Dr Frank Zou
Dr

Frank Zou

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Background

I am a quantitative urban geographer and planner with research and teaching backgrounds in economic geography, transport planning, housing policy, and spatial analysis. Currently, I lead and collaborate on projects that examine broader economic, environmental, and social impacts of the sharing economy. In addition, I am interested in the nexus of housing and transport affordability with climate resilience in the Australian and global context. I welcome interdisciplinary research collaboration and motivated students who seek supervision in quantitative urban and environmental research.

Availability

Dr Frank Zou is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor, Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学)
  • Masters (Coursework), University of Oregon
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Maryland-College Park

Research interests

  • housing research

    Topics including short-term rental, platform economy, housing affordability, hedonic studies, and housing policy

  • transport research

    Topics including shared micromobility, shared mobility, public transport, active travel, travel behaviour, and transport sustainability

  • Urban analytics

    Topics including urban big data, emerging urban technologies, machine learning, data visualisation, and smart city

  • Climate resilience

    Topics including resilient city, climate mitigation, climate adaption, geospatial analysis, and coupling of human-nature systems

Search Professor Frank Zou’s works on UQ eSpace

21 works between 2018 and 2025
All (21) Journal Article (15) Other Outputs (3) Conference Publication (2) Book Chapter (1)

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2018

Journal Article

Voter-approved annexations in an urban growth boundary regime: the impacts on housing values, density, and economic equity

Lewis, Rebecca, Parker, Robert, Zou, Zhenpeng, Hovekamp, Winston, Mcgowen, Megan and Sherrard, Ryan (2018). Voter-approved annexations in an urban growth boundary regime: the impacts on housing values, density, and economic equity. Growth and Change, 49 (2), 286-313. doi: 10.1111/grow.12235

Voter-approved annexations in an urban growth boundary regime: the impacts on housing values, density, and economic equity

Availability

Dr Frank Zou is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Growing Sustainable and Affordable Australian Cities amid Climate Change

    As climate change becomes an increasingly prominent challenge to Australian cities, it is critical to rethink an urban growth model that balances the priorities between economic development and environmental sustainability. This project aims to expand the interdisciplinary knowledge in geography, urban studies, environmental management, and social sciences that study the current challenges faced by Australian cities in battling unaffordable and unsustainable growth. This project includes both theoretical conceptualisation and empirical investigation using primary and secondary data on housing, transport, land use, and climate events. This project will deliver preliminary results for in-depth analyses and applications in future research.

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