Hong Wu

IEE Faculty Member
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture

Research Summary

Hong Wu is a co-chair of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture’s Geospatial and Digital Analytics Track, a co-chair of Penn State’s University Water Council, and the Director of the Penn State Stormwater Living Lab. She specializes in urban sustainability, watershed stewardship, green stormwater infrastructure, and landscape performance. She has investigated the effectiveness of stormwater best management practices and alternative urban development patterns for conserving stream ecosystem health in the context of urbanization and climate change, and her current research projects focus on investigating the environmental, social, and economic aspects of green stormwater infrastructure.

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Recent Publications

Exploring a Just and Diverse Urban Forests’ Capacity for Mitigating Future Mean Radiant Temperatures

Flohr, T., Garcia, L., Figueiredo, C., Heris, M., Hoffman, M., Lindeman, J., Wu, H. & Richardson, L., 2024, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2024, 9, p. 302-313 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Barriers and opportunities for implementing prescribed fire: lessons from managers in the mid-Atlantic region, United States

Smithwick, E. A. H., Wu, H., Spangler, K., Adib, M., Wang, R., Dems, C., Taylor, A., Kaye, M., Zipp, K., Newman, P., Miller, Z. D. & Zhao, A., Dec 2024, In: Fire Ecology. 20, 1, 77.

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Evaluating Public Satisfaction and Its Determinants in Chinese Sponge Cities Using Structural Equation Modeling

Wang, R., Wu, Y., Niu, J., Wang, N. & Wu, H., Aug 2024, In: Land. 13, 8, 1225.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Sustainability outcomes and policy implications: Evaluating China’s “old urban neighborhood renewal” experiment

Wang, R., Wu, H., Chiles, R. & Yang, Y., Apr 2024, In: PloS one. 19, 4 April, e0301380.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Using public perceptions to inform urban protected area buffer zone planning

Wang, X., Wang, R., Lyu, X. & Wu, H., Aug 2024, In: Environmental Management. 74, 2, p. 300-316 17 p.

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Revealing Public Perceptions of Biodiverse vs. Turf Swales: Balancing Enhanced Ecosystem Services with Heightened Concerns

Wu, H., Hoffman, M. C., Wang, R., Kelley, K. M. & Adib, M., Oct 2024, In: Water (Switzerland). 16, 20, 2899.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Professional perceptions of participatory practices in green stormwater infrastructure development

Adib, M., Wu, H. & Flohr, T., Mar 2023, In: PLOS Water. 2, 3 March, e0000084.

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Special issue on Chinese gardens and landscapes

Henderson, R. & Wu, H., 2023, In: Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes. 43, 4, p. 251-253 3 p.

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Comparing Vegetation and Substrate Performances on Nutrient Removal and Biomass Establishment Using a Natural Swimming Pool Experiment

Hoffman, M. C., Berghage, R. & Wu, H., Dec 2023, In: HortTechnology. 33, 6, p. 499-511 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Rhodium-SWMM: An open-source tool for green infrastructure placement under deep uncertainty

Tebyanian, N., Fischbach, J., Lempert, R., Knopman, D., Wu, H., Iulo, L. & Keller, K., May 2023, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 163, 105671.

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Exploring 1800 years of ecosystem services from West Lake, Hangzhou, China

Wang, X., Wu, H., Gorenflo, L. J. & Wu, C., 2023, In: Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes. 43, 4, p. 279-297 19 p.

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Identifying Sweet Spots for Green Stormwater Infrastructure Implementation: A Case Study in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Yavari Bajehbaj, R., Wu, H., Grady, C., Brent, D., Clark, S. E., Cibin, R., Duncan, J. M., Kumar Chaudhary, A. & McPhillips, L. E., Aug 1 2023, In: Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment. 9, 3, 05023004.

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Uncertainty Considerations in Green Infrastructure Optimization: A Review

Tebyanian, N., Wu, H., Iulo, L. & Keller, K., 2022, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2022, 7, p. 549-560 12 p.

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Ecosystem Benefits Provision of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Chinese Sponge Cities

Wang, R., Wu, H. & Chiles, R., Mar 2022, In: Environmental Management. 69, 3, p. 558-575 18 p.

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Willingness to pay for ecosystem benefits of green stormwater infrastructure in Chinese sponge cities

Wang, R., Brent, D. & Wu, H., Oct 15 2022, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 371, 133462.

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