Dr. Chi’s research is focused on socio-environmental systems, aiming to understand the interactions between human populations and built and natural environments and to identify important assets (social, environmental, infrastructural, institutional) to help vulnerable populations adapt and become resilient to environmental changes. His current work investigates climate change impacts on coastal communities in the Arctic and climate-driven migration and left-behind children in Central Asia. He is an expert in spatial and big data analytic methods and lead author of the textbook “Spatial Regression Models for the Social Sciences” (SAGE 2019).
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Recent Publications
Ecosystem degradation or restoration? The evolving role of land use in China, 2000–2020
Chen, W., Yang, L., Chi, G. & Zeng, J., Mar 2024, In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196, 3, 304.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Climate impacts on migration in the Arctic North America: existing evidence and research recommendations
Chi, G., Zhou, S., Mucioki, M., Miller, J., Korkut, E., Howe, L., Yin, J., Holen, D., Randell, H., Akyildiz, A., Halvorsen, K. E., Fowler, L., Ford, J. & Tickamyer, A., Jun 2024, In: Regional Environmental Change. 24, 2, 47.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Predicting the suitable habitat distribution of berry plants under climate change
Hamilton, C. W., Smithwick, E. A. H., Spellman, K. V., Baltensperger, A. P., Spellman, B. T. & Chi, G., Feb 2024, In: Landscape Ecology. 39, 2, 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gardening practices in Alaska build on traditional food system foundations
Mucioki, M., Kelly, S., Holen, D., Powell, B., Galbreath, T., Paterno, S., Mixon, R. & Chi, G., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Agriculture and Human Values.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing building thermal resilience in response to heatwaves through integrating a social vulnerability lens
Paneru, S., Xu, X., Wang, J., Chi, G. & Hu, Y., Dec 1 2024, In: Journal of Building Engineering. 98, 111219.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fiji's policy response to COVID-19 and the integration of Indigenous voices
Pickering, K., Galappaththi, E., Ford, J., Pearce, T., Manuel, L., Dauniwaqalevu, E., Bavel, B. V., Arotoma-Rojas, I., Zavaleta, C., Perera, C., Dharmasiri, I., Hyams, K., Chi, G., Nkalubo, J., Bezerra, J., Togarepi, C., Hangula, M., Awaafo, F. & Amukugo, H., Aug 2024, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 158, 103791.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Household food security in the agropastoral communities of rural southern Kyrgyzstan
Scott, C. K., Chi, G. & Glenna, L., Dec 2024, In: Agriculture and Food Security. 13, 1, 14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Remittances and Livestock Management in Agropastoral Households in Rural Kyrgyzstan: Telecoupled Impacts of Globalization☆
Scott, C. K., Mack, E. A., Chi, G., Kelgenbaeva, K. & Henebry, G. M., Sep 2024, In: Rural Sociology. 89, 3, p. 456-482 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Differences in perceptions of COVID-19 risks in a fishing community in Alaska, 2020–2021
Smith, M. L., Chi, G., Hennighausen, H., Holen, D. & Howe, E. L., Mar 2024, In: Marine Policy. 161, 106045.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sundar, S. S., Snyder, E. C., Liao, M., Yin, J., Wang, J. & Chi, G., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Nature Human Behaviour.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Beyond COVID: towards a transdisciplinary synthesis for understanding responses and developing pandemic preparedness in Alaska
van Doren, T. P., Brown, R. A., Chi, G., Cochran, P., Cueva, K., Eichelberger, L., Fried, R., Fritz, S., Hahn, M. B., Heintz, R., Holen, D., Johnson, N., Lavoie, J., Maxwell, E., McNair, L., Nicewonger, T., Orttung, R. W., Petrov, A. N. & Powell, J. E., 2024, In: International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 83, 1, 2404273.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Scenario Analysis of Carbon Emission Changes Resulting from a Rural Residential Land Decrement Strategy: A Case Study in China
Xu, F., Chi, G. & Wang, H., Jan 2024, In: Land. 13, 1, 51.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transfer or Surrender Rural Homestead Land? An Investigation of farmers’ Preferences in China
Zheng, Q., Diao, W., Lu, Y., Wang, Y. & Chi, G., 2024, In: Chinese Economy. 57, 1, p. 61-81 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
How do environmental stressors influence migration? A meta-regression analysis of environmental migration literature
Zhou, S. & Chi, G., 2024, In: Demographic Research. 50, p. 41-100 60 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Relocation preference and settlement: Lessons from the Poverty Alleviation Relocation Program in China
Zhou, S., Chi, G., Qiu, H., Lei, Z., Smithwick, E. & Chen, J., Oct 2024, In: PloS one. 19, 10 October, e0309534.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review