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
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Public and manager perceptions about prescribed fire in the Mid-Atlantic, United States
Wu, H., Miller, Z. D., Wang, R., Zipp, K. Y., Newman, P., Shr, Y. H., Dems, C. L., Taylor, A., Kaye, M. W. & Smithwick, E. A. H., Nov 15 2022, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 322, 116100.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Interweaving Computational and Tacit Knowledge to Design Nature-Based Play Networks in Underserved Communities
Zhang, Y., Tamminga, K. & Wu, H., Mar 2022, In: Land. 11, 3, 350.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Informing environmental flow planning through landscape evolution modeling in heavily modified urban rivers in china
Wu, M., Wu, H., Warner, A. T., Li, H. & Liu, Z., Nov 1 2021, In: Water (Switzerland). 13, 22, 3244.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nurturing nature in a mega-city: a decadal assessment of the Beijing Olympic Forest Park
Wu, H., Yang, Y. & Hu, J., Jun 2021, In: Socio-Ecological Practice Research. 3, 2, p. 91-108 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Audio-visual interactions enhance soundscape perception in China's protected areas
Xu, X. & Wu, H., Jun 2021, In: Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. 61, 127090.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fostering community-engaged green stormwater infrastructure through the use of participatory geographic information systems (PGIS)
Adib, M. & Wu, H., 2020, In: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture. 2020, 5, p. 549-557 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hunter and Non-Hunter Perceptions of Costs, Benefits, and Likelihood of Outcomes of Prescribed Fire in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Miller, Z. D., Wu, H., Zipp, K., Dems, C. L., Smithwick, E., Kaye, M., Newman, P., Zhao, A. & Taylor, A., Oct 2 2020, In: Society and Natural Resources. 33, 10, p. 1321-1327 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Climate change will both exacerbate and attenuate urbanization impacts on streamflow regimes in southern Willamette Valley, Oregon
Wu, H. & Johnson, B. R., Sep 1 2019, In: River Research and Applications. 35, 7, p. 818-832 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A scenario-based approach to integrating flow-ecology research with watershed development planning
Wu, H., Bolte, J. P., Hulse, D. & Johnson, B. R., Dec 1 2015, In: Landscape and Urban Planning. 144, p. 74-89 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review