G., & Wang, J. (2020). A new method to evaluate urban resources environment carrying capacity from the load-and-carrier perspective. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 154, 104616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104616 [🏆2021, 2022 ESI highly cited paper]
- Yang, S., Shu, T.*, & Liao, X. (2025). On the role of online communication in shaping innovation spatial patterns: New evidence amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 18(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12076-025-00401-6
- Shu, T., Ren, Y., Shen, L.*, & Qian, Y. (2019). Study on spatial heterogeneity of consumption vibrancy and its driving factors in large city: A case of Chengdu City. Urban Development Studies, 27(01):16-21. (In Chinese). https://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1006-3862.2020.01.014
- Yu, T.*, Shu, T., & Xu, J. (2024). Spatial pattern, and evolution of China’s urban agglomerations. Frontiers of Urban and Rural Planning, 2(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44243-023-00027-6 (🏆2024 Best Paper Award)
- Liao, X., Shu, T.*, Shen, L., Ren, Y., & Yang, N. (2021). Identification and evolution of peri-urban areas in the context of urban-rural integrated development: A case study of Suzhou City. Progress in Geography, 40(11): 1847-1860. (In Chinese). https://doi.org/10.18306/dlkxjz.2021.11.005
- Liao, X., Fang, C.*, Shu, T., Liu, Z., & Sun, B. (2024). From center to outlying areas: Navigating built-up land dynamics along urban-rural gradients in Global South megaregions. Applied Geography, 172, 103419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103419
- Yu, T.*, Shao, J., Shu, T., Cai, Z., Xu, J., Ha, R., & Yang, S. (2024). From the Middle Central Functional Area to the Capital Metropolitan Area: Retrospect and Prospect of the Coordinated Development of Beijing- Tianjin-Hebei Area. Urban Development Studies, 31(12):10-18. (In Chinese). https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1006-3862.2024.12.003
- Liao, X., Fang, C.*, Shu, T., & Ren, Y. (2023). Spatiotemporal impacts of urban structure upon urban land- use efficiency: Evidence from 280 cities in China. Habitat International, 131, 102727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102727
- Liao, X., Fang, C.*, & Shu, T. (2022). Multifaceted land use change and varied responses of ecological carrying capacity: A case study of Chongqing, China. Applied Geography, 148, 102806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2022.102806
- Yang, N., Shen, L.*, Shu, T., Liao, S., Peng, Y., & Wang, J. (2021). An integrative method for analyzing spatial accessibility in the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system in Social Science & Medicine, 270, 113656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113656
- Liao, X., Ren, Y., Shen, L.*, Shu, T., He, H., & Wang, J. (2020). A "carrier-load" perspective method for investigating regional water resource carrying capacity. Journal of Cleaner Production, 269, 122043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122043
- Wang, J., Ren, Y., Shu, T., Shen, L.*, Liao, X., Yang, N., & He, H. (2020). Economic perspective-based analysis on urban infrastructures carrying capacity—A China Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 83, 106381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106381
- Yang, S., Shu, T., & Yu, T.* (2022). Migration for Better Jobs or Better Living: Shifts in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114576
- He, H., Shen, L.*, Wong, S. W., Cheng, G., & Shu, T. (2023). A "load-carrier" perspective approach for assessing tourism resource carrying capacity. Tourism Management, 94, 104651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2022.104651 [🏆2023 ESI highly cited paper]
- Wang, J., Shen, L.*, Ren, Y., Wei, X., Tan, Y., & Shu, T. (2019). An alternative model for evaluating the balance of carrying capacity between functional urban infrastructures. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 79, 106304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2019.106304
- Wei, X., Ren, Y.*, Shen, L., & Shu, T. (2022). Exploring the spatiotemporal pattern of traffic congestion performance of large cities in China: A real-time data based investigation. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 95, 106808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106808
- Zhu, M., Shen, L.*, Tam, V. W. Y., Liu, Z., Shu, T., & Luo, W. (2020). A load-carrier perspective examination on the change of ecological environment carrying capacity during urbanization process in Science of The Total Environment, 714, 136843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136843
- Lou, Y., Jayantha, W. M., Shen, L.*, Liu, Z., & Shu, T. (2019). The application of low-carbon city (LCC) indicators—A comparison between academia and practice. Sustainable Cities and Society, 51, 101677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101677
- Wu, S., Shu, T., Shen, L.*, Yang, Z., & Shi, F. (2021). Analysis on spatial and temporal evolution of holiday tourism flow based on online travel notes—A case study of Chongqing. Construction Management Research, (01): 91-108. (In Chinese). CNKI link
- Zhang, X., Shen, L.*, Shu, T., & Wei, X. (2021). Research on evaluation method of coordination between urban traffic resources level and social economic development level. Construction Management Research, (01): 75-90. (In Chinese). CNKI link
Book chapters
1. Shen L., & Shu T. (2024). Carrier-Load Perspective Evaluation on Urban Resources Environment Carrying Capacity: Theory and Application. In Zuo J., Shen L., & Chang R. (Eds.), Circular Economy for Buildings and Infrastructure (pp. 39–66). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56241-9_4
Conferences & Presentations
- Shu, T.*, Liao, X., Yang, S., & Yu, T. (2024). Modeling the effect of amenity determinants on urban innovation spaces using geographical random forest model: A Beijing case Proceedings of the 60th ISOCARP World Planning Congress. 60th ISOCARP World Planning Congress, Siena. Oral presentation. https://doi.org/10.47472/qbK3VL57
- Liao, X.*, Ren, Y., Yang, N., & Shu, T. (2021). Decoupling Relationship Between Economic Growth and Industrial Wastewater Discharges: A Case Study of Four Municipalities in China. In G. Ye, H. Yuan & J. Zuo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate (pp. 225–241). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8892-1_16
- Shu, T. (2022). Sprawling cities and alarming transport CO emissions: Evidence from China. The 16th International Association for China Planning (IACP) Conference, Wuhan, China. Online presentation. http://www.china-planning.org/alpha/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IACP-2022-Annual-Meeting.pdf
- Shu, T. (2023). Student Co-Chair, Engagement with China PhD Forum 2023. Session Green Infrastructure and Sustainability. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Online presentation.