Yee Leung
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Title: Monitoring and mitigation of physical and mental health problems in high density cities: An interdisciplinary approach
Biography
Biography: Yee Leung
Abstract
Rapid urban growth in high density cities has generated tremendous environmental and mental stress that threatens the physical and mental well-beings of the city residents. It in turn impacts on our health and productivity, as well as the sustainability of a city. Therefore, effective monitoring and mitigation of our environmental conditions and related health issues is of utmost importance for us to lead a smart and healthy living in our fast changing city landscapes. This research shows how social scientists can work together with the engineering and medical scientists to develop a holistic approach to the monitoring and mitigation of physical and mental health problems in high density living. Specifically we will demonstrate how air pollution can be monitored and analysed through an air pollution decision support system that integrates multisource, multi-type and multi-scale data related to air pollution. We will show how public sentiments and opinions can be incorporated into the analysis framework to gauge the impact of air pollution on the society in general and people in particular. Furthermore, we will show how mobile devices and wearable’s can be deployed to monitor our physical and mental states, and how a personalized health care advisory system can be developed to alleviate physical and mental stress. We will employ real-life examples solved by the research team in the Institute of Future Cities at The Chinese University of Hong Kong to substantiate our arguments.
References:
Ming Luo, Yee Leung, Yu Zhou and Wei Zhang. “Scaling Behaviors of Global Sea Surface Temperature”. Journal of Climate 3122-3132., 2015.04.14.
Yee Leung, Nan-Nan Ji and Jiang-Hong Ma. “An Integrated Information Fusion Approach Based on the Theory of Evidence and Group Decision-making.” Information Fusion, 14 (2013): 410-422.
Shun Wai Tsang and Yee Leung. “A Theory-Based Cellular Automata for the Simulation of Land-Use Change”. Geographical Analysis, 43(2011), 142-171.
Leung Yee; Erjia Ge; and Yu, Zu-Guo. “Temporal Scaling Behavior of Avian Influenza A (H5N1): The Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis”. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 101(2011): 1221 - 1240.
Yee Leung. Knowledge Discovery in Spatial Data. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2010, 360 pages.