PROFILE  
Hi, I am Yi’an Hui, I am a lectorate of urban and rural planning in the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences. I received my doctoral degree from College of Urban and Environmental Sciences of Northwest University in 2010. My experiences and interests as teacher, researcher and consultant in urban and rural planning, especially rural geography , rural planning and others.

BACKGROUND
Educational background
 PhD  Human geography, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 2010  
 MS  Human geography, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 2007  
 BS  Civil engineering,School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an,China, 1996
Professional experiences
 2010 –Present: Professor, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China,
 2011-2012: Visiting Scholar, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, TongJi University, ShangHai, China.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATION
Selected Journal Papers

[1] Hui Yi’an, Zhang Yangsheng,Xu Ming,Zhao Kai. Research of the rural settlement function and appropriate scale-- using NanGou river basin in Yan’an Ansai for example, Humanities magazine, 2010,3.
[2] Hui Yi’an, Xu Ming. Coupling Development of Ecological Restoration and Rural Settlement in the Hilly-gully Region of North Shaanxi Province, Bulletin of Soil and water Conservation, 2010, 30(2).
[3] Zhang Yangsheng, Zhao Juan, Hui Yi’an. A Study on the Leading Industry and the Rationality of Industrial Structure in the Energy and Chemical Industry Base North Shaanxi. Journal of Arid land resources and Environment , 2007(21).
SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS
The research of rural settlement development pattern based on advancing urban-rural harmonious in the ecological fragile area of shaanxi province (2011Z053). Funding from Shaanxi Social Science Association, 2011-2012(PI: Yi’an Hui).