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Puyang Li

Lecturer in Environmental Science at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Lecturer in Environmental Science at Duke Kunshan University · 2025 - Present DKU Faculty
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Interdisciplinary Studies at DKU Unit at Duke University · 2026 - Present Interdisciplinary Studies at DKU Unit, DKU Faculty

Recent Scholarly Works


Towards climate resilient cities: An adaptive zoning approach based on flood vulnerability assessment

Journal article Environmental Impact Assessment Review · January 1, 2027 Coastal megacities face escalating threats from climate-induced hazards such as sea-level rise and extreme precipitation events, which highlight the limitations of static urban planning approaches relying upon historical data, as they struggle to predict a ... Full text Cite

Chinese sisal estates and smallholder land uses and livelihoods, Kilosa, Central Tanzania

Journal article World Development · May 1, 2024 The impacts of large-scale agribusiness, commonly associated with land grabbing, on smallholder livelihoods in Africa have been the subject of an expansive array of research that tends to focus on socioeconomic or environmental issues. This study examines ... Full text Cite

Modeling trade-offs among ecosystem services for agriculture in the “sisal belt” of Kilosa, central Tanzania

Journal article Landscape Ecology · February 1, 2023 Context: Exploring ways to maintain a biophysically functioning environment while improving human welfare based on competing stakeholder land uses is critical for sustainable development, especially under the context of a surging “global land rush”. Object ... Full text Cite
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Education


Arizona State University · 2022 Ph.D.