Research

Working Papers:

  • Flood your neighbors: Spillover effects of levee building.
  • Hot spots, cold feet, and warm glow: Identifying spatial heterogeneity in willingness to pay. NCEE Working Paper 20-01. (with Dennis Guignet and Christopher Moore) [paper]
  • Designing contracts for payments for ecosystem services programs: Insights from a stated preference study. (with Erik Lichtenberg and David Newburn) [SSRN]
  • Modeling new product adoption: A hurdle structure latent class mixed model applied to plant-based meat alternatives. (with Prokash Deb, Wenying Li, and Shuoli Zhao)

Work in Progress:

Journal Articles:

  • Newburn, D.A., Wang, H., Johnston, R., Chang, K., Ndebele, T., 2025. High-resolution spatial modeling of household lawn fertilizer behavior: Implications for targeting nitrogen-reduction programs. Journal of Environmental Management, 395: 127655. [paper]
  • Chen, H., Wang, H., 2025. Exposure to harmful algal blooms and socio-demographic patterns: Evidence from six decades of analysis in Florida, USA. Harmful Algae, 150: 102999. [paper]
  • Wang, H., Chen, H., 2025. When it rains, it pours: Wastewater infrastructure in the face of natural hazards and social vulnerability. Environmental Science and Policy, 173: 104232. [paper]
  • Fu, X., Kang, W., Wang, H., Han, X., 2025. Eliciting consumer preferences for used vehicle e-commerce platforms: A discrete choice experiment approach. Research in Transportation Economics, 113: 101641. [paper]
  • Chen, H., Wang, H., Bora, F., Hu, Y., 2025. (Not) in my backyard: Access to community gardens, neighborhood characteristics, and food deserts. Cities, 166: 106226. [paper]
  • Wang, H., 2025. Is coastal climate adaptation infrastructure worth public investment? Evidence from stated preference economic valuation and cost-benefit analysis. Journal of Environmental Management, 381: 125294. [paper] [UM News] [newswise]
  • Wang, H., 2025. Socio-demographic disparities in the familiarity with coastal climate adaptation strategies: Implications for coastal management and climate justice. Natural Hazards, 121: 3603–3619. [paper] [UM News]
  • Chen, H., Wang, H., Hu, Y., 2024. Weathering the wait: Temperature impacts on school bus delays. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 136: 104455. [paper]
  • Han, X., Li, W., Wang, H., 2024. A burning issue: Wildfire smoke exposure, retail sales, and demand for adaptation in healthcare. Environmental and Resource Economics, 87: 3011–3039 [paper]
  • Han, X., Wang, H., Yu, J., 2024. Navigate through the haze: Wildfire smoke exposure and Metrorail ridership. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 133: 104309. [paper]
  • Wang, H., 2024. Party affiliation and the legacy of HOLC redlining maps. Political Geography, 110: 103075. [paper] [UM News]
  • Groffman, P., Suchy, A., Locke, D., Johnston, R., Newburn, D., Gold, A., Band, L., Duncan, J., Grove, J.M., Kao-Kniffin, J., Meltzer, H., Ndebele, T., O’Neil-Dunne, J., Polsky, C., Thompson, G., Wang, H., Zawojska, E., 2023. Hydro-bio-geo-socio-chemical interactions and the sustainability of residential landscapes. PNAS Nexus, 2(10): 1-11. [paper]
  • Newburn, D., Polsky, C., Johnston, R., Wang, H., Ndebele, T., 2023. Modeling multi-scale influences on household lawncare decisions: Formal and informal neighborhood effects on fertilizer use. Landscape and Urban Planning, 240: 104869. [paper]
  • Biffi, S., Traldi, R., Crezee, B., Beckmann, M., Egli, L., Schmidt, D.E., Motzer, N., Okumah, M., Seppelt, R., Slabbert, E.L., Tiedeman, K., Wang, H., Ziv, G., 2021. Aligning agri-environmental subsidies and environmental needs: a comparative analysis between the US and EU. Environmental Research Letters, 16(5): 054067. [paper]
  • Yang, M., Wang, H., Qiu, F., 2020. Neighborhood food environments revisited: When food deserts meet food swamps. The Canadian Geographer, 64(1): 135–154. [paper]
  • Yang, M., Wang, H., Qiu, F., 2019. The built environment of schools: Access to unhealthy food outlets and outdoor recreational facilities. Cities, 87: 229–237. [paper]
  • Wang, H., Qiu, F., 2018. Spatial disparities in neighborhood public tree coverage: Do modes of transportation matter? Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 29: 58–67. [paper]
  • Wang, H., Qiu, F., 2017. Investigating the impact of agricultural land losses on deforestation: Evidence from a peri-urban area in Canada. Ecological Economics, 139: 9–18. [paper]
  • Wang, H., Qiu, F., 2017. Investigation of the dynamics of agricultural land at the urban fringe: A comparison between two peri-urban areas in Canada. The Canadian Geographer, 61(3): 457–470. [paper]
  • Wang, H., Swallow, B.M., 2016. Optimizing the use of financial resources for agricultural land conservation: Spatially-explicit estimation of benefits, budgets, costs and targets. Land Use Policy, 59: 272–283. [paper]
  • Wang, H., Qiu, F., Ruan, X., 2016. Loss or gain: A spatial regression analysis of switching land conversions between agriculture and natural land. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 221: 222–234. [paper]
  • Wang, H., Qiu, F., 2016. Fresh food access revisited. Cities, 51: 64–73. [paper]
  • Wang, H., Tao, L., Qiu, F., Lu, W., 2016. The role of socio-economic status and spatial effects on fresh food access: Two case studies in Canada. Applied Geography, 67: 27–38. [paper]
  • Wang, H., Qiu, F., Swallow, B.M., 2014. Can community gardens and farmers’ markets relieve food desert problems? A study in Edmonton, Canada. Applied Geography, 55: 127–137. [paper]

Book Chapters:

  • Wang, H., Plancich, S., 2024. Accessibility of healthy food: Addressing food deserts. Encyclopedia of Food Systems and Agriculture, 3rd Edition (Elsevier Publishing). [Link]
  • Newburn, D., Lynch, L., Wang, H., 2022. Farmland and forest conservation: Evaluation of smart growth policies and tools. G. Knaap et al. (eds.), Handbook on Smart Urban Growth (Elgar Publishing), pp 75-91. [Link]