发布日期：2019-10-05
祝贺！研究室成员阮云顺利通过博士学位论文答辩/ Congratulations！ Nguyen Thi Thuy Van successfully passed the defense of doctoral dissertation
祝贺！研究室成员阮云顺利通过博士学位论文答辩/ Congratulations！ Nguyen Thi Thuy Van successfully passed the defense of doctoral dissertation
发布日期：2020-06-14 22:45
我研究室成员阮云（Nguyen Thi Thuy Van ）于2020年6月10日在越南家乡通过线上方式完成并通过博士学位论文答辩，论文的题目为Public Space and Urban Vibrancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Ho Chi Minh City and Hangzhou（公共空间与城市活力：胡志明市与杭州市的案例研究与比较）。此次答辩的委员会成员包括浙江大学建筑工程学院的华晨教授、李王鸣教授和韩昊英教授，以及公共管理学院的吴宇哲教授和李艳教授，吴宇哲教授担任委员会主席，章明宇博士担任秘书。经答辩委员会无记名投票，全票通过阮云的博士论文答辩并建议授予博士学位。恭喜阮云同学顺利毕业！
Figure 1. Screenshots of Nguyen’s online thesis defense audience; featuring her, professor Han, some members of the jury
It was on Wednesday 10th of June that the first international PhD student accepted in Han’s laboratory passed her defense, online, in front of a jury of six – Professor Haoying Han among them – and graduated successfully.
Vivian’s research journey in China started in 2016 with Urban Public Spaces and Sustainable Development as her focus of interest. During 2018 and 2019 she published three articles in collaboration with Prof. Han, Noman Sahito a member of our lab and Tram Ngoc Lam a Vietnamese researcher whose research interests fall into media and Asian culture and societies. Her papers focused on Urban Public Spaces, more specifically “third places” and sociable places, debating their role in promoting Sustainable Development.
Having met the graduation’s requirements of Zhejiang University, she presented the culmination of her work one month prior to her expected graduation date, as a cross-sectional study in Ho Chi Minh City and Hangzhou on Public Space and Urban Vibrancy.
With the commercial-related public spaces emerging as the new civic centres and social hubs in contemporary cities, Vivian decided to focus her study on bookstore-cafés and streets activities as a new form of UPS (Urban Public Spaces) and presented them as a place for socializing and information sharing.
She used social networks data to assess their role in promoting Urban Vibrancy and ranked the Vibrancy of each of her study cases relying on four indicators, namely: Density, Livability, Accessibility and Diversity.
She characterized and mapped the dynamic urban vibrancy related to UPSs in Hangzhou and Ho Chi Minh City using several computing tools and found that in both cities human activities decline from the city core to its periphery. However Hangzhou’s pattern was more polycentric than Ho Chi Minh City’s pattern which looked more scattered.
Figure 2. Screenshots from Nguyen’s screen sharing during her online defense, as provided by professor Han
As she observed a monocentric spatial pattern of urban vibrancy in the two cities (vibrant community neighbourhoods with private public spaces and open spaces at walking distance of transportation), she evaluated the effect of urban street centrality on the studied UPS revealing a positive relationship between the two of them.
Her research findings also suggested a comprehensive understanding of street design and management to promote their social role.
We congratulate Dr. Nguyen for her achievements and wish her the best for her new journey and future research!
图文编辑： Sarah Antoine Nasrallah 朱斯斯
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