Publications(selected)

• Satellite monitoring of shrinking cities on the globe and containment solutions.                                                                                                                 Zhai, W., Jiang, Z., Meng, X., Zhang, X*., Zhao, M. & Long, Y*., 17  Jun 2022, In: iScience. 25, 6, 104411.

• ​Urbanization can benefit agricultural production with large-scale farming in China.                                                                                                       Wang, S#., Bai, X#., Zhang, X#., Reis, S., Chen, D., Xu, J. & Gu, B., Mar 2021, In: Nature Food. 2, 3, p. 183-191

• ​​Urbanization in the Anthropocene: inaugural npj Urban Sustainability.                                                                                                                                     Elmqvist, T., Acuto, M., Anderson, P., Larsen, L., McPhearson, T. & Zhang, X., 2021, In: npj Urban Sustainability. 1, 7.

• ​A deep learning model for short-term power load and probability density forecasting.                                                                                                           Guo, Z., Zhou, K., Zhang, X. & Yang, S., 1 Oct 2018, In: Energy. 160, p. 1186-1200

• The China Carbon Watch (CCW) system: A rapid accounting of household carbon emissions in China at the provincial level

       Du, M., Zhang, X*., Xia, L., Cao, L., Zhang, Z., Zhang, L., Zheng, H., & 1 others, Mar 2022, In: Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 155, 111825.

• Urbanization can help reduce income inequality

       Wan, G., Zhang, X*. & Zhao, M., 2022, In: npj Urban Sustainability. 2, 1.

• Four steps to food security for swelling cities

       Gu, B., Zhang, X., Bai, X., Fu, B. & Chen, D., 7 Feb 2019, In: Nature. 566, 7742, p. 31-33

• Emissions trading system (ETS) implementation and its collaborative governance effects on air pollution: The China story

       Yan, Y., Zhang, X*., Zhang, J. & Li, K., Mar 2020, In: Energy Policy. 138, 111282.

• Carbon emission of global construction sector

       Huang, L., Krigsvoll, G., Johansen, F., Liu, Y. & Zhang, X., Jan 2018, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 81, p. 1906-1916

• China’s ETS pilots: Program design, industry risk, and long-term investment

       Li, K., Qi, S., Yan, Y. & Zhang, X*., Feb 2022, In: Advances in Climate Change Research. 13, 1, p. 82-96

• A systematic review of supply and demand side optimal load scheduling in a smart grid environment

       Lu, X., Zhou, K., Zhang, X. & Yang, S., 1 Dec 2018, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 203, p. 757-768

• Does China emission trading scheme reduce marginal abatement cost? A perspective of allowance allocation alternatives

       Peng, H., Cui, J. & Zhang, X.*, Jul 2022, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 32, p. 690-699

• Carbon-abatement policies, investment preferences, and directed technological change: Evidence from China

        Li, K., Yan, Y. & Zhang, X*., Nov 2021, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 172, 121015.

• High-resolution accounting of urban emissions in China

       Cai, B., Liu, H., Zhang, X*., Pan, H., Zhao, M., Zheng, T., Nie, J., & 2 others, 1 Nov 2022, In: Applied Energy. 325, 119896.

• Spillover effect among independent carbon markets: evidence from China’s carbon markets

       Yan, Y., Liang, W., Wang, B. & Zhang, X*., 4 Aug 2022 In: Economic Change and Restructuring

• Does China emission trading scheme reduce marginal abatement cost? A perspective of allowance allocation alternatives

       Peng, H., Cui, J. & Zhang, X*., Jul 2022, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 32, p. 690-699

• Heterogeneity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve across Chinese cities: How to dance with ‘shackles’?

       He, L., Zhang, X*. & Yan, Y., Nov 2021, In: Ecological Indicators. 130, 108128.

• Industrial agglomeration, technological innovation and carbon productivity: Evidence from China

       Liu, X. & Zhang, X*., Mar 2021, In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 166, 105330.