Chuan Liao

Prof Asst
Global Development · CALS

Chuan Liao serves as Assistant Professor in Global Development at Cornell University.

104 publications
2,245 citations
28 h-index
Environmental Science
Rising Papers (2)
2025-04-07 · npj Urban Sustainability · Environmental Engineering
Surface urban heat island effects intensify more rapidly in lower income countries
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
51 citations · 25.8x expected for field
2025-05-22 · Nature Human Behaviour · Nutrition and Dietetics
Inequality in infrastructure access and its association with health disparities
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
37 citations · 25.8x expected for field
Recent Papers (21)
2026-07-11 · Landscape Ecology · Global and Planetary Change
Landscape optimization trade-offs and security boundary identification under multiple scenarios: balancing food production and ecological protection for regional sustainability
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-06-26 · Land Use Policy · Global and Planetary Change
Exploring land consolidation solutions towards land use low-carbon transition: Evidence from Shenzhen, China
Ding FeiProf Asst, City & Regional Planning · AAP
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-06-18 · npj Sustainable Agriculture · Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Gendered property rights and collective action for sustainable livestock systems: evidence from rangeland reform in China
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-06-06 · Communications Sustainability · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Global land rush concentrates potential zoonotic spillover risk in the tropics
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-05-29 · ICPSR Data Holdings
Data and Code for:How Many (Half) Moons? Measuring Technology Adoption, From the Sky and on the Ground
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-05-29 · ICPSR Data Holdings
Data and Code for:How Many (Half) Moons? Measuring Technology Adoption, From the Sky and on the Ground
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-05-04 · Sustainable Cities and Society · Global and Planetary Change
Goal-oriented zoning for multifunctional land use: A multi-objective optimization approach to low-carbon transition in Shenzhen, China
Ding FeiProf Asst, City & Regional Planning · AAP
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-05-04 · npj Environmental Social Sciences · Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Heat and air pollution shape divergent mortality patterns across rural and urban United States
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-05-01 · AEA Papers and Proceedings · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
How Many (Half) Moons? Measuring Technology Adoption from the Sky and on the Ground
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-04-15 · Nature Sustainability · Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Realizing an equitable circular bionutrient economy in the United States
Rebecca NelsonProfessor, SIPS - Plant Path & Plant-Microbe Bio Section · CALS
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-04-06 · Energy Research & Social Science · Pollution
Consumers really aren't in a position to choose: Reliability, affordability and uneven adoption across energy sources and functions in Uganda
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-03-10 · Global and Planetary Change
From Urban Visions to Transformative Change and Sustainable Development: Critical Attributes and Challenges
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-02-16 · Communications Sustainability · Environmental Engineering
Scaling up enhanced rock weathering for equitable climate change mitigation
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-02-02 · Nature Communications · Global and Planetary Change
Promoting sustainable development worldwide in the metacoupled anthropocene
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-01-05 · npj Climate Action · Pollution
Determinants of solar energy access in urban and rural areas of Ethiopia: implications for equitable climate transitions
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-01-01 · Code Ocean
Spatial perspective on environmental migration: Empirical insights from a spatio-temporal approach in the United States, 1970–2010
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2026-01-01 · SSRN Electronic Journal · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Rice Farming for Climate Change Adaptation in the Northeastern United States
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
Matthew C. ReidProf Assoc, Civil & Environmental Engr DEPT · EN
Wendong ZhangProf Assoc, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2025-12-24 · Global Food Security · Ecology
Synergistic pathways to a circular bionutrient economy
Rebecca A. NelsonProfessor, SIPS - Plant Path & Plant-Microbe Bio Section · CALS
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
Johannes LehmannProfessor, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
2025-11-27 · International Regional Science Review
Urban Land Use Efficiency Enhancement Through Regional Economic Cooperation Network in Urban Agglomeration: Evidence From Yangtze River Delta, China
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
2025-11-26 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Rice farming for climate change adaptation in the Northeastern United States
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS
Matthew C. ReidProf Assoc, Civil & Environmental Engr DEPT · EN
Wendong ZhangProf Assoc, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2025-11-25
Global disparities in compound hazard exposure and infrastructure access jeopardize health equity
Chuan LiaoProf Asst, Global Development · CALS