1. Personal Details
Current Position :   Associate Professor
  :   College of Urban and Environmental Science
 :   Northwest University
 :   Xi’an, Shannxi province, China
Phone :   (+86) 029-88303427
E-mail    :   chw@nwu.edu.cn

Birth date :   08-04-1971
Nationality :   Chinese
Languages :   English (good), Chinese (native)
2. Education
2001-2004: Ph.D.
College of Resource Science & Technology, Beijing Normal University
Major: Physical Geography
Thesis Title: Regionalization of the eco-productive paradigm in the farming-pastoral zones of northern China.
1995-1998: M.Sc.
School of Environment, Beijing Normal University
Major: Environmental Geography
Thesis Title: Studying the forest environmental resources value accounting
1990-1994: B.S.
Shanxi University of Finance & Economics
Major: Environmental Management
3. Academic Positions
2006～present:  Associate Professor, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
2004～2006:    Lecturer,  College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
4. Research Interests
• Environmental and regional development in ecologically fragile areas
• Responses of eco-systems to the influences of human activities
• Simulations of households’ land-use behavior

5. Recent Projects
2011~2013: Lead CI. Modeling Rural Land Circulation and Its Spatial Configuration in the Metropolitan Area of Xi’an. Funded by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (No. 10YJC790017).
2010~2012: CI. Simulation and Interaction Between Households and Rural Space. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC 40901093).
2007~2009:  Lead CI. Modeling the Environmental Impact of LUCC and Households’ Responses in the Ecologically Fragile Areas. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC 40601005).
2005~2007: Lead CI. LUCC in the Hilly Regions of the Loess Plateau and Regional Responding Mechanisms to Water Shortage. Funded by the Education Department of Shannxi Provincial Government (No. JI05251).

6. Selected Peer Reviewed Publications
[1] Chen Hai, Liang Xiao-ying, Xi Jing. 2011. The LUCC of the fragile area and the response of household’s land use behavior. Beijing: Science Press. (in Chinese)
[2] Chen Hai, Yang Wei-ge, Liang Xiao-ying, Wang Tao, 2010. Multi-scale modeling of land use based on the MAS from field to village. Geographical research, 29(8): 1519-1527. (in Chinese)
[3] Chen Hai, Liang Xiao Ying, Li Rui. 2010. Based on a Multi-Agent System for multi-scale simulation and application of household’s LUCC. International Conference on Combating Land Degradation in Agricultural Areas (ICCLD'10), 864-871.
[4] Liang Xiao-ying, Yang Ming-nan and Chen Hai, 2010. Interaction between Household Types and Agricultural Landscape Types – A Case Study of Gaoxigou Village in Mizhi County of Shaanxi Province. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation, 30(1):219-221. (in Chinese)
[5] Yang Wei-ge, Chen Hai, Gao Hai-dong and Wang Tao, 2010. Households Awareness and Attitude and Affectting Factors to Grain for Green Policy – a case Study of Yangjiagou Township of Mizhi County. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation, 30(1):214-218. (in Chinese)
[6] Yang Wei-ge, Chen Hai, Yang Ming-nan, Zhang Bo and Pang Guo-wei, 2010. Analysis of the Factors of the Land Use Decision-making of Household’s based on a Multi-level Model. Journal of natural resources, 25(4): 646-656. (in Chinese)
[7] Chen Hai, Wang Tao, Liang Xiao-ying, Gao Hai-dong, 2009. Simulation and Application of Household's LUCC based on a Multi-Agent System. ACTA GEOGRAPHICA SINICA, 64(12): 1448-1456. (in Chinese)
[8] Wang Tao, Chen Hai, Bai Hong-ying and Gao Hai-dong, 2009. Agent-based Modeling of Simulation on Households Land-use Behavior- A Case of Mengcha Village of Mizhi County in Shaanxi Province. Journal of natural resources, 24(12): 2056-2066. (in Chinese)
[9] Wang Tao, Chen Hai, Bai Hong-ying and Gao Hai-dong, 2009. Land Use Change affected by policy of returning farmland to forest and grassland in Yinzhou Town, Mizhi County. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation, 29(5): 2230-237. (in Chinese)
[10] Gao Hai-dong, Chen Hai, Xi Jing and Wang Tao, 2009. Land use change at farm household scale based on game theory. Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas, 27(5): 246-250. (in Chinese)
[11] Chen Hai, Liang Xiao-ying, Gao Hai-dong, Wang Tao, 2008. A Review on Multi-Agent System for the Simulation of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change. Journal of natural resources, 23(2): 345-352. (in Chinese)
[12] Chen Hai, Kang Mu-yi, Cao Ming-ming, 2007. Spatial Differentiation Pattern of Production Structure in the Farming pastoral Crisscross Zone of North China. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation, 27(2):46-49. (in Chinese)
[13] Chen Hai, Liang Xiao-ying, Li Li-xin, 2007. Analysis on the spatial differentiation pattern of climate of the farming-pastoral zone in North China in the recent 40 years. Journal of Northwest University (Natural Science Edition), 37(4): 653-656. (in Chinese)
[14] Chen Hai, Kang Mu-yi, Cao Ming-ming, 2006. Analysis on the Climatic Resources of the Farming,pastoral Zone in Northern China Based on RS and GIS. Journal of natural resources, 21(2): 204-209. (in Chinese)
[15] Chen Hai, Zhao Yun-long. 2005. The regionalization of eco-productive paradigm of the Farming-Pastoral Zone in north China. Beijing: China Agriculture Press. (in Chinese)