Guangqing Chi, Ph.D.
- Professor of Rural Sociology, Demography, and Public Health Sciences
- Director, the Computational and Spatial Analysis Core
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
- Email gchi@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-8245
- Fax 814-865-3746
- PDF Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental demography
- Socio-environmental systems
- Population-infrastructure dynamics
- Computational and spatial analysis
Websites
Education
- PhD, Environmental Demography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006
- MS, Environmental Policy, Michigan Technological University, 2002
- BS, Environmental Science, East China Normal University, 1999
Dr. Guangqing Chi is an environmental demographer with a focus on socio-environmental systems. His research seeks to understand the interactions between human populations and the built and natural environments and to identify important social, environmental, infrastructural, and institutional assets to help vulnerable populations adapt and become resilient to environmental changes. A key characteristic of his research is the attempt to integrate social systems and the built and natural environments in understanding population dynamics by developing and applying innovative spatial and big data methods to traditional and nontraditional data. His current work investigates climate change impacts on coastal communities in the Arctic and climate-driven migration and left-behind children in Central Asia. He is an expert in spatial and big data analytic methods and lead author of the textbook “Spatial Regression Models for the Social Sciences” (SAGE 2019). Dr. Chi leads the POLARIS project and the establishment of an infrastructure for collecting and analyzing social media data (60+ TB; Twitter, Facebook, mobile phone).
Current/Recent Courses
RSOC597: Spatial Analysis of Social Data
CED410: Population and Environment
RSOC597: Elements of Statistics
Book
Chi, Guangqing and Jun Zhu. 2019. Spatial Regression Models for the Social Sciences. Volume 14 of Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the Social Sciences. SAGE Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA. 272 pages. ISBN: 9781544302072; 154430207X.
Selected Key Publications
Hofmann, Erin and Guangqing Chi. Forthcoming. "Bride Kidnapping and Gendered Labor Migration: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Park, Hyun Joon, Sara Francisco, Rosemary Pang, Lulu Peng, and Guangqing Chi. "Exposure to Anti-Black Lives Matter Movement and Obesity of the Black Population." Social Science and Medicine.
Yin, Junjun and Guangqing Chi. 2021. "Characterizing People’s Daily Activity Patterns in the Urban Environment: A Mobility Network Approach with Geographic Context-Aware Twitter Data." The Annals of the American Association of Geographers 111(7): 1967–1987.
Chi, Guangqing and Donghui Wang. 2018. "Population Projection Accuracy: The Impacts of Sociodemographics, Accessibility, Land Use, and Neighbor Characteristics." Population, Space and Place 24(5): e2129.
Chi, Guangqing and Hung Chak Ho. 2018. "Population Stress: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Population Change and Land Development at the County Level in the Continental United States, 2000–2010." Land Use Policy 70(1): 128–137.
Chi, Guangqing and Jamie Boydstun. 2017. "Are Gasoline Prices a Factor in Residential Relocation Decisions? Preliminary Findings from the American Housing Survey, 1996–2008." Journal of Planning Education and Research 37(3): 334–346.
Chi, Guangqing, Willie Brown, Xiang Zhang, and Yanbing Zheng. 2015. "Safer Roads Owing to Higher Gasoline Prices: How Long It Takes." American Journal of Public Health 105(8): 119–125.
Chi, Guangqing and David W. Marcouiller. 2013. "In-Migration to Remote Rural Regions: The Relative Impacts of Natural Amenities and Land Developability." Landscape and Urban Planning 117(1): 22–31.
Chi, Guangqing and Stephen J. Ventura. 2011. "An Integrated Framework of Population Change: Influential Factors, Spatial Dynamics, and Temporal Variation." Growth and Change 42(4): 549–570.
Chi, Guangqing and David W. Marcouiller. 2011. "Isolating the Effect of Natural Amenities on Population Change at the Local Level." Regional Studies 45(4): 491–505.
Chi, Guangqing. 2010. "The Impacts of Highway Expansion on Population Change: An Integrated Spatial Approach." Rural Sociology 75(1): 58–89.
Chi, Guangqing. 2009. "Can Knowledge Improve Population Forecasts at Subcounty Levels?" Demography 46(2): 405–427.
Chi, Guangqing and Jun Zhu. 2008. "Spatial Regression Models for Demographic Analysis." Population Research and Policy Review 27(1): 17–42.
Active External Grants
NSF Navigating the New Arctic Program. "NNA Track 1: Pursuing Opportunities for Long-term Arctic Resilience for Infrastructure and Society (POLARIS)" (Award # NNA-1927827). 1/1/2020–12/31/2023. PI. $3,009,000.
NSF Strengthening American Infrastructure Program. "EAGER: SAI: Collaborative Research: Community-Driven Innovation for Resilient Bridges in Remote Communities" (Award # BCS-2121909). PI. Project dates: 10/1/2021–9/30/2023. $259,112.
NSF Sociology Program. "RR: The Generalizability and Replicability of Twitter Data for Population Research" (Award # SES-1823633). 7/15/2018–6/30/2022. PI. $500,000.
NSF Office of Polar Program. "RAPID: Collaborative Research: COVID-19 Preparedness in Remote Fishing Communities in Rural Alaska" (Award # OPP-2032790). PI. Project dates: 6/15/2020–5/31/2022. $119,868.
NIH/NICHD. "Population Research Institute" (Award # 2P2C HD041025). 6/1/2021–5/31/2026. SP (PI of the Computational and Spatial Analysis Core) with Jennifer Glick (PI). $3,530,135.
Social Science Research Council. "Are We More Willing to Speak Up When We Share Without Clicking? A Study of Political Content Sharing on Facebook" (Award # 228621). Co-PI with Shyam Sundar (PI). Project dates: 7/1/2020–6/30/2022. $49,017.
NSF Office of Polar Program. "Convergence NNA: Coordinate a Transdisciplinary Research Network to Identify Challenges and Solutions of Permafrost Coastal Erosion and Its Socioecological Impact in the Arctic" (Award # OPP-1745369). 1/1/2018–12/31/2022. Co-PI with Ming Xiao (PI). $500,000.
NIH. "The Center for Innovation in Intensive Longitudinal Studies (CIILS)" (Award # U24 AA027684). 9/20/2018–8/31/2022. Co-I with Sy-Miin Chow (PI). $1,835,411.
Publications
Subway development and obesity
Journal of Transport and Health, Xiao, Chenghan, Yang, Yang, Chi, Guangqing, 2021
A multi-modal approach towards mining social media data during natural disasters - A case study of Hurricane Irma
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Mohanty, Somya D., Biggers, Brown, Sayedahmed, Saed, Pourebrahim, Nastaran, Goldstein, Evan B., Bunch, Rick, Chi, Guangqing, Sadri, Fereidoon, McCoy, Tom P., Cosby, Arthur, 2021
A multi-modal approach towards mining social media data during natural disasters -- a case study of Hurricane Irma
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Mohanty, Somya D., Biggers, Brown, Sayedahmed, Saed, Pourebrahim, Nastaran, Goldstein, Evan B., Bunch, Rick, Chi, Guangqing, Sadri, Fereidoon, McCoy, Tom P., Cosby, Arthur, 2021
Bride kidnapping and gendered labor migration
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Hofmann, Erin Trouth, Chi, Guangqing, 2021
Characterizing People’s Daily Activity Patterns in the Urban Environment
Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Yin, Junjun, Chi, Guangqing, 2021
Remittances and household spending strategies
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Wang, Donghui, Hagedorn, Annelise, Chi, Guangqing, 2021
Characterizing People's Daily Activity Patterns in the Urban Environment: A Mobility Network Approach with Geographic Context-Aware Twitter Data
Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Yin, Junjun, Chi, Guangqing, 2020
Does the mental health of migrant workers suffer from long commute time? Evidence from China
Journal of Transport and Health, Xiao, Chenghan, Yang, Yang, Chi, Guangqing, 2020
A general approach to detecting migration events in digital trace data
PLoS One, Chi, Guanghua, Lin, Fengyang, Chi, Guangqing, Blumenstock, Joshua, 2020
Untangle the complex stakeholder relationships in rural settlement consolidation in China
Land, Yang, Fan, Chi, Guangqing, Wang, Ge, Tang, Shirui, Li, Yunting, Ju, Cong, 2020
The impacts of population and agglomeration development on land use intensity
Land Use Policy, Xu, Feng, Wang, Zhanqi, Chi, Guangqing, Zhang, Zhexi, 2020
Ecosystem services and their driving forces in the middle reaches of the yangtze river urban agglomerations, China
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Chen, Wanxu, Chi, Guangqing, Li, Jiangfeng, 2020
A first look at COVID-19 information and misinformation sharing on Twitter
arxiv, Singh, Lisa, Bansal, Shweta, Bode, Leticia, Budak, Ceren, Chi, Guangqing, Kawintiranon, Kornraphop, Padden, Colton, Vanarsdall, Rebecca, Vraga, Emily, Wang, Yanchen, 2020
Remittances and Household Spending Strategies: Evidence from the Life in Kyrgyzstan Study, 2011–2013
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Wang, Donghui, Hagedorn, Annelise, Chi, Guangqing, 2020
Understanding Demographics and Experience of Tourists in Yellowstone National Park through Social Media, Liang, Yun, Yin, J, Chi, Guangqing, Pan, Bing, Andris, Clio, Miller, Zach, Jorgenson, Jack, Nickerson, Norma, 2020
Untangle the Complex Stakeholder Relationships in Rural Settlement Consolidation in China: A Social Network Approach
Land, Yang, Fan, Chi, Guangqing, Wang, Ge, Tang, Shirui, Li, Yunting, Ju, Cong, 2020
Agricultural Productivity at the Oblast Level in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, 1990–2014: Implications of Demographic and Climate Changes
Research in Globalization, Chi, Guangqing, Gao, Jing, Wang, Donghui, Hagedorn, Annelise, Kelgenbaeva, Kamilya, Smith, M., Henebry, Geoffrey, 2020
Temporal and spatial trends and determinants of aggressive prostate cancer among Black and White men with prostate cancer
Cancer Causes and Control, Wang, Ming, Chi, Guangqing, Bodovski, Yosef, Holder, Sheldon L., Lengerich, Eugene J., Wasserman, Emily, McDonald, Alicia C., 2020
The spatial aspect of ecosystem services balance and its determinants
Land Use Policy, Chen, Wanxu, Chi, Guangqing, Li, Jiangfeng, 2020
Spatiotemporal variations of land use intensity and its driving forces in China, 2000–2010
Regional Environmental Change, Xu, Feng, Chi, Guangqing, 2019
Spatial Regression Analysis of Poverty in R
Spatial demography, Kamenetsky, Maria, Chi, Guangqing, Wang, Donghui, Zhu, Jun, 2019
The impact of spatial spillovers on interprovincial migration in China, 2005–10
Regional Studies, Pu, Yingxia, Han, Xiao, Chi, Guangqing, Wang, Yaping, Ge, Ying, Kong, Fanhua, 2019
A spatial dynamic panel approach to modelling the space-time dynamics of interprovincial migration flows in China
Demographic Research, Pu, Yingxia, Zhao, Xinyi, Chi, Guangqing, Zhao, Jin, Kong, Fanhua, 2019
Error measures for trajectory estimations with geo-tagged mobility sample data
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Parsafard, Mohsen, Chi, Guangqing, Qu, Xiaobo, Li, Xiaopeng, Wang, Haizhong, 2019
The spatial association of ecosystem services with land use and land cover change at the county level in China, 1995–2015
Science of the Total Environment, Chen, Wanxu, Chi, Guangqing, Li, Jiangfeng, 2019
Lost in the Black Belt South
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Chi, Guangqing, Shapley, Derrick, Yang, Tse Chuan, Wang, Donghui, 2019
Design and implementation of a parallel geographically weighted k-nearest neighbor classifier
Computers and Geosciences, Pu, Yingxia, Zhao, Xinyi, Chi, Guangqing, Zhao, Shuhe, Wang, Jiechen, Jin, Zhibin, Yin, Junjun, 2019
Future interstate highway system demands
Case Studies on Transport Policy, Chi, Guangqing, Wang, Donghui, Hagedorn, Annelise De Jong, 2019
Abandoned rural residential land
Habitat International, Xu, Feng, Ho, Hung Chak, Chi, Guangqing, Wang, Zhanqi, 2019
The Evolving and Complementary Impacts of Transportation Infrastructures on Growth and Development, Kasu, Bishal, Chi, Guangqing, 2019
Climatic Impacts on Mountainous Livelihood in Kyrgyzstan, Aidaraliev, AA, Henebry, GM, Chi, Guangqing, Groisman, P, Tomaszewska, M, Baihodjoev, MS, Kelgenbaeva, KA, 2019
Demographic Forecasting and Future Interstate Highway System Demands, Chi, Guangqing, 2019
Spatial Regression Models for the Social Sciences, Chi, Guangqing, Zhu, Jun, 2019
Spatial Regression Analysis of Poverty in R
Spatial Demography, Kamenetsky, Maria, Chi, Guangqing, Wang, Donghui, Zhu, Jun, 2019
Transportation Infrastructures and Socioeconomic Statuses: A Spatial Regression Analysis at the County Level in the Continental United States, 1970–2010
Spatial Demography, Kasu, Bishal, Chi, Guangqing, 2019
The Evolving and Complementary Impacts of Transport Infrastructures on Population and Employment Change in the United States, 1970–2010
Population Research and Policy Review, Kasu, Bishal, Chi, Guangqing, 2018
Intercity passenger rails
Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division, ASCE, Kasu, Bishal Bhakta, Chi, Guangqing, 2018
Evaluating the representativeness in the geographic distribution of twitter user population, Yin, Junjun, Chi, Guangqing, Van Hook, Jennifer, 2018
Identifying the critical riparian buffer zone with the strongest linkage between landscape characteristics and surface water quality
Ecological Indicators, Li, Kun, Chi, Guangqing, Wang, Ling, Xie, Yujing, Wang, Xiangrong, Fan, Zhengqiu, 2018
Sociodemographics and access to organic and local food
Cities, Li, Chuo, Ghiasi, Amir, Li, Xiaopeng, Chi, Guangqing, 2018
Neighbourhood built environment and walking behaviours
Indoor and Built Environment, Li, Chuo, Chi, Guangqing, Jackson, Robert, 2018
Population projection accuracy
Population, Space and Place, Chi, Guangqing, Wang, Donghui, 2018
Spatiotemporal analysis of regional socio-economic vulnerability change associated with heat risks in Canada
Applied Geography, Ho, Hung Chak, Knudby, Anders, Chi, Guangqing, Aminipouri, Mehdi, Lai, Derrick Yuk Fo, 2018
Do Airports Boost Economic Development by Attracting Talent? An Empirical Investigation at the Subcounty Level
Social Science Quarterly, Chen, Xinxiang, Chi, Guanghua, Chi, Guangqing, 2018
The Spatial Heterogeneity of County-Level Fertility in China, Wang, Donghui, Chi, Guangqing, 2018
The Evolving and Complementary Impacts of Transportation Infrastructures on Growth and Development, Kasu, Bishal, Chi, Guangqing, 2018
Population stress
Land Use Policy, Chi, Guangqing, Ho, Hung Chak, 2018
Rural counties chlamydia and gonorrhea rates in Pennsylvania among adolescents and young adults
Annals of Epidemiology, Pinto, Casey N., Dorn, Lorah D., Chinchilli, Vernon M., Du, Ping, Chi, Guangqing, 2017
Are gasoline prices a factor in residential relocation decisions? Preliminary findings from the American housing survey, 1996–2008
Journal of Planning Education and Research, Chi, Guangqing, Boydstun, Jamie, 2017
Different places, different stories: A study of the spatial heterogeneity of county-level fertility in China
Demographic Research, Wang, Donghui, Chi, Guangqing, 2017
Remittance-driven migration in spite of microfinance?, Kasu, Bishal, Castañeda, Ernesto, Chi, Guangqing, 2017
Socio-demographic Characteristics Associated with Access to Organic and Local Food, Li, Chuo, Ghiasi, Amir, Li, Xiaponeg, Chi, Guangqing, 2016
Agricultural Productions in Kyrgyzstan, 1990–2014., Wang, Donghui, Hagedorn, Annelise, Chi, Guangqing, Ibraimova, Guljamal, Kelgenbaeva, Kamilya, Henebry, Geoffrey, 2016
Urbanization and Land-Use Change
Sociological Inquiry, Clement, Matthew Thomas, Chi, Guangqing, Ho, Hung Chak, 2015
Safer roads owing to higher gasoline prices
American Journal of Public Health, Chi, Guangqing, Brown, Willie, Zhang, Xiang, Zheng, Yanbing, 2015
Perceptions and barriers to walking in the rural South of the United States
Urban Design International, Li, Chuo, Chi, Guangqing, Jackson, Robert, 2015
Land Developability in 2011 at the Census Track Level in the Continental U.S
Released on September 18, 2014, Chi, Guangqing, Ho, Derrick, 2014
Traffic Fatalities Have Been Declining Steadily Since 2005: Why?, Chi, Guangqing, 2014
Rising Gasoline Prices Lead to the Reduction in Drunk-Driving Crashes, Chi, Guangqing, Brown, Willie, 2014
In-migration to remote rural regions
Landscape Planning, Chi, Guangqing, Marcouiller, David W., 2013
Gasoline price effects on traffic safety in urban and rural areas
Journal of Occupational Accidents, Chi, Guangqing, Quddus, Mohammed A., Huang, Arthur, Levinson, David, 2013
Natural amenities and their effects on migration along the urban-rural continuum
Annals of Regional Science, Chi, Guangqing, Marcouiller, David W., 2013
Mississippi's DUI offender intervention
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Robertson, Angela A., Gardner, Sheena, Xu, Xiaohe, Chi, Guangqing, McCluskey, D. Lee, 2013
Estimating Transport Footprint along Highways at Local Levels
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Chi, Guangqing, Zheng, Yanbing, 2013
Land Developability: A Measure of the Proportion of Lands Available for Development and Conversion
Released on April 15, 2013, Chi, Guangqing, Ho, Derrick, 2013
The impact of gasoline price changes on traffic safety
Journal of Transport Geography, Chi, Guangqing, Porter, Jeremy R., Cosby, Arthur G., Levinson, David, 2013
Urban-Rural Difference of Gasoline Price Effects on Traffic Safety, Chi, Guangqing, Quddus, Mohammed, Huang, Arthur, Levinson, David, 2013
Understanding the Impact of Gasoline Price Changes on Traffic Safety: A Time Geography Approach, Chi, Guangqing, Porter, Jeremy, Cosby, Arthur, Levinson, David, 2013
Rising Gasoline Prices and Residential Relocation Closer to Workplaces, Chi, Guangqing, Boydstun, Jamie, 2013
"Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R" by Roger S. Bivand, Edzer J. Pebesma, and Virgilio Gόmez-Rubio
Spatial Demography, Chi, Guangqing, 2013
Natural Beauty, Money, and the Distribution of Talent
Population Research and Policy Review, Chen, Xinxiang, Chi, Guangqing, 2012
Gasoline Prices and Traffic Crashes in Alabama, 1999-2009
Traffic Injury Prevention, Chi, Guangqing, Mcclure, Timothy E., Brown, David B., 2012
The Impacts of Transport Accessibility on Population Change across Rural, Suburban and Urban Areas
Urban Studies, Chi, Guangqing, 2012
Estimating Transport Footprint along Highways at Local Levels: Combination of Network Analysis and Kriging Methods, Chi, Guangqing, Zheng, Yanbing, 2012
Recreational homes and migration to remote amenity-rich areas
Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Chi, Guangqing, Marcouiller, David W., 2012
An integrated framework of population change
Growth and Change, Chi, Guangqing, Ventura, Stephen J., 2011
Small-area population forecasting
Population, Space and Place, Chi, Guangqing, Voss, Paul R., 2011
Small-area population forecasting in an urban setting
Journal of Population Research, Chi, Guangqing, Zhou, Xuan, Voss, Paul R., 2011
Isolation der Auswirkung natürlicher Attraktionen auf demografische Veränderungen auf lokaler Ebene
Regional Studies, Chi, Guangqing, Marcouiller, Davidw, 2011
Poverty, Work, and the Local Environment: TANF and EITC., Parisi, Domenico, Grice, Steven, Chi, Guangqing, Pressgrove, Jedd, 2011
Isolating the Effect of Natural Amenities on Population Change at the Local Level
Regional Studies, Chi, Guangqing, Marcouiller, David, 2011
Population Change and Its Driving Factors in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Areas of Wisconsin, USA, 1970–2000
International Journal of Population Research, Chi, Guangqing, Ventura, Stephen, 2011
Highway expansion effects on Urban racial redistribution in the post-civil rights period
Public Works Management and Policy, Chi, Guangqing, Parisi, Domenico, 2011
Gasoline prices and their relationship to drunk-driving crashes
Accident Analysis and Prevention, Chi, Guangqing, Zhou, Xuan, McClure, Timothy E., Gilbert, Paul A., Cosby, Arthur G., Zhang, Li, Robertson, Angela A., Levinson, David, 2011
Measuring Public School Competition from Private Schools: A Gravity-Based Index
Journal of Geographic Information System, Mishra, Kaustav, Chi, Guangqing, 2011
