Senior Lecturer of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
Xinyu Fu is currently a senior lecturer of environmental planning at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. He is primarily interested in planning issues related to water such as flooding and sea-level rise, and bridging novel AI technologies and planning practice. Xinyu is also an American Certified Planner, AICP.
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Sep 01, 2023 01:43 am UTC| Nature
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