Hua Qin

 Hua Qin

Hua Qin

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University of Illinois Springfield Springfield - Science


Resume

  • 2006

    M.S.

    Applied Statistics

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

    Dissertation: The Impacts of Rural-to-Urban Labor Migration on the Rural Environment in Chongqing Municipality

    Southwest China: Mediating Roles of Rural Household Livelihoods and Community Development\n\n•\tSpecialization in Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology\n•\tGraduate Certificate in Business Administration

    College of Business

    2009\n•\tGraduate Certificate in East Asian Studies

    Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies

    Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

    Member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and the International Honor Society of Agriculture Gamma Sigma Delta.

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • 2005

    Ph.D. Student

    Rural Sociology and Demography

    Penn State University

  • 2000

    M.S.

    Development Sociology

    China Agricultural University

  • Demography

    Policy

    Ecology

    Statistics

    Sustainability

    Natural Resource Management

    Higher Education

    Environmental Science

    Data Analysis

    Applied Research

    Analysis

    Grant Writing

    ArcGIS

    Climate Change

    GIS

    Sustainable Development

    Research

    Science

    Qualitative Research

    Environmental Awareness

    The association between rural-urban migration flows and urban air quality in China

    In light of the rapid urbanization of the world’s population over the past decades

    there is a growing concern about the environmental impacts of urban population growth. Rural–urban migration is a particularly important component of the urbanization process in developing countries and is often considered to be detrimental to urban environmental conditions. However

    few studies have explicitly examined the presumed negative impacts of in-migration on the natural environment of cities. The continuously increasing volume of rural–urban labor migration in China since the early 1980s has formed the largest population flow in world history. This study links the existing literature on population–environment and urbanization–environment interactions by empirically assessing the relationship between rural–urban migration and urban air conditions in China.

    The association between rural-urban migration flows and urban air quality in China

    Ojetunde Ojewola

    Meghan Hatcher

    Yassine Dguidegue

    Elizabeth Bent

    The sociology of natural resources and the environment constitutes a major field of inquiry in the research on human–environmental interactions. A constructive debate and dialogue on the relationships between environmental sociology and the sociology of natural resources began at the 2000 International Symposium on Society and Resource Management in Bellingham

    Wash. Frederick Buttel argued that the two subdisciplines had different subject matters

    levels of analysis

    spatial focuses

    theoretical orientations

    policy relevance

    and interdisciplinary commitments. These distinctive tendencies have been widely accepted in environmental and natural resource social science but have not been systematically analyzed. The primary objective of this research is to conduct an empirical test of Buttel's differentiating criteria through a systematic review of sample American sociological journal articles published in 2000 and 2014.

    Fifteen Years after the Bellingham ISSRM: An Empirical Evaluation of Frederick Buttel’s Differentiating Criteria for Environmental and Resource Sociology

    Laura McCann

    Adopting drought tolerant plants (DTPs) to conserve water is a potential adaptation to the predicted effects of climate change in the Midwest. Survey responses from 624 Missouri households were analyzed using a univariate probit model. DTP adoption was positively correlated with both low and high household incomes

    living in rural subdivisions

    time spent gardening

    pro-environment attitudes

    and concerns about drought. Policy interventions in newly drought-prone areas might include subsidizing the up-front cost of DTPs

    requiring their use in new housing developments so DTPs are the default for buyers

    and targeted educational efforts to environmental and gardening groups and rural residents.

    Households’ Adoption of Drought Tolerant Plants: An Adaptation to Climate Change?

    Elizabeth Prentice

    Community surveys have been widely used to investigate local residents’ perceptions and behaviors related to natural resource issues. However

    most existing community survey research relies on cross-sectional data and is thus unable to capture the temporal dynamics of community processes. Longitudinal analysis has received increasing interest in recent natural resource social science literature. Trend and panel studies are two typical approaches in longitudinal community survey research. Due to limited sampling frames

    research design

    and respondent attrition

    longitudinal community surveys often involve both paired and independent observations across different survey waves. Using previous survey data on community responses to forest insect disturbance in Alaska as an example

    this research note shows that the corrected z-test is a more appropriate approach to analyze partially correlated longitudinal data than conventional statistical techniques such as the paired and independent t-tests.

    Analyzing partially correlated longitudinal data in community survey research

    Anne Cafer

    Agriculture-led economic development

    an impor¬tant policy driver in sub-Saharan Africa

    requires both agricultural intensification and environ¬mentally sustainable resource management. Sus¬tain¬¬able Intensification (SI) provides a mechanism for achieving both. However

    SI within an SSA context has yet to be widely examined in the scholarly literature; it has been confined instead to technical briefs and white papers. This meta-analysis

    conducted in 2015

    examines 58 articles that focus on SI in SSA published between 2001 and 2015 and listed in prominent research data¬bases (EBSCOhost

    Agricola

    and Google Scholar). This analysis uses the 2013 Montpellier Framework for Sustainable Intensification to examine

    critique

    and find avenues for improvement in research within this emerging body of literature.

    Sustainable intensification

    community and the Montpellier Panel: A meta-analysis of rhetoric in practice in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Yi Zhang

    Ali Kharrazi

    Cities are perhaps one of the most challenging and yet enabling arenas for sustainable development goals. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasize the need to monitor each goal through objective targets and indicators based on common denominators in the ability of countries to collect and maintain relevant standardized data. While this approach is aimed at harmonizing the SDGs at the national level

    it presents unique challenges and opportunities for the development of innovative urban-level metrics through big data innovations. In this article

    we make the case for advancing more innovative targets and indicators relevant to the SDGs through the emergence of urban big data.

    Urban Big Data and Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities

    Rural

    high-amenity areas in the USA continue to attract significant numbers of migrants. A common approach to investigating the potential consequences of rural in-migration is to contrast the characteristics

    attitudes

    and/or actions of migrants and non-migrants (or “newcomers” and “oldtimers”). However

    no consensus exists on the distinctions (or the lack thereof) between these two groups in the existing literature

    in part because previous research used a variety of methods to classify residence status. Drawing on household survey data from nine communities in north-central Colorado

    this study illustrates how different categorizations may yield different conclusions.

    Newcomers and oldtimers: Do classification methods matter in the study of amenity migration impacts in rural America?

    Courtney Flint

    Local sociocultural processes including community perceptions and actions represent the most visible social impacts of various economic and environmental changes. Comparative community analysis has been used to examine diverse community perspectives on a variety of socioeconomic and environmental issues. However

    as the temporal dimension of community processes remains understudied

    relatively little is known regarding how such community variations change over time. This study draws on longitudinal survey data from six communities on the Kenai Peninsula

    Alaska

    to explore temporal shifts in community differences in perceptions and activeness in response to forest disturbance associated with an extensive spruce bark beetle outbreak.

    Changing community variations in perceptions and activeness in response to the spruce bark beetle outbreak in Alaska

    Angelica Rosas-Huerta

    Jorgelina Hardoy

    While urbanites are vulnerable to a suite of risks that climate change might aggravate (e.g.

    mortality from extreme temperatures and property damages from floods)

    urban populations and decision makers may also be positioned to most effectively respond to such risks. Research is needed

    however

    for exploring both the multilevel factors and processes that determine urban risk and the complex pathways from hazards to impacts

    and from perceptions and coping responses to adaptation. This paper analyzes whether and under what circumstances urban populations experience risk in selected Latin American neighborhoods of Bogotá

    Buenos Aires

    Mexico and Santiago; it assesses their adaptation capacity

    i.e.

    ability to perceive and respond to hazards.

    Scale

    urban risk and adaptation capacity in neighborhoods of Latin American cities

    Development is contentious in high-amenity rural areas experiencing migration-driven population growth. While some residents welcome the associated economic

    demographic

    and social changes

    others resist these changes. Using survey data

    we examine the predictors of views on amenity-led development in rural recreation counties across the United States

    including to what extent there is evidence of a “culture clash

    ” that is

    whether values and attitudes of new and long-term residents differ about local development issues as is often assumed. In addition

    we examine whether attitudes toward development impact an important community outcome—residents’ involvement in their community.

    Culture Clash? Predictors of Views on Amenity-Led Development and Community Involvement in Rural Recreation Counties

    Xinyu Gao

    Elizabeth Prentice

    Andrea Tappmeyer

    Despite the conceptual value of contextualism in community science

    including studies on community and natural resources

    the methodology for examining community context is not adequately developed. Such research deficiency necessitates further exploration of creative analytical techniques appropriate for studying community context and related contextual effects. The primary objective of this research brief is to demonstrate the use of a unique applied social science technique

    qualitative comparative analysis

    in contextual community research.

    Capturing Community Context through Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Case Studies

    A.E. Luloff

    Courtney Flint

    A rapidly growing literature on the human dimensions of forest disturbance by insects has emerged over the past decade. As a result

    the diverse social and economic impacts of forest disturbances and their implications have become increasingly understood. However

    little research has assessed the temporal dynamics of community experience

    perceptions

    and actions related to changing forest landscapes and risks. Using longitudinal survey data from 2004 to 2008

    this study examines the changing human dimensions of forest disturbance in the context of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula spruce bark beetle outbreak.

    Tracing Temporal Changes in the Human Dimensions of Forest Insect Disturbance on the Kenai Peninsula

    Alaska

    The relationships between migration and agriculture represent a key aspect of rural restructuring in China and many other developing countries. Previous research largely generated mixed and incomplete findings on the effects of rural out-migration on agricultural change. Meta-analysis is considered as an important research strategy for comparing and integrating results from individual studies. Using a qualitative comparative analysis approach

    we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of recent case studies of labor out-migration and agricultural change in rural China.

    Labor out-migration and agricultural change in rural China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Many parts of rural America have experienced various types of reverse migration flows from urban areas since the 1970s. Recent rural in-migration is increasingly driven by people seeking natural amenities

    and tends to concentrate in traditional natural resource-based communities or wildland–urban interface areas. These communities are often at risk from a variety of ecological disturbances (e.g.

    insects

    wildfires

    and droughts) that are expected to be exacerbated by environmental change across different scales. A common strategy in studying the potential social

    economic

    and environmental impacts of rural in-migration is to compare rural migrants to non-migrants on relevant perceptions

    attitudes

    and activities. However

    despite the highly dynamic nature of rural population change

    few studies have assessed temporal shifts in migrant-nonmigrant differences. Alaska's Kenai Peninsula has experienced both a large spruce bark beetle outbreak and substantial in-migration in recent decades. Drawing on longitudinal survey data (2004 and 2008) from six rural communities there

    this study explores the evolution of differences between newer and longer-term rural residents in community experience

    perceptions

    and activeness in response to the beetle outbreak.

    Comparing newer and longer-term residents’ perceptions and actions in response to forest insect disturbance on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula: A longitudinal perspective

    Migration process has become increasingly important in recent research on population and the environment. A majority of the existing migration and environment literature has focused on the environmental causes and determinants of migration. With the largest rural-to-urban migration flow in world history

    and growing concerns about the environmental problems accompanying its fast economic development

    China provides a particularly important case for migration and environment research. This paper reviews major migration theories and recent research on environmental effects on migration

    with specific attention to the influences of environmental factors on rural-to-urban labor migration in China.

    Environmental Effects on Rural-to-Urban Migration in China

    Angelica Rosas-Huerta

    Jorgelina Hardoy

    Vulnerability has been considered as a focal topic in various fields of study relating to human–environmental interactions

    including climate change impacts

    disaster and risk

    and sustainable development. As hotspots for both the causes and consequences of climate change

    urban areas have become increasingly visible in recent vulnerability and adaptation research. The influencing factors of local populations’ responses to climate change hazards have been relatively understudied in recent literature on vulnerability to global environmental change. In this study

    we developed a synthetic conceptual framework of urban households’ responses to climate-related hazards

    and conducted a preliminary analysis of its applicability using household survey data from four major Latin American cities (Bogotá

    Colombia; Buenos Aires

    Argentina; Mexico City

    Mexico; and Santiago

    Chile).

    Household responses to climate-related hazards in four Latin American cities: A conceptual framework and exploratory analysis

    The human dimensions of environmental change across various spatial and temporal scales have formed a fast-growing field of study in the past decades. Given the large accumulation of scientific studies on this topic

    a logical research question is whether we can draw out common patterns of causal relationships from this diverse body of literature. Meta-analysis provides a particularly useful tool for summarizing and integrating results across studies. Although there has been a growing number of meta-studies on the interrelationships between social and environmental changes

    meta-analysis as a research strategy is still relatively underused in this field. Additionally

    few studies have systematically examined the set of meta-analytical methods suitable to investigate relevant research questions. We used a meta-analysis framework to review and extract data on analytical approaches from 43 meta-studies published in selected peer-reviewed environmental social science journals during 2000-2014.

    A Systematic Review and “Meta-Study” of Meta-Analytical Approaches to the Human Dimensions of Environmental Change

    Sigrid Debner

    Dongoh Joo

    Bernardo Trejos

    David Matarrita-Cascante

    Community development and related approaches have become prominent in academic circles

    resulting in the emergence and resurgence of related community-level notions. With the expansion of terms

    conceptual confusions have surfaced. The notion of community resilience has gone through this process

    as its development/understanding is still in progress. Community resilience has been misused/confused with other notions including community agency

    community vulnerability

    community adaptability

    and community capacity. Our goal here is to provide conceptual clarification to the term community resilience by reviewing and contrasting it with the above-mentioned notions.

    Conceptualizing community resilience: Revisiting conceptual distinctions

    John D’Ignazio

    Matthew Mayernik

    Lynne Davis

    Meta-analyses are studies that bring together data or results from multiple independent studies to produce new and over-arching findings. Current data curation systems only partially support meta-analytic research. Some important meta-analytic tasks

    such as the selection of relevant studies for review and the integration of research datasets or findings

    are not well supported in current data curation systems. To design tools and services that more fully support meta-analyses

    we need a better understanding of meta-analytic research. This includes an understanding of both the practices of researchers who perform the analyses and the characteristics of the individual studies that are brought together. In this study

    we make an initial contribution to filling this gap by developing a conceptual framework linking meta-analyses with data paths represented in published articles selected for the analysis.

    Variables as Currency: Linking Meta-Analysis Research and Data Paths in Sciences

    This paper explores whether the health risks related to air pollution and temperature extremes are spatially and socioeconomically differentiated within three Latin American cities: Bogota

    Colombia

    Mexico City

    Mexico

    and Santiago

    Chile.

    Exploration of health risks related to air pollution and temperature in three Latin American cities

    Hua

    Qin

    Sanjiu Enterprise Group

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    University of Missouri-Columbia

    Penn State University

    National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Chinese Academy of Sciences

    University of Illinois at Springfield

    Beijing City

    China

    Research Analyst

    China Biodiversity Working Group

    Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing

    China

    Human Resource Manager

    Sanjiu Food and Brewery Investment Corporation

    Sanjiu Enterprise Group

    Columbia

    Missouri

    As an assistant professor in the MU Division of Applied Social Sciences

    I have the opportunity to implement my research program in environmental and natural resource sociology. One of my current projects involves studying communities that are vulnerable to natural ecosystem hazards. The National Sciences Foundation grant-funded project builds upon research conducted during the mid-2000s in north central Colorado

    an area with forests devastated by a mountain pine beetle infestation. Communities dependent on natural resources – such as the north central Colorado region – are particularly sensitive to environmental change. This research will determine how communities perceive risk and adapt over time after experiencing natural resource-related hazards. \n\nIn my position

    I also teach undergraduate and graduate students. My undergraduate courses center on the relationships among people

    society

    environment

    and sustainability. For graduate students

    I teach a course focused on research methods and design

    and graduate seminars on community

    natural resources

    and sustainable development. I also contribute as an affiliated faculty member to the University of Missouri’s Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Program; Conservation Biology Graduate Program; Population

    Education and Health Center; and Climate Change Research Center.

    Assistant Professor

    Division of Applied Social Sciences

    University of Missouri-Columbia

    State College

    Pennsylvania Area

    Graduate Research Assistant

    Population Research Institute & Dept of Agri Econ and Rural Soc

    Penn State University

    Springfield

    Illinois

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Environmental Studies

    University of Illinois at Springfield

    Urbana-Champaign

    Illinois Area

    Graduate Research Assistant; Research Associate

    Dept of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Boulder

    Colorado

    Post-doctoral Research Fellow

    Climate Science and Applications Program

    National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Special Issue on Community

    Natural Resources and Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary and International Dialogue

    Guest Editor

    Sustainability

    Editorial Board Member

    Society & Natural Resources

    Member

    Awards and Endowment Committee; Member

    Diversity Committee

    Rural Sociological Society

    International Association for Society and Natural Resources

    Editorial Board Member

    International Journal of Population Studies

    Council Member

    Chinese Association of Environmental Sociology