Kam WingChanProfessorkwchan@uw.eduPersonal Website(206) 543-6994Smith 416 DOffice Hours: by appointmentFields of Interest Cities Citizenship Economics Education Labor Migration Population Poverty Public Scholarship Urban Studies Chinathe hukou systemchildrenBackground and ExperienceSummaryPh.D., Toronto, 1988M.SC. Hong Kong, 1983Affiliated Departments: Arts & SciencesCollege of Built Environments Research CV (635.26 KB) Publications, Essays, Articles, and Book Chapters Li, Si-Ming, Kam Wing Chan, and Shenjing He. "Migration, Mobility, and Community Change in Chinese Cities: Introducing the Special Issue." Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2015, 1-6. Forstall, Richard L., and Kam Wing Chan, 2015. “Urban Places: Statistical Definitions,” in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol. 24. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 854–861. Chan, Kam Wing. "Migration and Development in China: Trends, Geography and Current Issues."Migration and Development 1, no. 2 (2012): 187-205. Chan, Kam Wing. "China's Urbanization 2020: A New Blueprint and Direction." Eurasian Geography And Economics 55, no. 1 (2014): 1-9. Wang, Fang and Kam Wing Chan, 2014. “Beijing ‘daduhuiqu’ de jieding yu tantao” (Discussion on the delimitation of Beijing Metropolitan Area), Zhongguo kexue (Population Science of China). No.3, pp.43-52. Wing Chan, Kam, and Will Buckingham. "Is China abolishing the hukou system?." The China Quarterly 195 (2008): 582-606. Chan, Kam Wing, and Li Zhang. "The hukou system and rural-urban migration in China: Processes and changes." The China Quarterly 160 (1999): 818-855. Chan, Kam Wing. "Post‐Mao China: A Two‐Class Urban Society in the Making." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 20, no. 1 (1996): 134-150. Books Chan, Kam Wing, 1994. Cities with Invisible Walls: Reinterpreting Urbanization in Post-1949 China, OxfordUniversity Press, 194 pp. (ISBN 0-19-585764-X) Courses Taught Spring 2023 GEOG 435 A: Industrialization and Urbanization in China Winter 2023 GEOG 326 A: Quantitative Methods in Geography GEOG 337 A: Migration and Development in China Autumn 2022 GEOG 337 A: Migration and Development in China GEOG 505 A: Spatial Dimensions of Chinese Development GEOG 600 A: Independent Study or Research Spring 2022 GEOG 326 A: Quantitative Methods in Geography GEOG 497 A: Tutorial in Geography Winter 2022 GEOG 337 A: Migration And Development In China GEOG 497 A: Tutorial in Geography Autumn 2021 GEOG 497 A: Tutorial in Geography GEOG 505 A: Spatial Dimensions of Chinese Development Winter 2021 GEOG 326 A: Quantitative Methods in Geography GEOG 337 A: Migration and Development in China - Course Website Autumn 2020 GEOG 236 A: Development and Challenge in Greater China GEOG 505 A: Spatial Dimensions of Chinese Development Spring 2020 GEOG 435 A: Industrialization and Urbanization in China Winter 2020 GEOG 326 A: Quantitative Methods in Geography Summer 2019 A-term GEOG 326 A: Quantitative Methods in Geography Spring 2019 GEOG 435 A: Industrialization and Urbanization in China Winter 2019 GEOG 236 A: Development and Challenge in Greater China GEOG 505 A: Spatial Dimensions of Chinese Development Spring 2018 GEOG 326 A: Quantitative Methods in Geography GEOG 435 A: Industrialization and Urbanization in China Winter 2018 GEOG 236 A: Development and Challenge in Greater China Autumn 2017 GEOG 505 A: Spatial Dimensions Of Chinese Development Spring 2017 GEOG 326 A: Quantitative Methods In Geography GEOG 435 A: Industrialization And Urbanization In China Winter 2017 GEOG 236 A: Development And Challenge In Greater China Autumn 2016 GEOG 337 A: Migration And Development In China GEOG 505 A: Spatial Dimensions Of Chinese Development Spring 2016 GEOG 326 A: Quantitative Methods In Geography GEOG 435 A: Industrialization And Urbanization In China Winter 2016 GEOG 236 A: Development And Challenge In Greater China Autumn 2015 GEOG 505 A: Spatial Dimensions Of Chinese Development Related News Related News UW opens new online BA featuring four geography courses Apr 22, 2014 Congratulations to Guilan Weng for a Successful Dissertation Defense! Mar 4, 2014 Dr. Kam Wing Chan Featured in the People's Daily and Bloomberg Nov 14, 2013 China: The Largest Migration in Human History Feb 28, 2012