Jingru Zhang

Publications

Jingru Zhang
Title:

Lecturer

Education Background:
Ph.D. National University of Singapore
B.M. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Office Address

Rm 506 Teaching B

Teaching Area

Sustainable development

Research

Environmental policy, urban governance, waste management

PublicationsInfo

Book Chapters

  • Zhang, J., & Hartley, K. Muddling through the Garbage: Household Recycling in Newly Developing Asian Cities. In Governing Cities in the 21st Century: Asian Perspectives. Routledge: New York. (in press)
  • Hartley, K., & Zhang, J. (2018). Measuring Policy Capacity through Governance Indices. In Policy Capacity and Governance (pp. 67-97). Palgrave Macmillan: London.

Conference papers

  • Zhang, J. & Joo, Y. The Changing Modes of Governance in Policy Reform: Singapore’s Experiences in Municipal Solid Waste Management. HKU-USC-IPPA Conference on Public Policy: Coping with Policy Complexity in the Globalized World. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Jun 10-11, 2016.

  • Zhang, J., Hu, X., & Tong, Y. 2013. Municipal Solid Waste Management in Asian Megacities: Actors and Institutions. Conference on Energy and Environmental Sustainability Solutions for Megacities. Singapore, May 18, 2015.

  • Zhang, J., Hu, X., & Tong, Y. 2013. Agent-Based Modelling: A New Instrument for Behavior Analysis in Household Waste Management. Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy System. July 16-19, 2013. Guilin, China.

  • Hartley, K. & Zhang, J. 2014. Measuring Policy Capacity: A Survey of Indices and Methods. Research Workshop on “Policy Capacity for Innovative Governance”. May 22-23, 2014. Hangzhou, China.


Case Studies

  • Zhang, J. & Husar, A. (2013). Poverty Reduction Opportunities in Waste Management: The Case of Managua, Nicaragua and Guangzhou, China. United Nations Development Programme(UNDP), Singapore.


Opinion editorials

  • Biswas, A., & Zhang, J. The challenge of eco-transition. China Daily, Aug 10, 2014. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2014-10/08/content_18703647_2.htm

  • Biswas, A., & Zhang, J. Waste-to-energy: A burning issue. Shanghai Daily, May 29, 2014. http://www.shanghaidaily.com/opinion/foreign-perspectives/Wastetoenergy-plants-A-burning-issue-in-China/shdaily.shtml