Cedric Zhe Wang
Cedric Zhe Wang
PhD, MSSc (CUHK)
BBA (SCUT)
Geographer and tourism scholar.
Founder and CEO, Imaginary Landscape Research & Consulting Limited (ILRC),
Chair Scientist, Data-Based Landscape Lab (DBLL)
Research Interests
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
Sustainable tourism
Tourism planning and strategies
Sustainable livelihood
Rural tourism
Ecotourism and protected area tourism
Sustainable destination competitiveness
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Development theories
Rural development
Rural-urban migration
Rural revitalization of China
Regional development policies
Rural livelihoods and wellbeing
TOURISM ANTHROPOLOGY
Ethnic tourism
Indigenous Community
Tourism impacts
Authenticity and commodification of culture
Tourism imaginaries
CHINA STUDIES
Tourism in contemporary China
Modernization and the state
Landscape changes in China
China's World Heritage sites
China's counties
LANDSCAPE AND HERITAGE
Landscape ecology
Ecosystem services
Cultural landscape
Cultural heritage conservation
The rural landscape of China
Tourism architecture and arts
Cultural theories
INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION
Spatial agglomeration
Industrial clusters
Tourism clusters
